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Passive Immunotherapy Could Prevent Avian Flu from Affecting Humans

... public health at Sun Yat-sen University said that passive immunotherapy// is the best way to treat highly pa...Dr. Lu and colleagues concluded that H5N1-specific passive immunotherapy can be used for the early treatment of avian influenza patients to reduce the severity...

Studies Show Brain becomes Less Specialized With Age

... studies have examined neural activity only during passive viewing. Whereas here the researchers examined age differences in neural specialization for "faces and places" in a working memory task. They proposed that even when consciously remembering specific items, older adults would show decreased specializa...

Say no to smoking: passive smokers may develop diabetes

... want to be a diabetic. A study has suggested that passive smoking increases the risk of developing// diabete...vided their subjects into smokers, former smokers, passive smokers and those never exposed to smoke. Thereafter, subjects were tracked down how many had develo...

NHS To Take Extra Care Of The Aged

... said that most aged people were treated simply as passive members of the society. "The government must now rise to the challenges it has set and ensure these new measures become a reality for older people everywhere," he said. "Older people form the single largest group of NHS-users. Getting it right for ol...

Childhood Obesity Vs Malnutrition- A Spotlight On WHO Obesity Measurement For Kids

...Burger King, Pizza Hut and KFC conveniently remain passive about the obesity crisis. Despite the targets set by the WHO for effective prevention of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, there has been no major change in the fat, salt and sugar content of the food items marketed by these food giants. McDonal...

Cardinal Calls For Legal Response Against 'Da Vinci Code'

... Expressing that other religions would not remain passive when their beliefs are offended, both cardinals called for a strong response from Christians. The documentary, made by noted filmmaker Mario Biasetti would be screened in Rome, late this month, according to official sources. This would however be s...

Cancer Causing Chemicals Found In Urine Of Babies Whose Parents Smoke

Scientists warn that passive smokings from cigarette smoke of parents can affect their infants. The scientists have now detected the cancer-causing chemicals // , which are associated with tobacco smoke in the urine of nearly half the babies whose parents are active smokers. "...

Cigarettes Need To Warn About Eye Damage

...r of studies have highlighted that both active and passive smoking// can lead to age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in UK. In this condition, there is a gradual loss of central vision owing a degeneration of the macula, a region of the retina responsible for fine, central vision. ...

TV Viewing Might Increase The Risk Of Sleeping Difficulties In Children’

...nd police series and movies. They also showed that passive exposure to TV increases sleeping difficulties. Th...to TV 1,4 h a day. 2. Both active TV viewing and passive TV exposure were related to shorter sleep duration and sleeping difficulties, especially sleep-wake ...

Work Related Cancer on the Rise in Australia

...ng cancer were attributed to exposure to asbestos, passive smoking, fumes and exhaust at work. Several cases ...so "lifestyle" exposure including sedentary work, passive smoking and sun exposure. "The problem is that if you have an injury at work, it's very clear that...

Incidence Of Smoking Less, Obesity More, in Canada: StatsCan

...n increased number of non-smokers are victims of passive smoking despite bans on public smoking , although ...opined, that they were still regularly exposed to passive smoking in public places. 'This was down from 20 per cent in 2003, but it still represented one o...

Passive Smoking Worsens Allergies

A recent study has revealed that passive smoking worsens allergies.The study, entitled “Challenge with environmental tobacco smoke exacerbates// allergic airway disease in human beings” can be found in the Articles in Press area of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Web s...

Euthanasia : ‘Merciful’ Terminatin

...n India, euthanasia is not legalized, although its passive version, like taking a ‘hopeless’ case off the life support system, is quite prevalent. The reason for our entry into this world, and the purpose of each of our lives, is an enigma. Death, however, remains the greatest mystery. Are we justified in p...

Money Cannot Buy Happiness

...rking and commuting and a lot less time engaged in passive leisure. … By itself, this shift in time is unlikely to lead to much increase in experienced happiness." The results of their research have been published in the June 30 issue of ScienceAccording to the researchers people are likely to overrate the...

Women Smokers on the Rise

...ing-related illnesses. People are also affected by passive smoking. He also pointed out to the fact that cigarette companies are targeting women which is an added reason for the increase in female smokers. Statistics show that about 54.20 % of women smokers wanted to quit and 37.29 % of the women were expo...

Children Most Affected By Second Hand Smoke

... affected by secondhand smoke. Another reason that passive smoking hurts children is the fact that it causes// respiratory complications during minor surgeries. Dwight Jones, MD, of Children's Hospital Boston and Neil Bhattacharyya, MD, from Brigham and Women's Hospital followed 405 children, 168 of whom c...

Second-hand Smoke Could Increase The Risk Of Osteoporosis In Pre-menstrual Women

...ike. He said, 'Our understanding of the effects of passive smoking on bone health is not quite so well researched so this study is an interesting addition to our cumulative knowledge of what smoking does to our skeletons. It does all add up to the fact that smoking is just plain bad for bones, whether you sm...

Heat Avoidance Advice Insufficient During Heat Waves

The passive dissemination of advice on heat avoidance is insufficient for health protection during a heat wave, and vulnerable people need to be actively identified and cared// for, argues a public health expert in this week’s BMJ. This summer Europe has again...

Mental Health Units Should not be Exempt from Smoking Ban

...nd more than 10,000 dying each year as a result of passive smoking. The Health Act 2006 will make all enclosed public and work places in England and Wales smoke-free environments, but may exclude some mental health settings. This would be a mistake, argue Jonathan Campion and colleagues, as the prevalenc...

Study Revels That Women Of Italy Are High-Risk Drinkers

...dies that gather data on the prevalence of FAS are passive in nature, waiting for children with developmental...mated from previous and comparable clinic-based or passive studies. Certainly FAS prevalence is most likely underestimated in both the U.S. and Western Europe....

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