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Government Expels Superintendent for Not Informing Newborn Deaths

...ree Avittam Tirunal (SAT) Hospital here at 23. The reason behind them is said to be infections in the labour room, according to blood tests conducted at the microbiology department of the Medical College Hospital. The infection is reportedly caused by klebsiella bacteria, proliferating in unhygienic condi...

Fertility Rates Felled By Diabetes

...sh researchers, diabetes is fast becoming a common reason for male infertility . The researchers from the Reproductive Medicine Research Group at Queen's University, Belfast, based their study results on semen samples of 57 men who were diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1. In this disorder, which occurs from ...

New Research Promises To Take The Pain Off Breast Feeding

...ositions. "From a health point of view, there's no reason they couldn't try breastfeeding in that position and we welcome any research that might improve the chances of success. "Maybe women just have to experiment and find a position that suits them best, he was quoted....

Breastfeeding and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help New Moms Fight Depression

...ns the risk. Mothers' mental health is yet another reason to intervene quickly when breastfeeding difficulties arise."...

HCV Patients Survival After Liver Transplantation is Not Improving

...on. HCV-induced liver disease is the most common reason for liver transplantation in the U.S., however, previous studies have shown that these patients do not respond as well to liver transplantation. The difference has become even more striking in recent years, leading some to suggest that survival rates...

Brazil Government In Contention With Merck Over Anti-AIDS Drug

...his group, 60 percent concluded that an underlying reason was their HIV infection, 50 percent cited drug use, 35 percent said it was because of homelessness, and race and ethnicity were implicated by 35 percent. Those who perceived discrimination were significantly more likely to give lower ratings for qu...

Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

...ays, although some reject this argument. Another reason is the fear that active killing may have a negative impact on the psychology of professional staff, and that parents may feel pressured to accept the option of euthanasia so that they do not become a burden on medical and social services. Acts by n...

Maggots Rid Patients of MRSA

...ed to see such a good result for MRSA. There is no reason this cannot be applied to many other areas of the body, except perhaps a large abdominal wound." Professor Boulton and his team, including senior nurse Ann Knowles, have used maggots to treat diabetic foot ulcers of patients attending the Mancheste...

Novel Technology to Locate and Treat Tumors

... technology. Our discovery is an example of the reason that the NIH and DOD support basic sciencewe were working on the principles of membrane protein folding, and made a discovery with important medical implications that wouldnt have happened without the ideas and approaches used in that work, Engelman ...

FDA Advises Manufacturers to Test Glycerin for Possible Contamination

...utical products. At the present time, FDA has no reason to believe that the U.S. supply of glycerin is contaminated with DEG, though the agency is cognizant of reports from other countries over the past several years in which DEG-contaminated glycerin has caused human deaths. FDA is emphasizing the import...

Babies Cot Dead - Why?

...that this finding alone cannot enable a sufficient reason for cot death. There is a need to look into genetic and environmental factors which could be related with the syndrome....

New Survey List Out Cities That Take Sun Protection Seriously

...nt) felt that the climate in which they live was a reason why they were not that worried about skin cancer implying that somehow their short period of sun exposure during the summer months could not cause enough damage to their skin to develop skin cancer. "The notion that only people living in year-round ...

Gluten Intolerance Cases Diagnosed Late in UK

...ly identify cases in primary care. "There is no reason why people should not be diagnosed more quickly, and avoid years of debilitating pain and ill-health." Professor Mayur Lakhani, head of the Royal College of GPs said: "Awareness of celiac disease is increasing but doctors do find it a difficult co...

Study Evaluates the Incompetence of Blacks as Living Kidney Donors

... some cases, disqualified donors had more than one reason for exclusion. About 30 percent of blacks were e... to 1.8 percent of whites. For whites, the biggest reason for exclusion was kidney stones, at 7.3 percent, compared to 1.5 percent in blacks. "Further study...

Army Training Regimen Brutal in US, Needs Overhauling

... a broken finger. It didn't heal properly for some reason and ended up deformed, his hand at less than 100 p...Reed, Gen. George Weightman told the Post that the reason injured soldiers stay so long in the military/medical limbo is that the Army needs to hold on to as ...

Health Authorities Fear West Nile Season Again in US

...e said people dropping their guard was the primary reason for last year's jump. In 2006 there was a serious escalation in the incidence of this disease in Texas. 354 persons were infected and 31 deaths occurred, whereas there were only 128 cases and 11 deaths the previous year. Weather plays a big role ...

Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence

...he best of their abilities. It is perhaps for this reason that right attitude and disposition are overriding qualities sought in aspirants. What is needed is not super human traits but the ability to be superbly humane, and touch a chord in patients' lives. Each year, the 12 th of May is celebrated as ...

Mammogram Rates On The Decline In America

...n from the University of Louisville, feels another reason may be that many women are not aware of the cheap screening programs available. Other factors include a decline in the number of women having health insurance and health-promotion campaigns not laying sufficient stress on mammography. Women have al...

Scientists Saying Against Trees Sparks Debate

...hane in anaerobic conditions, there seems to be no reason or mechanism for living plants to emit the gas in an oxygen-rich environment. The implications of the findings are worrying: on a global scale, Keppler estimated, methane emissions from plants and trees could amount to hundreds of millions of tonne...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

...als in our food, air and water that appear to be a reason behind breast cancer. The researchers assert that 29 of the prospective carcinogens on the list are generated in the US in huge amounts with each going beyond 500,000 kilograms per year. Nevertheless, although scientists have strictly inspected...

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