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Women, Younger Patients at Greater Lifetime Cancer Risk from CT Scan

...l Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VII Phase 2 report provides a framework for estimating LAR of cancer incidence associated with radiation exposure from a CTCA by using a computational model, and integrating the most current data available on health effects of radiation. According to the researchers,...

Palestinian Rival Leader Claims That Arafat Died of AIDS

...they told him that the French gave them a medical report that stated that the cause of Arafat's death was AIDS. Jibril added in the interview that Abbas and every other member of Arafat's Fatah party "should be happy that we got rid of the plague, which had been imposed upon them. The Fatah movement now...

Indian, Iraqi Medics may Face Terror Stigma Overseas

...s National Health Service (NHS). According to a report in the BBC, a major investigation has been under way in the United Kingdom since the two failed explosions. The suspects are doctors or medical students, among them people who qualified in Jordan, India and Iraq. Overseas doctors have started vo...

Ayurvedic Doctor Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Causing Death of Woman

... where she died six days later. The post-mortem report ascertained the cause of death to be multiple organ failure due to a drug reaction. Investigations indicted Kumar for causing the death of the woman. During the trial, he claimed he never practiced as a doctor. Rather, he was working as an insuranc...

Report Shows How Children With Brain Tumors Perform at School

...or the study, researchers compared the ninth grade report cards of 300 children with previous brain tumors, which had been treated with surgery or radiation therapy, to 1,473 healthy children living in Finland. The study found the average grades of children who have had a brain tumor were significantly l...

Wealthy Australian Women More Prone to Breast Cancer New Study

... breast cancer appears to buck the trend, with the report clearly illustrating "significantly higher" rates ...t lower than average. The Cancer Council of NSW report reveals that the rest of the state falls within an average range. There are more than 4000 new ca...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...criptions increased nearly 20-fold, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2002, the DEA said the drug caused 146 deaths and contributed to another 318. U.S. District Judge James Jones in Virginia placed the company on probation for five years and each of the executives on p...

UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant

...epression, 16 reports of suicidal thoughts and one report of self-injury." It said evidence suggested one in 10 people who take Acomplia may develop psychiatric side effects. "Approximately one patient in every 100 may experience suicidal thoughts." About 41,000 patients in the UK have been treated wi...

Drink-drivers Not Influenced by Ads Unless It Affects Them Personally

...until the message relates directly to them, says a report . The UK Department of Transport says that advertisements about the dreadful consequences of drink-driving can influence young men not to sit behind the wheel while inebriated, only if such public announcements show that a minimum penalty of a one...

Himachal Pradesh Under the Grip of Suspected Typhus Fever Outbreak

... and mites. "In view of this typhus blood sample report from Kasauli village we received, because it is a non- specific test and to jump to a conclusion immediately that it is a rickettsia. So, we are thinking that further investigations are needed for it and we are taking actions for further investigatio...

Self-harming Among Teens More Common Than Thought

...urers were more likely than minor self-injurers to report a history of psychiatric treatment and hospitalizations, suicide attempt, and current suicide ideation. Results from the study also indicated that the most common reasons teens in the study engaged in NSSI included to get control of a situation, to...

Australia is Shamed by an Inquiry Report on Child Sexual Abuse in Aboriginal Communities

The findings of a report into child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities ...pen in this country.'' Brough was reacting to the report of the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse inquiry, established by the NT Government...

Glaucoma can Be Cured by Oven Cleaner!

...rchers. University of Central Florida scientists report in the latest issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B that cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria), a common ingredient in oven cleaners, not only inhibits carbonic anhydrase II enzyme, but also tends to have pretty good absorption rates across t...

Afghanistan Hopes to Eradicate Polio in Two Years

...ghan people", Muhammed Amin said, according to the report by Malaysian national news agency Bernama. Polio is a highly infectious disease, mainly affecting children. It is easily transmitted in unsanitary conditions. The virus enters the body through the mouth, multiplies in the intestine, and then invade...

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...ng patients with these risk markers but who do not report any history of cardiovascular disease symptoms," the authors conclude....

Indian Weather Station Near Glacier to Study Global Warming

... Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). According to a report by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), several glaciers in India are falling prey to global warming. "If the trend continues, then not many glaciers will be left for mountaineers to climb by the middle of the century. We want mountaineer...

Government Mulls Closure of Hospital Where a Woman Died Unattended in ER

... very important balancing act.'' According to a report released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Medicare a... nurse was placed on leave and later resigned, the report said. Ironically triage is a system used by medical or emergency personnel to ration limited medi...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...re running. E-tailers Amazon.com and Drugstore.com report that the drug, which has been pre-sold, already is a top seller even at a cost of $50 to $60 for a month's supply. Alli blocks enzymes that digest fat, preventing the body from absorbing about a quarter of the fat eaten. The undigested fat is then e...

African AIDS Epidemic Slows Down: World Bank

... measures, Cote d'Ivoire media quoted a World Bank report as saying . According to the report released Friday, in some African countries such as Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and urban areas of Ethiop...

Half a Million Dollars Offered for GPs With Expertise in Anesthetics and Obstetrics

...l Government to implement the recommendations of a report on how to help rural communities retain their doct... to retain GPs in rural and remote areas. "This report contains practical and affordable ongoing solutions to the rural medical workforce crisis," AMA fede...

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