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B-Carotene Increases Oral Cancer Risk In Smokers

... a reduction in cancer incidence. In women who had never smoked, those with the highest intake of beta-caro...rotene with smoking. This should encourage people never to start smoking, and if unfortunately, they have smoked, to avoid taking beta-carotene supplements....

Shortage of funds for providing AIDS drug in Africa and India

...e WHO goal to treat 3 million people by 2005, will never happen world wide critics say. Reports, say that only 11% of those in Africa and 14% of those in Asia have access to AIDS drugs. In India, which has more than 5 million cases of HIV/AIDS, the drugs are available to fewer than 10% of those who need ...

Health Literacy Rate Associated With Physical And Mental Health

...ith lower health literacy were more likely to have never smoked and to abstain from alcohol than individuals with adequate health literacy, the researchers report. Individuals with inadequate health literacy had significantly higher rates of certain chronic conditions, including high blood pressure, diabet...

Smokers Face The Risk Of Getting Diabetes

...r five years among smokers and among those who had never smoked. Twenty-five percent of participants who s...er, compared to 14 percent of participants who had never smoked, according to researchers Capri G. Foy and her colleagues. The researchers found that when t...

Winter Premature Babies Face Threat From Lung Disease

... crowded areas and day care during RSV season; and never letting anyone smoke around the baby. Source: Newswse...

Rich Diet Of Fruits & Vegetables Helps To Protect Against Lung Cancer

...he apparent benefits were found in both people who never smoked and those who were still smoking -- but it was less evident in people who had quit smoking, for reasons that were not clear, the report added. Smokers are 20 to 30 times more likely to contract lung cancer than non-smokers, one of the deadli...

The Science of Solar Eclipse

...pses, and the partial phases of total eclipses are never safe to watch without taking special precautions. ...r black and white film, medical X-ray films should never be used for viewing the eclipse due to potential hazard from infra red rays. The fact that the Sun a...

Dental health neglected by over 60 % of Indians

...opulation, reports that nearly 60% of Indians have never had a visit to the dentist’s clinic. Surprising is...the survey, as much as 60% of people in India have never visited a dentist and only 2% actually visit a dentist regularly. When it comes to dental problems...

Nobel For Ulcer-Defying Aussie Scientists

...r the ulcers since it was felt that bacteria could never survive in acidic environment. The fact that these two brave scientists had the courage to prove people wrong by becoming human 'guinea pigs' is indeed praiseworthy and laudable....

Multiple Sclerosis drug, Tysabri banned due to neurological disorders

...rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn disease. There has never previously been a documented case of PML in MS patients, even though these patients have been treated with many types of immunosuppresants. Both patients diagnosed with PML had taken Tysabri with Avonex, another MS drug, for two years n clinical tria...

FDA Mislead On Asthma Drug By GlaxoSmithKline

...including asthma related death. The SMART data has never been published. ``GlaxoSmithKline did not clearly inform the FDA that the final study included data from six months after the trial had concluded until the FDA inquired about the results in April, 2004,'' according to those who have filed the case....

Sex Played A Vital Role For Evolution Of Infectious Diseases

...xual reproduction, though mating of the fungus has never been observed in nature. In fungi, however, sexual identity is determined by so-called mating type loci, genes arranged contiguously, but which typically do not span an entire chromosome. This initial finding, suggests that the two C. gattii strain...

Infants must be put to sleep in separate beds to prevent SIDS

...sleeping with adults on a couch or armchair should never be encouraged. Emphasis is also given to placing babies on their backs rather than on their stomach and sides. Moreover, babies should be put to sleep in a room that isn’t overly hot on a firm crib mattress, covered by a sheet. The use of soft, cus...

Rural India shows apathy towards dental problems: Survey

... percent of those surveyed admitted that they have never been to a dentist in their life. The survey notes that poor oral hygiene practices are resulting in a myriad of dental problems across the country especially in the rural countryside. The survey also found that a paltry 2 percent actually visit the...

Herceptin Is A Possible Cure For Breast Cancer

...otential cure //for the cancer, something that has never happened so far. In this particular study, which tracked 5,000 patients in 39 countries, researchers found that there were 220 cases of breast cancer relapse as compared to 127 cases in patients who were on Herceptin for a year. This is a massive r...

British Women Flies to India for Treatment of Breast Cancer

...to fly to a Third World country to a doctor you’ve never met in a hospital you’ve never heard of. That is how desperate I was,’ said: Linda to a newspaper reported. Medical tourism is li...

A New Diagnostic Approach To Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease

...o smoke get lung cancer. And, some people who have never smoked get lung cancer. Normal lung tissue is made up of cells that are programmed by nature to create lungs of a certain shape and function....

Novel Technique For Targeting Small-Cell Lung Cancer

...o smoke get lung cancer. And, some people who have never smoked get lung cancer. Normal lung tissue is made up of cells that are programmed by nature to create lungs of a certain shape and function....

Generic Drugs Usage In US Can Save $20 Billion – Express Script Surve

...pportunity from increased use of generic drugs has never been greater. More than $50 billion worth of branded drugs will lose patent exclusivity over the next five years. In the next year alone, $11 billion in drug sales are expected to lose patent, with generic alternatives becoming available for at least...

Another Victim Of Legionnaires' Disease

... bacteria. Though domestic air conditioners have never been found to cause Legionnaires Disease, two types of domestic systems, ducted and mobile, which use water as a coolant, can provide ideal conditions for the organism to multiply. For this reason the West Australian Health Department now advises tha...

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