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Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

...apy drug called methotrexate in doses so high they posed "an unreasonable and significant risk to the patient who subsequently died from complications caused by the methotrexate". The board said it had received a letter from Shanthaveerappa on Thursday acknowledging that he had treated patients with two ...

Guidant sold defective defibrillators with full knowledge

...s. Doctors can then weigh such risks against those posed by added surgery in deciding whether to replace a ...isk of replacing a Prizm 2 DR might outweigh those posed by the device itself. It was in early 2002 that it learned from reports that the Prizm 2 DR was pron...

$35 billion needed globally for immunization

...e in a great position to respond to the challenges posed by the partners' Global Immunization Vision and Strategies program,'' Mr Lob-Levyt said. Of the $35 billion needed for the 72 poorest countries in the next decade, there is a $10-15 billion funding shortfall if we are to achieve the goal of saving...

Risk Of Birth Defects Increased Due To Anti-Depressant Medication

...our, tremors and seizures following childbirth has posed additional concerns regarding mother’s health. Ever since the time of approval in 1993, the drug has been taken by over millions worldwide. Women of childbearing age (18-45 yrs) constitute 25% of the total number of Paxil users. Although several st...

Shanghai To Tackle Hypertension

... US also recognizes the need to tackle the problem posed by hypertension among its people, as a sick state ends up as a poor state. But very little is being done in reality at the ground level, even though a crusade has been launched against obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revea...

Heparin Antibodies May Put Patients At Risk

...udy aimed at finding out if an independent risk is posed by the development of heparin antibodies prior to the surgery. Heparin is used in several procedures like heart catheterization or angioplasty, kidney dialysis, in addition to heart and vascular surgeries. Antibodies are developed in as many as 50%...

U.S. To Tighten Sick Passenger, Quarantine Rules

...enerally only be used in situations where a person posed a threat to public health and refused to cooperate with a voluntary request to be isolated. In addition, pilots and ship captains would only be required to report passengers or crew who showed symptoms of certain serious infectious diseases, such as...

Perfusion bioreactor could enhance stem cell research and application in the future

...ved in growth and multiplication of the stem cells posed a significant challenge to the researchers. However, the research team successfully overcame these shortcomings to achieve the desired results.The present study may eventually pave way for significant breakthroughs in the field of stem cell research ...

Launch Of India’s First Virology Course At Pun

Aiming to counter the threat posed by new virus-induced diseases like bird flu and Japanese encephalitis, a city-based institute has launched a course offering specialization in virology. The NIV and the Institute of // Biotechnology and Bioinformatics of the University of Pune would ...

Cancer Patients Prone To Developing Blood Clots

...0 of the 160 doctors surveyed thought radiotherapy posed little or no increased risk for blood clots. More than 80 doctors thought the same for chemotherapy, and more than 70 agreed hormone therapy did not increase the risk. Of the doctors surveyed, 84 did not routinely recommend blood thinners, such as a...

Chances are high for Avian Influenza virus altering its form

...ete the ongoing assessment of the nature of threat posed by the H5N1 virus. Very case needs to be investigated to ensure the in time detection of clusters of cases occurring in the same family or in the same area. WHO is of the opinion that the virus may have already started to mutate to a new strain tha...

Cancer Patients At A Greater Risk Of Developing Blood Clots

...0 of the 160 doctors surveyed thought radiotherapy posed little or no increased risk for blood clots. More than 80 doctors thought the same for chemotherapy, and more than 70 agreed hormone therapy did not increase the risk. Of the doctors surveyed, 84 did not routinely recommend blood thinners, such as a...

Passive Smoking A Health Hazard Unnoticed

...ew study that shows // there may be a greater risk posed to non-smokers from passive smoke or second-hand smoke in public than previous research has shown. Although past research has focused on studying the health risks of cohabitating with a smoker, researchers say this is the first study to examine the ...

Life Quality For Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

...0 people with multiple sclerosis ( MS ). Questions posed by the researchers covered areas such as pain, tiredness,// emotional well-being, vitality, social functioning, and the ability to perform essential activities of daily living. Results from the MS patients were then compared to results taken from a s...

Rat joins list of cloned animals

...ivate almost as soon as they leave the ovary. This posed a problem for a technology that requires painstakingly removing an egg cell, taking out its nucleus, and replacing it with the nucleus from a skin or other kind of cell from the animal to be cloned. Genetic researchers described how they did it. Th...

Oncologists Overlook Clot Risk

...0 of the 160 doctors surveyed thought radiotherapy posed little or no increased risk for blood clots. More than 80 doctors thought the same for chemotherapy, and more than 70 agreed hormone therapy did not increase the risk. Of the doctors surveyed, 84 did not routinely recommend blood thinners, such as a...

Herbal supplement ephedra posing threat to people's health

... product. They then calculated that use of ephedra posed a risk 200 times greater than the risk posed by all other herbal supplements combined. Individual comparisons between ephedra and other herbs ran...

The hazards of domestic travel

...S and Canada this year need to be wary of the risk posed by outdoor adventure. Many travel experts expect people to holiday at home this year, after the terror attacks of September 11. //An outdoor adventure holiday with lots of wildlife and sports appeals to many. Please be aware of the special hazards...

Dangers from lead

...ed that protecting children from the serious risks posed by lead was still more complicated than believed. Doctors generally check for lead exposure in children by testing their blood, including that taken from the umbilical cord at birth. Public health experts concentrate on trying to reduce the presence...

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

...ibuted to their reproductive difficulty. Questions posed by these couples to their health care providers are difficult// to answer because scientifically accurate information regarding the reproductive impact of potential environmental toxins and other teratogens is not readily available. Heavy metals su...

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