Tag: "paucity" at medical news

A Break Through Energy Bill by the US Government

...ered more by politics and economics than a natural paucity of global reserves or an inability to extract and produce new oil. But many scientists warn that there will come a day when rising oil prices will not be due to political or economic pressures, but because a natural peak in global oil production wil...

Revealing the Secrets of Gut Ecosystem

...d infants, but Palmer and Browns work documented a paucity of those bacteria, although all were breast fed. The finding that most babies in the study did not acquire significant numbers of Bifidobacteria until several months after birth was a surprise, Palmer said: "That's definitely a contentious area. A ...

Million Mentally Ill in India

...s of modern treatment due to stigma, ignorance and paucity of services. Underlining the importance of the programme he said that at any given time about 10% of the population suffers from various mental and behavioral disorders. Out of these, approximately 10% suffer from severe mental disorders. And 10% ...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

...out 30% of HIV-infected Rwandese women, there is a paucity of studies which link depression and HIV clinical disease progression in developing countries. A team of Tanzanian and US investigators has addressed this issue. The study was nested within a randomized controlled trial of vitamin supplementation i...

Haryana Government Proposes to Set Up Medical University

...lities for people of the state. Hooda said that paucity of funds would not be allowed to come in the way of providing healthcare to everyone in Haryana. He added that the target was to make Haryana the No.1 state in the country in healthcare sector. The chief minister said that the health budget had be...

Global Tuberculosis Epidemic Levelling Off - WHO

...d a clear plan for checking XDR-TB and MDR-TB. But paucity of funds was slowing down the process, threatening to reverse the gains made, he said and called for greater research to identify new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines. GL...

Two New Anesthesia Positions Promise to Ease Surgery Queue

There is a paucity of anesthesiologists in the province of Ontario, evident in the long waiting times for patients due for surgery. //To tide over such a situation, Ontario has created two additional positions in the anesthesia unit, which promises to reduce waiting ti...

Retiring Government Doctors to Be Reappointed to Overcome Paucity of Specialists

...ppoint retiring government doctors to overcome the paucity of specialists// in certain areas. State Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy said retiring specialist doctors in four disciplines, general medicine, surgery, gynecology and anesthesiology, would be reappointed on a consolidated monthly remuneration of R...

Shortage of Human Cadavers for Medical Training

...llege of Surgeons have expressed concern about the paucity of donor bodies, which is a setback to medical teaching//. Nearly 1000 bodies are required annually to teach anatomy to medical students. In the present academic year, the college has already predicted a 30% shortage in the number of bodies. ...

Weed Killer Plays a Pivotal Role in Those With Genetic Vulnerability to Parkinson’

... neurons produce the neuro transmitter dopamine. A paucity of dopamine caused by destruction of these neurons results in Parkinson’s diseases. No one knows till now what exactly causes the destruction of these neurons. On ingestion of paraquat, the fruit flies began to demonstrate the tremors typical of ...

Drug Addicts-you Could Blame Your Genes

... It has long been known that drug addicts have a paucity or shortage of dopamine receptors- areas of the brain that are latched upon by drugs such as cocaine and heroin, to produce their effect. Impulsiveness or excessive sensation seeking behavior has been previously linked to drug addiction in humans. ...

Effective Marketing of Multivitamins Essential

... is food," he adds. To close the gap between the paucity of established scientific evidence and the widespread use of vitamin supplements, Rosenberg suggests that supplements be regulated, as they are currently subject to very little federal regulation. "Right now, the term multivitamin encompasses hundred...

Operations Put Off Due to Dearth of Clean Equipments

...rant Shapps, Conservative MP. According to him the paucity of funds in the NHS is the sole reason for this sorry state. This in turn has affected the health care of patients. According to Mr Shapps, the Government in a bid to get out of a financial crisis of NHS, has asked the hospitals to share the cleani...

Ailing Indian doctor in Britain to return to Kolkata

...rding his inability to return back to India due to paucity of funds. He could not apply for benefits because of his visa difficult situation. As part of his 10-year visa agreement, the newspaper reported that he was required to hand over his passport to the Home Office officials after appointment in the Su...

Travails of a Teenager's Tryst with Mental Health Care

...ting Disorder Service has decided to close, due to paucity of funds. The mother went on to explain that her daughter had been a target of sexual abuse, after which she suffered trauma, sleepless nights and acute depression that took a toll on her eating habits. Her weight had dropped, and it became evident...

Transfusion-Free Surgical Program Helpful for Liver Transplantation Patients

...onally, long-term shortage of blood products and a paucity of alternatives put the system under duress, resulting in cancellation or postponement of elective cases." Nicolas Jabbour, M.D., from the INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, and colleagues analyzed the medical records of 365 adult and...

Crucial to regulate your body pH, key determiner for good health

Did you know that, diseases are a result of paucity of minerals in the body? Perhaps the most important function of minerals is to maintain the alkaline body pH//. The appropriate pH level for good health should be slightly alkaline and within the range of 7.1 and 7.4. A pH 7 is considered to be neut...

Stringent budget for 2006/2007 portends unhealthy trends for HIV/AIDS patients.

...in 2001. Kihumuro's is deeply concerned with the paucity of resources available to assist the people in need, almost 130,000 people annually. In the estimate of the UAC, 1.2 billion dollars is needed annually to make headway in the search for the AIDS vaccine. Right now only 650 million is available. "The ...

Dental Complaints Service Launched By GDC In UK

...nts are turning towards the private sector after a paucity of dentists in the NHS. While NHS patients can complain using the process in the trusts, there is no such provision for the private sector. "Patients rightly have confidence in the high professional standards applied by the vast majority of dental ...

People Affected By HIV Positive Urge For Better Treatment Access

...sh Network of Positive People also highlighted the paucity of medication available to them. "With people from neighbouring districts and cities trying to access the limited supplies of medications whether in Delhi or Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, many of us do not get our regular course of medications," said ...

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