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Bugged about super bugs

...ccus aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria are posing a serious threat in our ICUs (intensive care units). People infected with these super bugs are more likely to have longer hospital stays and require multiple drug treatments to fight them off and even then, it's often too little, too late.” The stu...

18 fall Victim to Cholera in Niger

...oods have affected 43,000 persons in five regions, posing serious health risks to them. Over 200 cases of cholera, a water-borne disease had been reported over the past three weeks across the region. OCHA spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs said: "Urgent measures must be taken to control the outbreak of the disea...

Does Severe Mental Illness Warrant a lock-Up?

...people suffering a severe personality disorder are posing a big threat to public protection//. Mental Health Services are putting their best foot forward to find an answer to this burning problem. The 1959 Mental Health Act has indicated that chronically ill patients are advised prolonged stay in Mental H...

Sexual assault cases in mixed-sex psychiatric wards on the high

...l kids are admitted to the adult wards every year, posing a high risk for them."We are aware of a recent case where a 17-year-old was placed on a ward with an adult male who had previously sexually assaulted a minor," a spokeswoman for the charity said. "You go there to get better, not to be assaulted," s...

WHO Urges Shah Rukh Khan to Stop Endorsing Tobacco Products

...le are losing their lives due to tobacco and it is posing a huge challenge to the country's public health expenditure and productive working hours," Reddy said. Source-IANS...

Estrogen Study Provides New Hope For Colon Cancer Treatment

...es that are effective against colon cancer without posing a significant risk of other problems." Estrogen supplements have been taken by millions of older women as a way of staving off some of the problems associated with menopause, such as hot flashes and bone loss, but the number has declined considerab...

Doctors Asked to Play ‘Peeping Tom ‘ in Their Patients’ Lies

... concludes by urging doctors not to shy away from posing ‘personal’ questions to patients ,as the answers could well be a remedy in themselves. AN...

Methylmercury in Marine Fish Pose Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Elderly Men

...contaminating thousands of sites around the world, posing long-term health risks to an estimated 50 million inhabitants of mining regions. These activities alone contribute more than 10 percent of the mercury in Earth's atmosphere attributable to human activities today. Little is known about the behavior ...

Sleep Deprivation Could Affect Psychologically too

... time and judgment, the research authors had said, posing "a very serious risk." Drivers are especially vulnerable, they had warned. Sleep deprivation may have an adverse impact on mental health too. For Lack of sleep may aggravate anxiety-related disorders, other studies have shown....

Tuberculosis – 125 Years Since Discovery, Yet a Challenge to Dat

...the bacterium mutates into drug-resistant strains, posing one of the greatest challenges to world initiatives focused on TB eradication. A dangerous TB strain, in the news recently, called XDR tuberculosis, was first observed in South Africa. The World Health Organization has pressed the need for an addi...

Indian Films With Smoking Scenes may Get 'A' Certificate

...00,000 tobacco-related deaths every year and it is posing a huge challenge to the country's public health expenditure and productive working hours. According to government estimates, India is home to 200 million tobacco users. To dissuade people from smoking, pictures of corpse, cancerous mouth and the ca...

New Bill Introduced in US to Promote Public Health

...ited States. And it is this segment that is aging, posing serious questions over the future of the country.. "Preventive medicine physicians - the only U.S. physicians trained in both clinical medicine and public health - are uniquely equipped to address the health needs of individuals and populations ali...

Sewage Swamps River in Scotland

... raw sewage has been pouring into the river Forth, posing a serious threat to public health. Engineers have been working through the night in a bid to halt the discharge of raw sewage into the river. As much as a hundred million litres of partially diluted sewage, enough to fill 170 Olympic-sized swimmi...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

... continued engagement// in Iraq and Afghanistan is posing a serious challenge on two fronts. One, soldiers are at an ever greater risk of mental health problems. Second at the current level of staffing and funds, the military health care will not be able to provide those affected necessary statement. In...

Australia Battles Oil Slick on Yarra River

...il slick has contaminated Melbourne's Yarra River, posing serious threat to wildlife in the region . Recreational users have been warned against contact with the water until the slick - from the Chandler Highway to Johnston St - is cleaned up. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating the...

Chinas Blue Ear Virus-no Hogwash

...ted States in 1987 and has since spread worldwide, posing no threat to humans. But it has mutated in China, making it hard to identify and becoming more deadly to pigs, says Jia. "This variation of Blue Ear disease is a completely new variation," informs Jia. "It is the first time our country and the worl...

Beer Bashes of Teens Spinning Out of Control in US

...ing photos. Among them were the picture of a boy posing next to an artfully arranged pyramid of beer and of a girl who strapped a bottle of Captain Morgan (a popular rum brand) to her chest with a belt for easy access, like a gun in a holster. The brazen youth had already posted the pictures on the int...

Indoor Smoking Bans Creating Unhealthy Outdoor Second-hand Smoke Zones

...red outside establishments, which bans the fag, is posing a health hazard of its own, as there has been an increase of pollutants from it. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Luke Naeher at the University of Georgia College of Public Health. "Athens is a college town, and we have th...

XDR-TB a Serious Threat to India

...r age group (their average age was 30 years), thus posing a major threat to our economically productive population," Dr. Jain notes. "Serious efforts are needed to tackle this deadly disease which may become a global emergency." Dr. Jain says that XDR-TB has long existed in India but has been under-recogniz...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

...t continued engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan is posing a serious challenge on two fronts. One, soldiers are at an ever greater risk of mental health problems. Second at the current level of staffing and funds, the military health care will not be able to provide those affected necessary statement. In...

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