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Financial Allowances Being Offered To Poor Vietnamese HIV Carriers

...ntercourse with infected prostitutes or sharing of needles for injection of intravenous drugs with infected drug addicts. The above move is expected to improve the heath and socioeconomic status of the massive proportion of Vietnamese citizens suffering from the deadly disease. ...

Snippy haircuts, snappier AIDS lessons from barbers

...xual contact, blood transfusion or use of infected needles - he can rattle off the many ways in which HIV is transmitted. He said while many of his customers seemed to have heard of the disease, they often did not know where to go for blood tests. The barbers themselves make sure they change the razor blade...

Reach Of The Morning-After Pill Treatment Inadequate Among Sexual Assault Victims

...the probability of HIV transmission due to sharing needles or syringes ( A legal case filed by a gay couple in Britain recently has sparked an international debate on whether or not governments can be held responsible for not fully adopting this treatment regimen to fight against the spread of this deadly ...

Malaria Detecting Watch May Become A Health Hazard

... by Lubbe who stressed that doctors can change the needles of the watch easily when necessary. 'I don't want to make light of it, but it's nothing I've ever heard of before, said another expert Jon Rosenblatt of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, US, reserving his enthusiasm until published papers a...

Inhaled Insulin To Be Made Available in India

...s a relatively harmless form of insulin in that no needles or pens or syringes are needed. "Until today, patients with diabetes who need insulin to manage their disease had only one way to treat their condition," said Steven Galson, director of the FDA's Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research. "It is our ho...

Clean Blades To Be Provided To Self-Harmers

...his move is comparable to the provision of sterile needles to drug addicts. The proposal is one of the guidelines for senior nurses who attend to mentally ill patients and would be subjected to an open discussion, held at the Royal College of Nursing, to be held in April. This anticipated move has raised ...

Acupuncture As Good As Drug Therapy In Migraine Treatment

...ckers, real acupuncture or sham acupuncture, where needles are placed in areas not used in real acupuncture. ...orm of alternative therapy that is based on use of needles for manipulation of the energy flow (chi) in treating various disorders, is widely practiced in Germ...

London: HIV Rates Shoot Up Amongst Drug Users

...ps to achieve this include the provision of enough needles and syringes and available information and practical advice on safer injecting practices, as well as guidance on safe disposal of used equipment." Therefore, it is imperative that drug education programmes continue to be imparted. ...

Sydney’s hospital gets the latest in cancer treatmen

...t's sophisticated mapping software guides tubes or needles of radiation material into the exact shape of the cancer. This translates into patients no longer needs to be transported between x-ray departments and treatment rooms, and the treatment period is shorter. The Mater Hospital's all-in-one barchyt...

Survey Finds Knives Being Used As Floss

...eeth. Items like screwdrivers, scissors, earrings, needles and knives are in common use, the survey said. More disturbingly, the survey said that 23 percent leave food stuck in between their teeth giving rise to oral health problems and bad breath. "Clearly people really need to be educated on the importan...

Hepatitis Scare in Toronto

...It can pass between hosts through sex, intravenous needles -- and contaminated hospitals. Ms. Mondesir said that the hospital follow strict infection control and safety measures....

Global War Against AIDS May Fail Target, Warns UN

...ading mostly through unprotected sex or sharing of needles among drug addicts. AIDS has killed an estimated 25 million people in 25 years, while another 40 million people are currently infected. Half of those living with HIV are women, 60 percent of them in Africa. Over half of new infected people are unde...

Needles Given To Drug Addicts Go Missing In Scotland

...ttish Executive show that around 2.9 million clean needles were dispensed for drug users, but only 1.9 millio...ere returned thus sparking a shortage of a million needles and concerns over hepatitis C as well. //...

Galloping Horse Disease

...cking insects or blood contaminated instruments or needles are the main reasons for spreading the disease. ...

Longer Needles Best for Infant Immunisation

...mparisons between the same length, different gauge needles showed little difference in local reaction or immune response suggesting that needle length, rather than gauge, is responsible. The results show a clear benefit of using the longer needle at each dose whilst achieving comparable immunogenicity, say...

Legislation to Prevent Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Victims

..."needle exchange program" by which free disposable needles are supplied to drug-users. The northeastern States have also supported the idea. In addition a task force, under the chairmanship of a Special Secretary from the Home Ministry, would look into the issue. He said, "We have to take a policy decis...

Novel Way to Overcome Needle Phobia

Needle phobia or fear of needles can be overcome by decorating them with flowers, b... Sciences Center. The researchers say that fear of needles can impact the care a patient receives. Many children become hysterical at the sight of needles, ...

CDC To Conduct Pre-clinical Trails Of BioDiem's Intranasal Bird Flu Vaccine

...coverage within a day of administration. Also, no needles would be required for administration of the vaccine as it can be administered as a nasal spray. In the event of a pandemic outbreak, a live vaccine may offer better and broader protection according to experts at the World Health Organization. Tom W...

Strange Burial Practice Followed for People Affected by HIV/AIDS

...he Positive Network of Mizoram, said. Sharing of needles by intravenous drug users and people having multiple sex partners are reasons attributed for the alarming rise in HIV cases. "The HIV scenario in Mizoram can be best described as an epidemic in transition with the opportunities for effective conta...

Interns More Likely To Work Long Hours

... night were more likely to cut themselves or stick needles into themselves. "Likewise, high-quality patient care is impossible without high-quality learning," the editors said. "Attention to both is needed." RAS...

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