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Multi-tasking is Mentally Damaging, Warn Experts

... at the time when experts have been worrying about poor grades secured by may children at schools as a result of multi-taskingsuch as listening to music on their iPods, watching TV and doing their homework simultaneously. The researchers even went on to insist that multi-tasking enormously affects the ...

Clinical Outcomes of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients can Be Classified by New Algorithms

...places patients into categories indicating good or poor survival before treatment with one of the drugs an...vived for a median of 306 days, while those in the poor group survived a median of 107 days. In the clinical development of biomarkers for the individuali...

"Pre-treatment Blood Test" A New Guide to Lung Cancer Therapy

...n survival of 207 days whereas those classified as poor had a median survival of 92 days. In the erlotinib-treated group, median survivals for good and poor groups were 306 and 107 days, respectively. The fact that the signature, which was developed from ...

Study Finds No Correlation Between Number of Pills and Adherence to It

...ous studies have found that issues contributing to poor adherence to medication are multifactorial.(II) According to the study's lead author, Diana Brixner, Ph.D., University of Utah Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center, these new data can help emphasize to health care providers the importance of disc...

Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now

...yone has been vaccinated, and such scourges of the poor as parasites, TB, malaria, even HIV/AIDS are rare...tion benefits those who need it most. Doctors from poor areas routinely move to wealthier areas or out of the country altogether. Cuba trains doctors in an ...

Taiwan Skincare Empire Built on 'Natural Beauty'

... surgery. 'My life tells how a young girl from a poor family without high education has strived to survi... Malaysia. 'When I was young, most families were poor and most girls were deprived of the opportunity to have an education. They were always the second-...

Better Access to Testing Urgently Needed to Fight HIV in Asia-Pacific

...been established in all of the region's countries, poor infrastructure and limited resources often prevent these services from reaching the people who most need them. Persistent social stigma and discrimination also keep many people from actively seeking help until they are too ill for treatment. Anti...

Kerala Seeks Centres Help to Curb Chikungunya Spread

...for the spread of chikungunya has been cited to be poor waste management facilities at the famed temple in Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta, where the peak season ended in January. Over 25 people have died due of high-fever in Pathanamthitta alone in the last three weeks. The state government has asked p...

China is Cracking Down on Food Safety

...ting concern both at home and abroad regarding the poor quality standards of Chinese-produced food and med... to put an end to the numerous scandals related to poor quality of food products and medications in ChinaThe Chinese Government has also stepped up its patr...

New York Legislature Highlights for Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease

...ems. They do not represent a diagnosis; those with poor scores are encouraged to follow up for a full-scale medical evaluation. The resolution called memory screenings "a safe and cost-effective intervention to direct at-risk individuals to appropriate clinical resources," and noted that "recent advance...

Small Change Could Stop Epilepsy Seizures for Millions

...dollars a year per patient could spare 30 millions poor people, many of them children, from the trauma and...zation (WHO) for victims of convulsive seizures in poor countries, but has been otherwise shunned because it is thought to have more serious side-effects, e...

WHO Cautions Against Spread of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis.

...erof variables. ``In impoverished countries with poor public health systems lacking inlaboratory facilities, the drug resistant tuberculosis could replacestandard TB,' Raviglione warned. In these places, the data on numberand proportion of TB cases susceptible and resistant to drugs wouldnot be availabl...

APEC Agree to Share Bird Flu Samples

...Indonesian bird flu virus to develop vaccines that poor countries cannot afford. Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott said he had considerable sympathy for Indonesia's position but that research should not be hindered because the possibility of a pandemic was "very real". Abbott said scientists needed...

Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade

...ng. But the authorities have been criticised for poor enforcement of existing laws. Last year, a company called Bryntsalov-A, which is owned by a member of Russia's parliament, was accused of counterfeiting and taken to court. The company got off with a 1,500-dollar (1,100-euro) fine for improper st...

Genetic Risk Factor for Coeliac Disease Identified.

...ted it can lead to, amongst other things, anaemia, poor bone health, and weight loss. Although the majority of people are diagnosed in mid-life, symptoms can present themselves at anytime, for example during illness, stress, or post-trauma. There is a strong inherited (genetic) risk. . Professor David va...

Sleep-related Breathing Disorder may Affect Premature Infants

...e less than two days per week. Consistent with the poor growth found in children with an SRBD, the study also found that prematurely born infants and toddlers at-risk for snoring and an SRBD have a lower current body weight independent of age. "These findings may allow clinicians to focus on early asses...

Simple Test to Predict People Who may Develop Dementia Within Six Years

...for developing dementia are an age of 70 or older, poor scores on two simple cognitive tests, slow physical functioning on everyday tasks like buttoning a shirt or walking 15 feet, a history of coronary artery bypass surgery, a body mass index of less than 18, and current non-consumption of alcohol. Peo...

New 'green' Pyre to Cool Planet While Burning India's Dead

..., considered holy by Hindus, Agarwal said he saw a poor family struggling to carry out a cremation with sparse damp wood. The fire went out repeatedly and the partially burned corpse was finally flung into the Ganges. "This is the river whose water we bring home for praying," said Agarwal, referring to ...

Insufficient Sleep Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Study

...lowered concentration and hand-eye coordination to poor mood. But the study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine adds to a growing body of evidence that there is also a physiological price to be paid for insufficient time under the sheets. The study found that a sleep def...

Housework Helps Lower Diabetes Risk: Australian Study

...," she said. Diabetes, often caused by obesity and poor diet, has struck wealthy countries on a massive scale in the past 20 years....

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