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Arsenic in drinking water

... A UN report on arsenic in drinking-water has been prepared in cooperation with other UN agencies under the auspices of an inter-agency coordinating body (the Administrative Committee on Coordination’s Sub-committee on Water Resources. It provides a synthesis of available information on chemical, toxicologica...

Angioplasty plus stenting better than thrombolysis for elderly patients with AMI

...chnique and is equipped and staffed with personnel prepared to offer immediate therapy 24 hours a day." Am Heart J 2003;145:862-867....

Epidemic Fear In Mumbai Mounting Post-Floods

...entatives, the court said the government should be prepared with sufficient medical supplies and doctors in case an epidemic broke out....

Internet Helps Patients In Finding Info About Their Children's' Health Conditions

...formation in the article. Physicians are often not prepared to discuss information obtained from the Internet or to direct parents to reliable sites. Researchers from Luke Air Force Base, US, had surveyed parents of children undergoing routine otolaryngology procedures, such as tonsillectomy or placement of...

Ways Of Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

...r kitchen. The same recommendations apply for food prepared in restaurants and take-away establishments....

Controversy over spread of Mad Cow disease from India

...eir bones for preparing animal feed. These locally prepared animal feed would have been exported to UK. Many countries are importing locally prepared animal feed which may be a potential infecting agent containing brain proteins infected with Scrapie...

Resident Physicians Need More Preparations To Treat Patients From Different Cultures

...arch shows that resident physicians are often less prepared to treat patients from different cultures, especially those with practices that differ from certain medical practices // . According to an article in the September issue of JAMA, many resident physicians report a lack of preparedness in caring for p...

Disaster Planning Guide From Harvard Health Publications

...rtation for days or even longer. It is best to be prepared in advance so that if a disaster occurs, people know what to do and have the supplies are needed on hand. Regardless of the type of event, the three-step plan created by the editors of the Harvard Health Publications division at Harvard Medical Schoo...

A first for India - IVF baby born of surrogacy

...e second woman, acting as the surrogate, was being prepared for cycle synchronisation with the donor. The retrieved eggs were fertilised by the father's spermatozoa by IVF technology and transferred to the uterus of the surrogate mother. IMA president Sudipto Roy said he could comment on legal matters, "but...

Speed up bird flu vaccine, Bush tells experts

... is not simply to defeat H-Five-N-One. It is to be prepared for whatever comes. Because at some point we will most certainly have to use our preparation," he said. Avian flu has primarily affected the Southeast Asian nations although it is largely limited to poultry and wild-bird populations. Experts fear t...

People seek reassurance in facemasks following threats of bird flu epidemic

... and people started seeking reassurance by getting prepared with face coverage. NanoMask, developed by the company Emergency Filtration Products, is the first facemask in the world to utilize nanotechnology enhanced filter media to effectively isolate and destroy viral and bacterial contaminants. Nanoparticl...

India preparing to counteract bird flu threat

...ent necessary directions to India to start getting prepared to face if there are any possible flu attack. Dr. Anbumani said the Ministry planned to open emergency care centres at district headquarters. Dr. Anbumani said the Government would be starting manufacturing influenza vaccine and anti-viral drugs. Th...

Vitamin A supplementation inadequate in India: Need for effective strategies

...ectively," the report states. The report has been prepared by the Indian wing of Canada's Micronutrients Initiative, and is to be presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. It is also estimated that nearly Rs.4.05 billion to Rs.5.85 billion annually has to be set apart to meet the goal. This acco...

India Has No Case Of Avian Flu Says Health Minister

... transmission of avian flu but we are trying to be prepared for that and are working on a vaccine, creating the infrastructure, awareness among doctors and better diagnostic facilities,'he added. The government has been able to appoint its own task force after the WHO raised an alarm in case the avian flu s...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

...ent necessary directions to India to start getting prepared to face if there are any possible flu attack. Some of the favorite destination site for the migratory birds in the state of Kerala is Aakulam, Veli, Purathur, Kadalundi, Sasthamkotta, Kandachira, Ashtamudi, Vembanad Lake covering three districts, K...

Philippines Government prepares to counter bird flu

Philippines Government is getting prepared to counter any bird flu cases in an effective way as it controlled the spread of SARS earlier. //Philippines president Arroyo has appointed two important members of her Government to prevent any possible attack and also increase the awareness to peop...

Land of Kebabs, also reaps enormous profit in fast food

...commercial areas, time is short, so they want food prepared at speed." And of course it is the money they earn that allows them to eat at fast food restaurants whenever they choose. Short on time, high on disposable income, and fast food options galore: it's a lethal combination. You can only hope that th...

Doctors attacked for complacency against pandemic threat

... is a biological inevitability and we’ve got to be prepared for it.” Donaldson said he was dismayed after hearing that some hospitals were “full of dead parrot jokes and people (don’t) believe this is actually going to happen”. The first victim of bird flu in Britain was a parrot infected with the H5N1 st...

Govt Keen To Propagate Stem Cell Research On Right Track

...o's and don'ts associated with stem cells would be prepared and ICMR would take a lead in this regard, he said. Significantly, Dr Shroff said that she had informed ICMR about all her research involving stem cells harvested from human embroys discarded during IVF treatment, ICMR has not yet approved them....

Woodruff Foundation Grant To Support Doctorate Of Nursing Practice Program

...forward to preparing a critical mass of doctorally prepared nurse clinicians through increased collaboration with other graduate schools of nursing throughout Georgia.” MCG’s partner in the initiative, Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, has been awarded $500,000 through the same gran...

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