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Safety In Healthcare , Need Of The Hour

...ger , complications from surgeries also need to be prevented , by standardising the procedures. MAL...

A Drug That Prevents Blindness

... the New England Journal of Medicine, Lucentis has prevented vision loss in 90% of the patients studied. A remarkable improvement in vision was reported in 33% of those experimented on . 716 patients, who formed the subject of the clinical study, received an injection of the drug every month for two years. Th...

Swelling of Prostate Gland Prevented with New drug

...owed that an experimental estrogen-regulating drug prevented the swelling of the prostate gland which occurs as men age. Professor Gail Risbridger, of Monash University in Melbourne said, “We still have to try the drugs in humans, but so far these are very promising results.” “This work holds out the possib...

Awareness about Women's Cancers- A National Concern

...ity of the cancers reported in India can either be prevented or detected early and can be effectively treated and cured. But ignorance of the basic facts of cancer prevails, especially in villages where superstitions surround the disease. Vaccines to prevent cervival cancer are now available. Breast cancer ...

Free Online Educational Videos for People with Diabetes

...but vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy can be prevented in the majority of cases. Joslin recommends a three-prong approach to eye care: maintain excellent A1C levels; keep blood pressure and other health factors in check; and have an annual eye exam involving either pupil dilation (where the doctor places...

A potent therapy to combat fatal viral infections

...evelopment of adenovirus. "Not only were patients prevented from getting these infections after transplant, but those patients who had infections responded to the T-cell therapy and did not require any other treatment," said senior author Dr. Catherine Bollard, assistant professor of pediatrics, immunology, a...

Gene determines pain threshold...

...n rats, the development// of chronic pain could be prevented by blocking the expression of that particular gene after a nerve injury or inflammation. This could be a breakthrough in development of new painkillers. "Studies in volunteers showed that about a quarter of them had the genetic variant that protect...

Polio afflicts a girl despite vaccination

.... According to an official statement, polio can be prevented by 4-10 doses of the vaccine//. However, this does not hold true for this girl called Jannat. “Earlier she used to roam around the house. Now she can't even stand properly,” Jannat's Mother, Akhbari Khatun says.Jannat was diagnosed with polio just ...

Antidepressants linked to infertility in men

...aculation. Dr Schlegel suggests that sperms may be prevented by the drugs from getting into the semen. Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield, said: 'There does seem to be a major correlation. Maybe this is an unknown side effect of these drugs that is only just coming to li...

A Family's Fight against Breast cancer

...chest muscle so that the skin around the breast is prevented from shrinking. The next stage is the rebuilding of the breast using a silicone implant, or fat from the back or abdomen tunneled underneath the skin to the chest. The latter procedure, an autologous reconstruction, meant the breasts would look and...

Fermented Milk offers protection against allergies in infants

...ajor cause of allergies in kids. Milk drink also prevented the antigens found in food to pass through the intestinal wall. GYT...

Threat of Cervical Cancer Unknown to Most Women

..., “This is a unique opportunity for a cancer to be prevented in future generations and one that should not be delayed.” <BR...

More Exercise does not Prevent Obesity in Children

Obesity cannot be prevented just by giving young children more physical exercise according to a new study conducted by researchers in Glasgow//. The findings of the study that involved over 500 four-year-olds are contrary to the popular assumption that in this age which is dom...

Injustice to cancer patients at work

... with cancer and long-term health conditions being prevented from making their contribution to the workplace." According to the DRC, employers should be more aware of the new laws and their obligations towards staff identified with a serious illness. A spokeswoman for Cancerbackup said: "We know from people ...

Awareness Must to Tackle Hepatitis: Experts

...d liver transplantation and yet hepatitis B can be prevented through immunisation and in many cases, hepatitis C can be cured. In India, hepatitis B is a major health concern with the number of estimated to be over 40 million whereas it is estimated that 10.9 million people suffer from chronic hepatitis C - ...

Slim Waistline: Fat Chance for a Healthy Lifeline

...one-third of 500,000 cancer deaths could have been prevented with adequate exercise and proper diet. The American Cancer Society has taken it upon itself to enlighten the public about cancer prevention strategies; Physical fitness that places importance on optimum weight management, occupies pride of place o...

Skilled Obstetricians to avoid unnecessary Caesareans

...sareans were sometimes appropriate, "many could be prevented by the attendance of a more skilled obstetrician". The facts from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists were mentioned in the study. Lack of labor progression is the reason given for 35% of Caesareans for single pregnancies of which...

Anti-Cancer Compound In Broccoli

...-2 increased the resistance of cells and therefore prevented the normal cell-suicide process of cells. Cancer cells with a lot of Bcl-2, but compounds like isothiocyanates found in the cruciferous family make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment. RAS...

Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies

...id that at least 66,500 abortions should have been prevented in 2004 alone if it had worked. There has been a rise in abortion rates between 1984 and 2004 by 50 per cent, reaching a record of 185,000, which is the highest in Western Europe. In 2001 the morning-after pill, taken up to 72 hours after unprotect...

Nitric Oxide Levels In Brain Indicate Sleep

...ulness. Blocking adenosine receptors with caffeine prevented this nitric-oxide-induced slumber. Rosenberg sees the most pharmaceutical promise in developing drugs that prolong wakefulness by curbing production of nitric oxide or scavenging the gas once it's produced. The opposite – a sleeping pill made from ...

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