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People Want Community Hospitals to Stay

...enged in the courts. He said that they presented a reasonable view to the health minister against the closure of the two hospitals but the minister did not listen to them. But Mr Kerr said that he did this in the best interest of the local communities to provide high quality, safe and sustainable services. Ac...

Cancer Drug to Treat Scleroderma Lung Disease

...disease or who have more severe disease, it may be reasonable to consider cyclophosphamide early on,' he said. Martinez concluded that this medication is one that patients and doctors have to discuss and decide on a case-by-case basis and decide if the potential benefit is worth the risk to that particular pa...

Music to Some, Torture to Others

...has always perplexed people that what seems like a reasonable volume to them is sometimes inaudible or thunderous torture for someone else. Research has revealed that kids can hear high-pitched noises, which adults can't. The House Ear Institute in Los Angeles has said that most adults' ability to hear high f...

No More Dietary Restriction for Heartburn Patients - Study Says

...eally gives me terrible heartburn,' then it may be reasonable to say, 'Well, you could avoid it, or you could take a medication before you drink some red wine,'‘ she said. According to the ACG, more than 60 million Americans experience heartburn at least once a month and estimates are that more than 15 millio...

Sensible Overall Dietary Pattern More Important than Individual Food Choices

...tter to you most—as long as your portion sizes are reasonable and your overall dietary pattern is sound. The bottom line: When it comes to diet, men who pay attention to the big picture can occasionally eat “bad” foods that they love. Source: Newswise...

Medicine MRPs to Include Tax

... price control in order to make available drugs at reasonable prices. They also announced that labels on medicines strips would be bilingual, both in Hindi and English, to benefit the people. The members also agreed that the maximum allowable post-manufacturing expense (MAPE) should not be more than 100 per...

Scotland's First 'Stand-Alone' Private Fertility Centre Established

...ting that it was about time the women were given a reasonable alternative, when compared to the strict eligibility rules and waiting times, which often go up to five years by the NHS. Many patient groups, have meanwhile expressed concern over the setting up of the 'Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine' f...

Expanding Price Control Detrimental for Pharma Companies: CII

...mpetition between pharma companies already ensures reasonable pricing. Instead of affecting the growth by over regulation, it would be better to allow market forces to determine prices," CII's National Committee on Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Chairman Ajay Piramal told reporters after a meeting with the committee...

Gates Foundation Adopts Fight against Encephalitis

... of the poor monitoring of the disease it would be reasonable to expect that the annual death toll of 10,000 is a gross underestimate. At present there is no viable treatment for the infection. Since children are at highest risk, the children of India are the ones being targeted for immunization. "This is...

India to Claim Bird Flu-Free Status Next Month

...s have projected a requirement of $882 million for reasonable level of preparedness, the current gap in fund mobilisation was 65 percent. WHO Regional Director for the South-East Asia Region Samlee Plianbangchang said the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus had crossed over the species barriers and already infecte...

Therapy Decided by Risk Factors

...beat with radiofrequency energy — is considered “a reasonable alternative to drug therapy to treat AF in patient...on symptoms, controlling the heart rate may be the reasonable therapy in elderly patients with persistent AF who have hypertension or heart disease, according to ...

Risk of Brain Hemorrhage Rises with Old Age

...efully monitored warfarin therapy can be used with reasonable safety in older patients." The study patients were followed for an average of 2.4 years. Findings showed 170 patients suffered major hemorrhages while taking warfarin compared to 162 patients not taking warfarin. Overall, patients on and off warfar...

Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

...apy (nBHRT) has been proposed by some doctors as a reasonable alternative, although it is not commonly prescribed. nBHRT, like its synthetic counterpart, requires a physician’s prescription for the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The hormones differ in that nBHRT is derived from plants rather than synthetic...

Is There a Connection between Hearing loss and High-speed Dental Tools?

...e were a lot of them that couldn't hear. It sounds reasonable to me that high-speed hand pieces may contribute to long-term hearing loss." Malloy said he stopped wearing ear protection a decade ago when he joined the School of Dentistry and began seeing patients only one day a week, but the study is making him ...

Indian Australian Doctor Charged for Performing Illegal Abortion

...egal unless a doctor forms the honest, genuine and reasonable belief the abortion is necessary to protect the woman from serious danger to her life or her physical or mental health. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi argued that Sood had performed a dangerous an...

Max Healthcare Launches Outpatient Health Plans

...ucts so that people get healthcare facilities at a reasonable rate and we are not overcharged by the hospitals. The third party administration by E-Meditek Solutions will ensure this," said Kumar. (Source: IANS)...

Complete Ban on Fizzy Drinks in Schools

... sweet drinks altogether - they needed to offer "a reasonable alternative" such as diet sodas. ‘Otherwise, the children will just leave the school and go to the local dairy, schools lose the money and it's not solving anything.’ NL...

Slow Fight Against Childhood Obesity

...pport a healthful diet and are served and eaten in reasonable portion sizes. Families should also make physical activity a priority, " Koplan said. An expert considers the report to be beneficial, however, feels that a single approach may not undo the obesity epidemic."With its usual careful and comprehensive...

Death in Illinois ER declared Homicide

... gross deviations from the standard of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in this situation.' Vance died on July 29 at the Vista Medical Center in Waukegan. A spokeswoman of that center refused to comment on the ruling. Deputy Coroner Robert Barrett testified that Vance had waited nearly two h...

NBA To Usher In Standardized Heart Testing

...matic strategy that the NBA is instituting is very reasonable and important...They should be given substantial credit for this initiative."...

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