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Non ventilated patients in intensive care may suffer from delirium

... patients stay longer in hospitals. Delirium is a regular occurring condition of patients on mechanical ventilators in the intensive care units. Delirium is the cause for more deaths, longer hospitalization tenure and higher medical costs for the patients and their families. Researchers had found out that ...

Hearing loss can happen from regular exposure to carbon monoxide

Animal studies have shown the regular exposure to carbon monoxide can damage// the ears of young children. Carbon monoxide enters into the atmosphere from kerosene and gas stove combustions, generators and other liquid fuel powered equipments, car exhaust and tobacco smokes. At moderate...

World Blood Donors Day on 14th June 2005

...blood donation and encourage more people to become regular blood donors. The day is supported by major organizations working for voluntary non-remunerated blood donation: the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations, the ...

Lower risk of cardiovascular disease from tight glucose control

...s possible. Conventionally this can be achieved by regular testing for blood glucose levels, following a diet and exercise plan, and adjusting medication according to the daily food intake and exercising. Long term benefits of tight glucose control currently acknowledged were prevention of eye problems, ki...

Genes More Important Than Exercise for Bad Cholesterol

...," He further added:"One member of each pair was a regular long-distance runner, someone we contacted through Runner's World magazine or at races around the country. His brother clocked 40 kilometers a week less, at least, if he exercised at all." The blood tests showed that the twins had very similar cha...

Research identifies trigger that sets of Huntingtons disease

...rotein of the Huntingtons disease (HD) activates a regular protein called p53. The p53 can lead to expression of some other genes, that can lead to the full fledged expression of the genes. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who had conduced the study, feel that the molecule p53 ma...

Use Of Sunscreen In Childhood And Prevents Future Skin Cancer

...ity of British Columbia reveals that adopting a // regular sunscreen routine in childhood can reduce the risk...ication. The parents of the other group received a regular supply of sunscreen with SPF 30 and advice on its use for children, before being exposed to the sun ...

Parents understand better the hearing loss problem in children if counseled

... the physicians to help the children get back to a regular life. In her research, Dr Gravel had outlined ways to make parents recognize the signs that accompany normal hearing at different stages of child development, detect the signs of a hearing loss, and be aware of the treatment options that are availabl...

The Indian Government has given the nod to conduct Human volunteer trials inorder to develop preventive AIDS vaccines

...y of the dosage. They are not asked to alter their regular lifestyles. If the vaccine is seen to work on both groups, it is then given to a larger group of up to 1,000 people. Most importantly at every stage of the trial all volunteers have to be HIV-negative when they sign up. In the fourth and last phase...

Ayurvedic Therapies Cashing In On Medical Tourism

...ar we got quite a few tourists from Australia. Our regular clientele is from Europe, mainly Germany," said Mr. Narayanan. The packages can cost anything between about 60 euros and 180 euros a day. However, two-week packages carry discounts compared to daily packages. And hence the most popular packages are ...

Yoga for preventing weight gain in middle age

...arch Center who have conducted a study showed that regular practice of yoga for at least 30minutes of a week for four or more years can lead to arrest of weight gain in obese people in their middle ages. Researchers had looked into the data collected from 15,500 men and women in the age group of 45 and 55 y...

Patients With Alzheimer’s Need To Be Checked For Visual Clarit

... disease should be actively involved in conducting regular tests for the patients’ eye sights, give them the right eye glasses, and take care of the spectacles for patients who are too impaired to do so. Reference: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Jul 2005...

Eleutherobin From Coral Fights Cancer Cells

...es checked for cancer every three years apart from regular easy-to-do home examinations to stay alert to warning signs of cancer. For cancer, be it of the breast or the uterus, can be cured if detected early enough. Some cancers that are common in women are oral cancer, oesophageal cancer, leukaemia, buccal...

Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients

...es checked for cancer every three years apart from regular easy-to-do home examinations to stay alert to warning signs of cancer. For cancer, be it of the breast or the uterus, can be cured if detected early enough. Some cancers that are common in women are oral cancer, oesophageal cancer, leukaemia, buccal...

Fasting, Feasting Your Way To Health

... exercise than our distant ancestors, but having a regular food supply as opposed to an intermittent one may prove to be almost as damaging." However, Mattson was careful to emphasise caution: "Until clear results are obtained in well-controlled studies," he wrote in The Lancet, "specific recommendations co...

Geriatric Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease May Not Be Treated Properly

...rs before starting dialysis. Patients who did make regular nephrologist visits were more likely to receive recommended tests and treatments. The reasons for the low rates of testing and preventive treatments are unknown—doctors may be unaware of the recommendations for CKD, or patients may lack a single phy...

Risk Of Heart Attack Increase From Pre-Hypertension

...an increased blood pressure Researchers recommend regular exercise; control of body weight, and changes implemented in the diet and lifestyle can work together to make the people with pre-hypertension control their condition. Source: EurekAlert Medindia on Hypertension: Further information Hypertensi...

Folic Acid blows Gene-based Colon Cancer

... and vegetables, no heavy red meat consumption and regular colon exams after age 50 -- reduces colon cancer risk in the general population. Here, the investigators looked only for variations in behavior and diet showing a pattern of disease reduction among genetically compromised female subjects. Intake of ...

Glucose may support in Cardiac Arrest

...survival. The Dutch study found that supplementing regular treatment of heart attacks with the extra fuel reduced the risk of dying //within a month from 4% to 1.5%, but only for patients whose hearts had not suffered substantial damage in the attack. Researchers suggested that the study's findings were pre...

Cholesterol in low levels are good

...ad" cholesterol after treatment than those given a regular dose// of a similar medication, but they also showed a decrease in thickness in the main neck arteries supplying blood to the brain. This main artery plays a key role in the risk of stroke and heart attack. The study is the first to show lowering ch...

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