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Exercise Has No Effect on Knee OA: Study

...of the original Framingham cohort. Persons were questioned about recent physical activity they had engaged in on a regular basis, and between one and two years later (1993-1994) had knee X-rays. They were also asked questions about knee symptoms such as pain, aching or stiffness. Between 2002 and 2005 they w...

U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic

... “The Great Influenza,” a history of the 1918 flu, questioned an idea underpinning the study’s conclusions. There is evidence, he said, that some cities with low sickness and death rates in 1918, including St. Louis and Cincinnati, were hit by a milder spring wave of the virus. That would have, in effect, inocu...

Ayurveda Firm's Name Change Irks Experts

...of the traditional Indian science of ayurveda have questioned the name change of leading firm Kerala Ayurveda Pharmacy Ltd (KAPL) to Kerala// Ayurveda Ltd, saying it could mislead patients and tourists. The Kochi-based KAPL has been a leading name in Kerala's ayurveda sector and its fame rose when it merged ...

Statutory Warnings on Cigarette Packs- Make It Bigger and Brighter, Say Researchers

...hese messages was recorded. Sixty percent of those questioned said there were alerted to the ills of smoking by these messages. Here the ads printed on the cigarette packet were large colorful graphic representations such as a drooping cigarette indicating impotence, a rotting mouth –indicative of gum disease, ...

Special Exams to Help Failing Medical Students

...nce again for these students, a move that is being questioned by many. These examinations are being considered in view of the increasing number of failures in MBBS and to help those students who are finding it hard to clear the examination. As many as 25 students from Jaipur's SMS Medical College and 10 t...

Active Lifestyle Reduces Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer

...g structured telephone interviews, the researchers questioned 7,630 women without breast cancer, 1,689 survivors of in situ, or non-invasive, breast cancer and 6,391 survivors of invasive breast cancer, all between the ages of 20 and 69. They asked detailed questions about physical activity, occupation, family ...

Dr. ‘NO’ Admitted for Lung Conditin

...ic and beetroot for AIDS patients. She publicly questioned the safety and effectiveness of conventional AIDS treatments like antiretrovirals and drugs that hinder the transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their unborn children. The health ministry began providing HIV drugs to pregnant women only afte...

Make Dental Care Affordable for the Working Poor

...lth Minister George Smitherman is tongue tied when questioned about improving dental care to make it affordable// for the working poor in Ontario. A letter has been written to the minister by a Chief Dentist in Toronto, with a proposal to consider dental treatment for low-income workers in community health c...

Manufacturers of Infant Formula Milk Asked to Do Away With Exaggerated Nutritional Claims

... milk// is a definite read. These claims have been questioned by the Governments food standards agency, and have been termed ‘most misleading’ to new mothers. To enable the correct information to new mothers and mothers-to-be, many breast milk activist groups have begun championing the cause of breast milk o...

UK to Pull Pseudoephedrine

...active option for consumers, and some parties have questioned its efficacy altogether. Only last month, US firm SCOLR dropped its phenylephrine development plans, claiming that the treatment "did not justify continued internal development." SCOLR vice president and chief technology officer, Stephen Turner,...

A New Pain Killer With Less Side Effects

...urvey for the British Pain Society 975 people were questioned about pain. Twenty one percent experienced pain every day or most days equating to ~10million across the whole UK. "Morphine produces its clinical effects by interaction with opioid receptors. In addition to acting as a pain killer this drug produc...

Rest for Doctors to Ensure Patients’ Safet

...ll come into force by 2009. The doctors who were questioned reported working between 40 to over 70 hours a week. Dr Masood Ahmed, of the British Medical Association said that the NHS must recognize the importance of enough rest for doctors and keep them in view while designing rotas. The study marked ten...

Weight Gain in Pregnancy Linked to Overweight in Kids

...arding gestational weight gain. However, some have questioned whether evidence is sufficient that greater gains promote better birth outcomes in modern developed nations. More weight gain may cause undesirable birth outcomes, such as increased rates of babies born at high birth weight and cesarean section, and ...

Sunburnt Holiday-makers Boost Their Chances of Fatal Skin Cancer

...er cent said they might get sunburnt. The survey questioned 2000 men and women of all ages throughout Britain about their sunbathing habits. Overall more than a quarter of adults (27 per cent) thought getting burnt was all part of getting a tan. Almost one fifth (19 percent) said they planned to get burnt a...

HIV Experts Criticize Australian PM's Suggestion for Ban on Entry of HIV-infected

..." Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike too had questioned the adequacy of immigration checks, saying the increase in Victoria's HIV notifications was partially due to the arrival of HIV-positive people from overseas. She did say 70 of the 334 new HIV notifications in Victoria last year involved migrants. ...

HIV Experts Criticize Australian PM's Suggestion for Ban on Entry of HIV-infected

... Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike too had questioned the adequacy of immigration checks, saying the increase in Victoria's HIV notifications was partially due to the arrival of HIV-positive people from overseas. She did say 70 of the 334 new HIV notifications in Victoria last year involved migrants....

Travelers’ Hazard- Antihistamines Make Drowsy Driver

...d driven after taking medication. Many of those questioned said they had lost concentration at the wheel because of side effects such as drowsiness. Figures included those like 45 per cent of these having driven while taking medication and nearly 18 per cent admitting that their driving was negative...

Ever-Controversial Mental Health Act To Be Decided Upon

...atment. Yet this policy of leniency began to be questioned after the early nineties due to incidents of murders carried out by mentally unsound persons, as they roamed around society, at free will. There were calls to the amendment of the 1983 Mental Health Act, which held that a person must be ‘treatable’ i...

Ethanol Could Be Damaging for Human Health, New Study Says

...hgrass or other kinds of plants, Jacobson said. He questioned the wisdom of promoting ethanol and other biofuels if they cause as much harm as pollution from gasoline, which causes about 10,000 premature deaths a year in the United States. 'There are alternatives, such as battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and ...

Brief Intervention on HIV and Alcohol Risk Encourages Safer Sex

...tervention or control condition. Participants were questioned about their number of sexual partners and condom use in the past month, as well as alcohol and other drug use. Several short questionnaires were also administered, to assess understanding of HIV risk and prevention, HIV-related stigma, intentions of ...

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