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Clear Guidelines on Oral Chemotherapy Needed

...elements for prescribing oral chemotherapy and few requested patients’ written consent for off protocol prescribing. Only one in three organisations required a clinician to note the body surface area or calculation of dose on the prescription, and only one in four required the patients’ diagnosis or protocol. ...

Chinese Government Warns Its People About Stomach Flu

...to handle cases. //The Ministry of Health has also requested the hospitals to report about any unusual rise in diarrhea cases. As Norovirus infections are highly contagious, people are asked to exercise caution while eating in restaurants and hotels. These viruses are one of the common forms of gastrointesti...

Patients Dissatisfied Following Closed Reduction Of Nasal Fractures

... airway problem,' the authors write. 'Of those who requested revision surgery, four (24 percent) wanted surgery for both cosmetic and functional reasons, six (35 percent) wanted surgery for nasal obstruction alone and eight (47 percent) wanted surgery for aesthetic reasons alone.' Although many of the patien...

Baby Teether Beads Recalled

...le specialty stores across the U.S. Parents are requested to immediately take these teether beads away from their children and contact Kids II for information about receiving a free replacement. People can call the company toll-free at (877) 325-7056 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday...

FDA Finds Animal Cloned Food to Be Safe

...conventionally bred animals. The agency recently requested public comment on three documents regarding the safety of animal cloning—a draft risk assessment, a proposed risk management plan, and a draft guidance for industry. Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, said t...

FDA Clears Breast Cancer Specific Molecular Prognostic Test

...ting their performance." Prior to clearance, FDA requested evidence that the MammaPrint had been properly validated for its intended use. Agendia submitted data from a study using tumor samples and clinical data from 302 patients at five European centers. These studies confirmed that the test was useful i...

Genetic Testing Sheds Light on Degenerative Eye Disease

...nts with no family history of retinal degeneration requested genetic testing in hopes of revealing the specific nature of their son’s eye disease. They also wanted to know whether the younger son, who was experiencing more subtle symptoms, had the same disease or a milder vision problem due to a different dise...

Parents Cautioned About Prescription Drug Abuse Of Their Children

... being consumed by the kids. Hence the parents are requested to keep track of their medicines and throw away expired ones immediately. This report also indicates that children are buying these drugs online. JYT...

Thailand Government Officials Asked To Be Health Conscious

...ked to trim down their waist to 35 inches. He also requested his staff members to lead a healthy life by eating the right kind of food and to exercise regularly and become a role model for the rest of the country. JYT...

Measles Strikes North Korea

... spread of the disease. The affected counties have requested for 5 million doses of vaccine for measles from World Health Organization. North Korea has always been affected by this disease despite the presence of safe and effective vaccine. According to the statistics, there are approximately 3,45,000 deaths...

Armed Forces Introduce Yoga, Counselling to Counter Stress

...er added. Besides, all chief ministers had been requested to make the civil administration more responsive to the problems of soldiers and their families, while steps were being initiated to strengthen the state- and district- level soldier's welfare boards. This would ensure the boards "take the necessa...

FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug p...isks. Along with the labeling revisions, FDA has requested that each product manufacturer send letters to health care providers to notify them about the new wa...

Patrons Of A Brisbane Restaurant Warned Of Hepatitis A

...epatitis A virus. Queensland Health department had requested people //who ate at Wagamama restaurant at Chermside in the first week of March to seek the help of a doctor if they develop fever, stomach ache or loss of appetite and jaundice. This direction follows after a former food-handler contracted the vir...

Massachusetts Leads The Way In Health Reforms

...first statewide universal coverage plan. The state requested its residents to buy and maintain health insurance if they don't already have it. Following Massachusetts closely on its heals are California, Texas and New York with their own specific proposals. Though a case study cannot be provided by Massachus...

Heart-felt Plea to Malaysian Hospitals

...nown for its services to the under-privileged. He requested each private hospital in Malaysia to conduct two or three surgeries in a year. The ministry had gone a step further and held discussions with Dr Devi Shetty , Director of the Hospital in Bangalore, to help Malaysian patients with surgeries at a ...

NYC Mayor Raises Questions About Male Circumcision as HIV Prevention Method

... to discuss male circumcision with members and has requested that the Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs hospitals and clinics in the city, provide circumcisions at no cost for men who lack health insurance. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said he believes health insurers might agree to co...

Rainwater to Receive a Fillip in India

...the country. The ministry of Water Resources has requested other central ministries including the departments of Railways, Defence, Posts, Telecommunications, Central Public Works Department and National Highways Authority of India to provide roof top rainwater harvesting structures in the buildings under t...

China Agrees to Share Bird Flu Samples

...aying it was preparing to share new samples. "As requested by the WHO, we will send two recent samples of the virus and one from a Beijing patient who was infected in 2003," it quoted a ministry official surnamed Ma as saying. official surnamed Ma as saying. Another official, Wang Lin, a press officer at t...

FDA Approves First Generic Versions of Ambien for Insomnia

...gy Inc., and Lek Pharmaceuticals. In March, FDA requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce and/or maintain sleep, strengthen their product labeling to include stronger language concerning potential risks. These risks include severe allergic reactions...

Condom Promotion-Crucial To HIV/AIDS Prevention

... of which were completed. Saliva samples were also requested to find out about HIV prevalence, and 2311 men agreed to provide these. Results showed that the rate of HIV infection was highest in Brighton, at almost 14 percent, and lowest in Manchester, at 8.6 percent. But the rates of undiagnosed infection ...

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