Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients
... includes data from about 7 million hospital stays per year in 1,000 hospitals located in 35 states; thus...nosis of C. difficile colitis, a rate of 383 cases per 100,000 discharged patients. The rate of C. difficile colitis discharges increased from 261 cases ...Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts
...Assurance and United India Insurance, the proposed per BPL family component of the premium is yet to be h...eneficiary family would have had to pay only Rs 33 per premium, while the state government and the local body concerned would have paid the rest (Rs 366). ...Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma Shows Steady Increase
...re identified in the 30-year period, a rate of 6.4 per million persons and a total of 0.14 percent of all...he San Francisco registry had the highest rates9.7 per million white individuals and 10.8 per million black individualswhile the Iowa registry had the lowe...Sexual Abuse Payout Re-opens Old Wounds
...million deal amounts to an average of $1.3 million per person. But the actual payouts will fluctuate considerably, with some victims receiving more than $3 million and some as little as $100,000. And that's before lawyers take their cut. Determining who gets what amount was a wrenching process, one tha...New Coffee Brand to Hit the Market by This Year-end
...e growing regions. The new variety yields about 30 per cent more coffee per hectare at 2,000 kg as compared to the other varieties in plantations like Kaveri, Hemavati and 795 ...20 Mg Rimonabant Per Day may Help to Quit Smoking
Using rimonabant at a dose of 20 mg per day can help people quit smoking, can help them to remain abstinent, and can help prevent the weight gain that so often accompanies attempts at stopping smoking . The lower dose of 5mg, however, was not shown to be effective. Smoking tobacco sends ...Millions of Births Still Go Unreported in India
... Karnataka through a network of partner NGOs. As per the registrar general of India (the national level...tion wing of the department is covering about 63.8 per cent of the births taking place in the country. The level of registration varies substantially acr...Food Cravings are Linked to Weight Managenemt
...alty snacks, are those that pack the most calories per unit of volume, explains Cheryl Gilhooly, PhD, MPH...e fruits and vegetables, which have fewer calories per unit of volume. These findings suggest, says Roberts, that cravings are for calories, not carbohyd...HIV Drug Combo can Boost Immune Marker in Long-term Patients: Study
...ge, these individuals had a CD4 count of 204 cells per microlitre of blood at the start of the study. I... a big spurt in the CD4 count, of around 100 cells per microlitre on average. HIV levels were also suppressed, to below 50 copies of the virus per microl...People Living Near Nuke Facilities at Higher Risk of Leukemia
...e age of nine were elevated by between five and 24 per cent, depending on their proximity to nuclear facilities, and by two to 18 per cent in children and young people up to the age of 25. Incidence rates were increased by 14 to 21 ...Groundwater Levels Depleting Alarmingly in India
...nd Andhra and Tamil Nadu in the south. While 80 per cent of Delhi is in extreme category of over exploitation, all of Daman and Diu is badly affected. Many areas of Haryana including Narnaul, Samlakha, Karnal and Moga, Sangur, Maha Kalam, Ahmedgarh in Punjab, Surajgarh, Behror and Bhinmal in Rajasth...HIV Cases Increasing In Australia
...exposure through male-to-male sex accounted for 70 per cent of all cases, followed by heterosexual contact at 18 per cent. The annual number of new HIV diagnoses declined by 32 per cent between 1993 and 1999, but th...Zambia Opens First Cancer Hospital
...t a cost to the state of an average 10,000 dollars per person. "Treatment at the hospital will be on a cost-sharing basis between patient and the government," Mwanawasa said at the opening in the capital Lusaka. The ultra-modern hospital was built with the financial from several international donors ...Clinton to Launch 70m Dollar Hospital Project in Malawi
...istry. Malawi's mortality rate, currently at 984 per 100,000 live births, is the third highest in the world, after conflict-plagued Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. One of Africa's poorest countries, Malawi is also battling HIV and AIDS which has affected around 14 percent of the population. There are a...Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN
...ths, an average of up to 200 food safety incidents per month were investigated by WHO and FAO to determine their public health impact. "Food safety is an issue for every country and ultimately every food consumer. All countries can benefit from taking stronger measures to fill safety gaps in the somet...Novel Method of Adult Stem Cell Growth may Help to Treat Cornea Disorders
...s with induced limbic insufficiency showed that 60 per cent of the animals had recovered the corneal epithelium after the adult stem cells transplant. The corneal epithelium is the layer that is damaged with limbic insufficiency, a problem that results in opacity of the cornea in the long term. Acc...Tuberculosis Drug Increases OCD Therapy Progress
...y sessions. Participants will attend sessions once per week for four weeks, and they will be asked to smoke only the nicotine-extracted cigarettes in between the sessions....Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice
...yocytes) with periostin in a Petri dish. About one per cent of the cells entered the mitotic cell cycle -- namely, they began dividing and replicating. "We found a small subpopulation of cells that could, with proper stimulation, re-enter the cell cycle. "This finding supports the idea that differentia...Red 2G Food Colour to Be Banned by EU Due to Cancer Fears
...st in concentrations not exceeding 20 milligrammes per kilogramme of product. The meat in question was mainly sold in Britain and Ireland, a Commission spokesman on EU health issues said.......id: "I won it, beating 20 other pregnant women. As per the advice of a doctor, I kept a strict record of my iron tablet intake, went for check-ups every three months and ate plenty of green vegetables. "I went to the hospital to deliver my baby and the baby boy is quite healthy. He falls sick less freq...