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Campaigners and Health Officials Fight Against Polio in Namibia

...5 million Namibian dollars, said Kalumbi Shangula, permanent secretary in the health ministry. On the whole about 96 people have been affected by the outbreak in the southern African country. Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, asked the people to actively participate in the vaccination program. The first ...

Hearing May Be Regained: Research Provides Hopes

...e hairs could not be replaced and this resulted in permanent hearing loss. Approximately, one out of every twenty-four people, across the globe, suffered from disabling hearing loss. However, a recent study in mice, published in Nature, revealed that the supporting cells from the inner ear could differenti...

Indian Scientists Develop New Drug to Control and Cure Depression

...their own limitations and none could be used for a permanent treatment of the disease." He listed increased heart rate, dizziness, blurred vision as among the side-effects of some of the drugs commonly in use. There were yet other drugs relatively safer, but they often led to insomnia, restlessness and loss ...

Euthanasia : ‘Merciful’ Terminatin

.... Euthanasia is propagated by its advocates, as a permanent solution for people tormented by chronic pain, and whose quality of life, and thereby dignity, is compromised. The advocates also point out, that people suffering from degenerative diseases like Huntingdon’s Chorea, AIDS, or Alzheimer’s, can attain ...

The conception of Anya, a period-free contraceptive pill

...cycle, say the study has not completely gauged the permanent health implications of using a period-free contraceptive. The lurking fear of breast cancer, or lowered bone density for women on the pill on long durations, is still very much on top of mind. The long term side effects need to be studied extensively...

Brain Surgery Without the Surgery?

... Americans and can also rupture suddenly and cause permanent disability or death. This new treatment is a liq...death in the United States, and a leading cause of permanent disability. ? There are two kinds of stroke: Ischemic, caused by a clot that has traveled to the br...

The Fight Against Hepatitis

...threatening disease is that it can sometimes cause permanent liver damage or liver cancer and eventually leads to death if left untreated. Nonetheless, in many cases of chronic hepatitis treatment may become unaffordable by the underprivileged communities as treatment for liver failure or cancer means a liver ...

Dental Hygiene Found Wanting In Children Of Poorer Communities In Scotland

...f children in the most deprived areas had decay in permanent teeth by primary age of seven as compared to only ...nt themselves with obvious signs of decay in their permanent or secondary teeth. It was explained that the overall proportion of children in the primary ages of ...

Aggresive Therapy Needed for Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries

...ith high cervical injuries, three of whom needed a permanent pacemaker. It suggests transvenous pacing – in wh...nous pacemaker and see how they do and maybe put a permanent pacemaker in sooner rather than later.” Although essentially all patients with cervical spinal cor...

Gates Foundation Adopts Fight against Encephalitis

...s infects the brain and is likely to kill or cause permanent brain damage leading to serious illness in perhaps one in 25 infected, killing 30 percent and causing brain damage in perhaps 40 percent. Because of the poor monitoring of the disease it would be reasonable to expect that the annual death toll of 10,...

Active Life Decelerates Alzheimer's

...dard but with access to a stimulus cage containing permanent fixtures (rope and gnawing wood) as well as removable items (tunnels, balls, ladders, ramps, and exercise wheels) that were changed on a rotating basis. Following five months of standard versus enriched housing, mouse brains were examined for signs...

Treating Tetracycline Stains Made More Affordable With New Treatment

...ntal and enamel of the child's teeth and creates a permanent dark and deep gray or brown stain over the entire tooth. Other stains appear in a pattern of horizontal stripes of varying intensity. Also, during the same time period (before1980) many children may have been given the drug and had the same stains. O...

High-heels And Alcohol A Bad Combination

...s to broken bones and dislocations and may lead to permanent damage in some. President of the British Association for Emergency Medicine, Martin Shalley reiterated that high heels could lead to serious injuries, adding that Dr Evans' advice was very reasonable. "Of course it could be a problem associate...

Creation of Cytomegalovirus Vaccine by an Innovative Method

...ore birth and about 8,000 of these children suffer permanent disabilities due to the virus – almost one an hour.// Such disabilities can include vision loss, hearing loss, mental disability, a lack of coordination, and seizures. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CMV is as common a ...

Innovative Method for Creating a Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Outlined

..., or CMV, and about 8,000 of these children suffer permanent disabilities due to the virus – almost one an hour. These disabilities// can include hearing loss, vision loss, mental disability, a lack of coordination, and seizures. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CMV is as common a c...

Current Cooling Devices Ineffective in Preventing Brain Injury

...ions, potentially slowing the reactions that cause permanent injury in patients with stroke and other head trau...ions, potentially slowing the reactions that cause permanent injury in patients with stroke and other head trauma. Attempts to create this effect in animals were...

Fiji Boy Compensated for Losing Eye-sight due to Medical Lapse

...thy of pre-maturity (RoP), which eventually caused permanent blindness to her son. According to the report, the defendants - Fiji's permanent secretary for health and the attorney-general - had claimed that the blindness was linked to his pre...

Existing Brain Cooling Not Beneficial To Trauma Patients

...ions, potentially slowing the reactions that cause permanent injury in patients with stroke and other head trauma. Attempts to create this effect in animals were successful enough to inspire efforts to adapt the approach for human trials. "The problem has been that we have no idea what the temperature of the...

Foot and Mouth Disease within Control

...nt is expected to control the outbreak. Strict and permanent control measures are in place in SA to detect outbreaks early and prevent spread of the disease. The agriculture spokesman has stated that in this case the outbreak was transmitted by buffalo in an area shared with cattle. ...

Father Who Killed Epileptic Son Says He Misses Him

...g father. He said he began thinking that Ian had permanent brain damage and would kill his sister and cause problems for his mother. "To me, at the time, killing Ian was an act of love and protection," Carmichael said, adding that Paxil was a bad drug. A spokesperson for GlaxoSmithKline refuted these charg...

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