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Trachoma cannot be obliterated with just one dose of antibiotic

... a single dose of an antibiotic is insufficient to nip infection causing trachoma, which happens to be the// primary cause of blindness. A previous study in one Tanzanian village had seemed to show that a single distribution exercise of one antibiotic was enough to completely negate the infection. A ne...

Aortic Dissection - A Deadly Condition

...a large percentage of dissections, could also help nip more dissections in the bud. Contact: Kara Gavinkegavin@umich.edu734-764-2220University of Michigan Health System Source: Eurekalert...

Intelligent Ways to Prevent a Bird-flu Outbreak

...istry, with a view to evolving intelligent ways to nip a potential bird-flu// outbreak in the bud, as a preparation before the autumn season. The susceptible flock includes ducks, geese, swans, gulls and waders, seen as potential H5N1 disseminators of infection into British soil. The current plan will...

Researchers Chew on the Modest Cabbage as a Cure for Breast Cancer

...tatements, about the right// ingredients needed to nip breast cancer cells in the bud! The medicinal qualities have been discovered in the compound called indole-3-carbinol (I3C), found in green vegetables such as cabbage and Brussels sprouts, annihilates cancer cells when combined with conventional ch...

Colonoscopy Aids Early Detection of Colon Cancer

... to undergo this screening procedure that helps to nip treatable cancers in// the bud at the very onset. Cary Gross, M.D and other researchers from the Medical School at Yale University, found that there is a significant rise in colonoscopy screening that helps in the early detection of colon cancer i...

On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale

...or medical tourism, caution must be exercised to nip unhealthy practices even as it sprouts, in order to avoid a situation that might get copletely out of hand. RJA...

Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals

... up for classes drunk while others sneak off for a nip or two of toddy from the nearby palm groves," said Sanjay Solanki, a teacher. Efforts are underway to counter alcoholism among tribals, though the progress is not very encouraging. Since alcoholism is also associated with starvation and unemploymen...

Dispirited Teens Work Up Team Spirit to End Their Lives

... a suicide pact with an equally depressed mate, to nip their own lives in the bud. Ebony has beseeched the case of depressed teenagers who need help. /...

Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn

...I can't afford to leave the bar unattended while I nip out for a smoke," he explains. "I don't really have a choice." But that is not the point. Not all his customers are so keen: "Some have told me that they will go round each other's houses instead of coming here. I expect a couple of clubs in the a...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...aistline in Britian . The number of men undergoing nip and tuck surgery has rocketed by 140 per cent in five years with liposuction being the most common. The phenomenon has been dubbed the 'menopaunch' as men fork out thousands of pounds on their bodies. The men seem to be facing pressures as women to...

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