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Glucommander: A safe and simple method of glycemic control

...er 120,683 h show that blood glucose levels can be safely stabilized in a target range without significant hypoglycemia by non-specialized nurses working on any unit of a general hospital. No hypoglycemia was found severe. As highlighted in an article published in the October issue of Diabetes Care, this...

CT scan hope for head and neck cancer patients

... claim that some head and neck cancer patients can safely avoid surgery after radiation therapy if they undergo a CT scan.// This scan can predict whether the cancer is under control or not, the researchers claim. These findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic ...

Doctors Do Not Excise Sufficient Caution While Prescribing High-Risk Drugs

... that patients understand how to use their drug as safely as possible,” said the senior researcher involved in the study. The development of such a patient friendly system would be worth the investment in view of the potential health benefits. <br...

US Regulator Sees No Link Between Tamiflu And Japan Deaths

...nited States -- have taken the influenza treatment safely since 2001. Approximately three to five million people worldwide catch flu each year, resulting in 250,000-500,000 deaths, according to statistics from the WHO....

Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener, A Safe Bet!

...gulatory authorities worldwide. Aspartame has been safely consumed for nearly a quarter of a century and is one of the most thoroughly studied food ingredients, with more than 200 scientific studies confirming its safety. In addition to the FDA, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the Wo...

Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

...fer from this disease can take oral contraceptives safely without any complications like increased risk of flares, or periods of increased disease activity, that characterize the disease. The study was funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of t...

Breast Cancer In India Rising Rapidly

...ing documented mainly in the metros, but it can be safely said that many cases in rural areas go unnoticed. It is reported that one in 22 women in India is likely to suffer from breast cancer during her lifetime, while the figure is definitely more in America with one in eight being a victim of this deadly ...

The Decks Cleared For HRT - Safe for Menopause Symptoms

...ake further went on to confirm, 'We know women can safely use hormone therapy for the time they are symptomatic.' Based on findings reported in 2002, many women simply stopped resorting to HRT, that directly nose-dived HRT sales , touching abysmally low figures of 5.9 million prescriptions in Canada in...

Indian Government: No Reason For Worry About Bird Flu

...commendations, poultry and poultry products can be safely consumed if cooked to 70 degrees in all parts of the food. In a separate statement, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said: "We immediately deputed rapid reaction teams to Navapur. They have begun culling operations. The situation is completely und...

Needle-Free Injection System Ideal for Pandemic Outbreaks

... use of MIT’s Needle-Free Injection System, we can safely inoculate poultry and other animals, throughout the world and help prevent the spread of bird flu, and other deadly diseases, to humans. MIT CANADA, with offices in Montreal, is a subsidiary of Colorado-based Medical International Technology, Inc. ...

Nerve Damage Can Be Prevented By Xenon Administration During Surgery

...he researchers successfully administered xenon gas safely to a group of 12 patients undergoing CABG. This revolutionary technique could eventually pave way for development of new treatments for diseases associated with nerve damage such as stroke, spinal cord and brain injury. Previous studies had establi...

Xenon Could Limit Nerve Damage After Stroke

...s it shows that it is feasible to administer xenon safely to a population of patients at risk for developing brain damage. What we need now is a clinical trial to test the efficacy of xenon in large numbers of patients, said Professor Mervyn Maze, an anesthetist from Imperial College London and a member of ...

Don’t forsake the chicken: Cooked poultry free from bird fl

...ganization confirms that when poultry products are safely handled and properly cooked, humans are not at risk of acquiring H5N1 (bird flu) infection through food." Europe's first case of bird flu on a farm was found in the Ain region of South-east France near Lyon, when Daniel Clair woke up to discover 40...

Azathioprine to Treat Eczema?

...to develop useful and powerful drug so it can more safely treat the most common form of eczema. Azathioprine is a drug that was developed 40 years ago to prevent kidney transplant patients from rejecting their new organ. Its mechanism of action is by suppressing the immune system, but it results in increa...

3-D Imaging For Monitoring Reactor Systems, Power Plants

...hy to view areas of the body that aren't easily or safely accessible," Fan said, "and the interiors of boilers and other high temperature reactors in industry are similarly inaccessible." Fan studies the processes for converting coal to liquid fuels and chemicals, in order to optimize the energy conversio...

Scientists To Study Effect Of Nanoparticles On Liver

...liver. "We don't yet know if the nanoparticles are safely eliminated from the liver by specialized cells or whether these extremely small particles can enter the liver cells and disrupt their normal functioning. Our research will try to establish whether nanoparticles, which are set to be used increasingly ...

Nanoparticles and Their Damage to Liver Cells

...s still not identified whether these particles are safely eliminated by specialized cells in the liver or whether they enter the liver cells and disrupt their normal functioning....

Be cautious while on the Trampoline

...arise because the trampoline may be too big to use safely in a garden when the buyer gets it home - it may have to be placed too close to fences, trees or hard surfaces such as patios in a small garden - or because people do not follow the basic safety rules. Approximately 75% of injuries occur when more th...

Single Dose Of Extended Release Metformin Found To Be Effective In Type 2 Diabetes

...w extended-release formulation of metformin can be safely taken only once a day for type 2 diabetes as opposed// to the traditional twice a day dosage of immediate-release metformin. The new drug, which is marketed under the brand name Glumetza, appears to improve the patient's tolerance for higher dose...

Caution: Apricot Seeds May Be Poisonous

...th. A maximum of two bitter apricot kernels may be safely eaten in one day. Natural food retailer Julian Graves removed the seeds from shop shelves after it was found selling packs with a recommended daily dosage of up to 10 kernels. Bitter apricot kernels are thought to contain high levels of vitamin B17 (...

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