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Gulf War Veterans Exhibit Memory Impairment

...ificant correlation between lower brain volume and poor performance on the learning test. Simon Wessley, director of the Centre for Military Health Research at King's College London has looked at the results with caution. He says "The time to try to find out exactly what went wrong with Gulf veterans wa...

Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award

...County Health Services where he reaches out to the poor children in Oakland and Newark. NECO serves as an umbrella for over 250 groups that celebrate, educate and nurture ethnic pride, heritage, culture, tradition and commerce. Past medallists include six US presidents as well as Nobel Prize winners a...

Brazil Government In Contention With Merck Over Anti-AIDS Drug

...rimination is a strong and consistent predictor of poor ratings of the healthcare system, which may negatively influence health behaviors. Thus, it is crucial for providers to address discrimination with their patients", Sohler concluded....

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

...h met here Thursday, blamed the government for the poor infrastructure in the hospital. According to them, the staff strength was inadequate to handle around 60 births a day. The government has appointed a five-member panel of senior doctors to look into the matter and submit a report in three weeks. ...

More Than a Toothache

...was the most chronic ailment for children and that poor children were most at risk. In spite of such modern innovations as the fluoridation of drinking water, tooth decay is still the single most common childhood disease nationwide, five times as common as asthma. Poor children are more than twice as li...

More and More American Women Go for Facelifts to Get Jobs

...therwise accept. The health gap between rich and poor is already wide enough. It's measured by access to health care, leisure, healthful food and freedom from stress. These disparities should be fought, not exaggerated, sociologists urge. They also add, "Natural facial irregularities, lines and spots ...

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

...21 percent will die within one year as a result of poor underlying health status, in addition to the acute effects of the fracture. The study, formally called Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic acid Pivotal Fracture Trial, known as HORIZON, was a multinational, randomized, placebo-con...

Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Abortion, Stem Cells as Part of First Debate

...that he supported public financing of abortion for poor women in New York state but added that "people can come to a different decision." Romney discussed his shift from supporting abortion rights during his run for governor of Massachusetts to becoming an abortion-rights opponent, the Times reports. "...

Three Steps To Better Health Care

...llness in Australia. Blame, as we know it, is a poor game to play if the object is to seek improved clinical safety and quality....

Disabled Orissa Brothers Lives Saved by Timely Intervention

...ials to conduct an inquiry on the condition of the poor family in Kamalpur village. His move came after the media highlighted Hakimuddin's plight. "The collector has sought a detailed report within 24 hours," an official said Sunday. "The teams will inquire about their physical and economic conditions...

Bihar Under the Grip of Kala Azar

...hardly makes any news," he lamented. Experts say poor living standards and unhygienic conditions make me...wn as Visceral Leishmaniasis, is also known as the poor man's disease because it affects the poorest of the poor. According to sources in the state govern...

Kerala Government Bears the Brunt for Infant Deaths

... however, blamed the government for the hospital's poor infrastructure. According to it, the staff strength was inadequate to handle around 60 births a day. Apart from appointing a committee to look into the matter, the health department soon decided to recruit 50 nurses and other paramedical staff. ...

WHO's Guidelines Lack Evidence, Lancet Says

...ying to develop new ways to collect information in poor regions, and has proposed establishing a committee to oversee the issuance of all health guidelines. The Lancet study conducted in 2003-04 through analyzing WHO guidelines and questioning WHO officials also found that the officials themselves were ...

Afghan Children Fall Victim to a Disfiguring Disease

...t and to watch for bites. But it's Afghanistan's poor who are most vulnerable. Kabul, battered and neg...l thrive in post-war areas and areas where there's poor sanitation, poor community services." Cutaneous leishmaniasis is not fatal although a less-common...

Court Seeks Explanation from Hospital for Childs Amputation

...the doctors did not take proper care of him. The poor tailor, who earns Rs.2,000 a month, has already spent more than Rs.40,000 on his son's treatment. Despite lodging a complaint against the concerned doctors, he said the police were yet to initiate any action....

Many Senior Citizens in the Grips of Malnutrition

...fact be malnourished so body mass index alone is a poor indicator.' Associate Professor Bolin went on to explain how the problem has not received adequate attention. With all the concentration on the obesity epidemic, issues pertaining to nutrition and malnutrition appear to be on the backburner for phy...

Children of Asylum Seekers Dont Get Adequate Medical Care in Australia

...ars. "They've been living in refugee camps with poor immunisation, for example, and very little access to medical treatment. So they tend to have common conditions like anaemia, Vitamin D deficiency which leads to rickets, some infectious diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, often early and easily t...

Too Much TV Watching Linked With Poor Academic Performance in Teens

...Previous studies have also connected television to poor academic performance. However, in the new study, Jeffrey Johnson of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the US, and colleagues studied the TV habits of 14-year-olds from 678 families in the upper regions of the US. The researchers also asked ...

Louisiana Residents Warned Against Brown Recluse Spiders

...erous to young children, the elderly, and those in poor physical condition. When there is a severe reaction to the bite, the site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue). The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand....

Brickbats And Bouquets For U.S Prison Healthcare In-Charge

...artment, a "prison culture that devalues inmates," poor working conditions, punishing physical environments, resistance from "entrenched interests that do not want the change to occur" and overcrowding....

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