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AIDS More Prevalent Among Teenage Girls In The US

... allowed to continue, preventing the disease would pose a significant challenge rather than devising ways to combat the deadly virus. People less than 25 years of age represent only one-thrid of the U.S. population. But yet they account for nearly 50% of all new cases of HIV, according to the Centers fo...

Now,Swine-Flu!

...can produce new influenza virus strains that could pose a risk to human health. For the study, the researchers examined farmers, veterinarians, meat processing workers and a control group of people who had no occupational contact with pigs in Iowa, the state with the highest swine production. They foun...

Radiation Risk of Pelvic Fracture in Elderly Women

... comparison to young adults. Pelvic fractures also pose a serious threat to the health of older women and are often the most common reasons for illness and death. The lifetime risk of a hip fracture after 50 years of age for white women is estimated at 17 percent. Approximately 10 to 20 % of those with ...

Breastfeeding To Reduce Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

...lead to many different complications, all of which pose a significant health burden to the sufferers. The most predominant ones include heart disease, diabetic retinopathy (damage to eyes, can lead to blindness), diabetic neuropathy (damage to nerves) and diabetic nephropathy (damage to kidney). In con...

Bird Flu: India faces threat from China this winter

...h are "great mixing vessels of virus" and can then pose risk to humans. And once the virus spreads to pigs, it is only a matter of time before the H5N1 type avian flu mutates and affects humans. So far India has been spared so far but the danger of outbreak is always lurking. Indian authorities have alre...

Vietnamese Scientists Unravel Genetic Code Of Bird Flu Virus

... the battle against such small microorganisms that pose a serious threat to our survival. After all, it is nothing but an issue of survival of the fittest. ...

Heart damage a consequence of Atkins’ Die

... believe that use of a high fat diet by itself may pose a health risk. Source: American Heart Associatio...

The Exposure Of Cadmium And Its Effects On Kidneys

... This suggests that low-level cadmium exposure may pose a significant public health risk. The general population is likely to encounter low-level chronic exposure through smoking and from dietary sources, particularly shellfish, grains, and vegetables. Owing to extremely slow excretion, cadmium accumulat...

Computers Can Teach Patients About Screening for Cancer

...physicians’ lack of time to educate their patients pose significant barriers to early identification. The research involved 194 patients over age 50 whose doctors recommended a fecal occult blood test, which is completed at home. Participants were randomly assigned to learn about the test from a nurse or...

Unsafe Injections and Unclean Hand hygiene major cause of hospital infections in India

...tions given in India are non-sterile or unsafe and pose serious health hazards//. World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that over 1.4 million people are suffering from nosocomial or hospital acquired infections at any time and the amount of people from developing countries is still more, with an...

Multiple Sclerosis drug, Tysabri banned due to neurological disorders

...arched by the scientists. If the drug is deemed to pose a significant risk, it could be a serious setback for the entire class of drugs, which work by blocking passage of immune cells in to the brain. “Other cell migration inhibitors in development will have to be carefully tested, says Howard Weiner, di...

Implantable devices to be powered by organosilicon compounds in the future

...exible, stable, nonflammable, non-toxic and do not pose a threat to the environment, according to the researchers. The average expected life span of these batteries is expected to be over 12 years. Furthermore, it makes use of Silicon, one of the Earth's most abundant elements. In addition to implantabl...

Familial Breast cancer without gene mutation not found to cause ovarian cancer.

...rt from BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes other genes may also pose a risk for cancer development. Early breast cancer can be detected by mammograms, but detection of early ovarian cancer is still so efficiently developed, so for detection women should do pelvic examination every year and consult doctor and annual me...

Pigs Population A Major Threat To Encephalitis Ravaged UP

... to complete the vicious circle. Even though pigs pose a serious threat to their own families, many Dalit...same slum is not oblivious to the threat that pigs pose to the health and lives of his children and other residents in the area. Yet he is strongly against ...

Sitagliptin, Under Investigation For Type 2 Diabetes

...tion or difficulties in sustaining glucose control pose serious concerns and necessitate more tolerable treatments that do not cause weight gain and produce less risk of hypoglycemia for patients with type 2 diabetes. Clinical phase II studies involving Sitagliptin, an investigational diabetes drug, app...

Competitive Sports: Is the heart Sportive Enough?

...The benefits versus the hazards of sports activity pose a clinical dilemma. Recent medical research has reported that adolescents and young adults involved in competitive sport have a two and a half times higher risk of sudden death. The young competitors who died suddenly were affected by silent cardio...

Safe Driving Is Possible For Older People If They Are Prepared

...ory lapses that occur with normal aging should not pose any problem, but the forgetfulness, impaired judgment, and loss of directional skills that suggest dementia are very troublesome. The danger is compounded because many people with cognitive impairment don’t know they have a problem. A man concerned a...

Physicians Lack Clinical Guidelines For Treating Elderly With Multiple Illnesses

... and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases pose challenges to the development and application of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs Clinical practice guidelines are based on clinical evidence // and expert consensus to help decision making about treating specific diseases. Most CPGs address single...

Pill might be able to reduce the damage loud noise does to your hearing

...creational shooting, motorcycling and snowmobiling pose a risk, too. Earplugs and specialized sound-deadening earmuffs are clearly helpful, but they're not always enough. Some sounds overwhelm them. Some people don't wear them when they should, and other people are unusually susceptible to hearing damage...

Arsenic in drinking water

...laundry, etc. with water containing arsenic do not pose human health risk. Chelation therapy may be effective in acute poisoning but should not be used against long-term poisoning. The most important remedial action is prevention of further exposure by providing safe drinking- water. The cost and diffi...

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