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Everest, Five Other World Heritage Sites Face Climate Change Risk

...k, the campaigners want the governing committee to reconsider its position. The World Heritage Committee's annual meeting runs until July 2....

Tritium Risks at New Heights

... said the findings should prompt the government to reconsider the dangers of tritium and the provinces reliance on nuclear power. OPG says it also tests the water around its nuclear plants on a regular basis. Greenpeace is the second influential entity to raise concerns about Canada's tritium standards recent...

FDA To Reconsider Standards for Reviewing Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives

... oral contraceptives have instigated the agency to reconsider what represents an "acceptable failure rate" for new drugs. The agency uses a measurement called the Pearl Index, which calculates a contraceptive's failure rate by measuring the amount of time women are exposed to a given product and the number of u...

Use of Mammograms in Men

...reast Cancer Symposium, suggests physicians should reconsider ordering mammograms for men, who are most often diagnosed with non-cancerous gynecomastia, a common condition which includes breast swelling, a tender mass or painful breast tissue. “Mammography is being performed with increasing frequency in men w...

Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective for Some Schizophrenia Patients

...The results from CATIE should encourage doctors to reconsider the use of perphenazine as another choice for patients with schizophrenia," said NIMH Director Thomas Insel, M.D. More than 90 percent of antipsychotic prescriptions are written for second generation medications, despite the fact they are more exp...

Task therapy Beneficial to Patients with Dementia

...th-care systems and private insurance companies to reconsider payments for occupational therapy for people with dementia, in the assumption that they have poor rehabilitation potential. Those in the treatment group were given 10 home-based sessions over five weeks with experienced occupational therapists who ...

Surveys Find Outright Hunger among Latino Immigrants in North Carolina

...orted hunger.” She added, “Policy makers need to reconsider access to food programs in the light of the levels of food insecurity and hunger and its short- and long-term consequences.” Source-IANS SRM...

Swiss Group Appeals Invocation of Euthanasia Option For The Severely Depressed

... UK could take a leaf out of the Dutch books, and reconsider their laws on assisted suicide....

Molecular Medicine And Diabetes

...ations, however, there was no compelling reason to reconsider the diagnosis. (Edidin was constantly involved in the next stages and visited with Lilly and Philipson at the University. ) When the DNA test came back positive for the exact mutation--known as Kir6.2--the mood of the Jaffe household brightened. "W...

Court Orders NHS To Reconsider Funding Lung Cancer Drug

...mary Care Trust (PCT) has been asked by a court to reconsider giving the cancer treatment drug Tarceva to Linda Gordon, 47. The High Court was told that// the drug had not been approved for use by the NHS. But Mr Justice Ousele said that it was not legal that the NHS refuses to fund the drug despite clinical ...

MRSA - more prevalent than ever

... with antibiotics."This finding suggests a need to reconsider empirical antimicrobial choices for skin and soft-tissue infections in areas where MRSA is prevalent in the community," the study says. "Standard precautions (including the use of gowns and gloves by health care workers for contact with wound drainag...

Community-associated MRSA: Most Common Cause Of Skin Infection

...nst MRSA,' Talan said. 'We encourage physicians to reconsider antibiotic choices for skin and soft-tissue infections in areas where MRSA is prevalent in the community.' Talan notes that most MRSA cases are mild, and having the infection drained and keeping it clean resolves the problem. But when antibiotics a...

FDA Decision To Reject Plan B Made Under Political Pressure: Officials

...agency stood today. Last Monday the FDA decided to reconsider approving Plan B for OTC sales....

Discovery In "Bubble Boy" Disease Gene Therapy

... an event that caused the field of gene therapy to reconsider the safety of this approach. Researchers later determined that the gamma C gene added to the stem cells had inserted itself into oncogenes (cancer-causing genes). The genetic on-switch that was part of the gamma C gene had turned on the oncogenes ...

Study Indicates An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer In Women Undertaking Estrogen and Testosterone Therapy

...sterone therapy, women and their physicians should reconsider use and, more specifically, long-term use of these therapies," they conclude. "Although postmenopausal therapies may provide improvement with respect to sexual functioning, general well-being and bone health, the increased risk of breast cancer may o...

Vietnam Considering Legalizing Sex Change Operations

... think that some of them can do it, but we have to reconsider their ability in terms of equipment and professional ability," he said....

'Humiliated' Dean Contemplates Leaving AIIMS

...ty in Lucknow. I declined the offer then but might reconsider in view of the prevalent situation (in AIIMS)," said R.C. Deka, a leading ENT surgeon in the country and an expert in cochlear implant surgery. On June 15, some doctors and students surrounded his house and shouted slogans demanding his resignation...

Increased Childhood Leukemia Risk If House Is Near Power Lines

...y said that health concerns were forcing people to reconsider buying houses in such areas. "It's a very clear message for the policy makers in Scotland - even those Scottish people not affected want a moratorium on new building where it puts homes and power lines next to each other," said Eddie O'Gorman, chai...

Rajasthan Government Plans to Monitor Private Health Centres

...h organisations pressurised the then government to reconsider the provisions of the bill before sending it to the governor for his assent. Accordingly, it was refereed to a six-member expert Committee, which submitted a favourable report. Yet, the bill did not see the light of the day. (Source: IANS)...

Women Win Legal Battle Over Treatment Of Breast Cancer

...ling stated that it is now a matter for the PCT to reconsider its policy and to formulate a lawful policy upon which to base decisions in particular cases.The chief executive of Swindon Primary Care Trust, said, that they welcome the clarity given by the court on the use of Herceptin. He stated that with this n...

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