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Investigations Reveal That Infections Due To Contact lens Could Cause Blindness

...hey have advised that all such travellers would be safer by switching to daily disposable contact lenses so as to avoid the risk that could be associated with wearing long lasting lenses. Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) had reported in today’s edition of the Journal of the Ameri...

Jogging on Beach Could Cause Injury

...nd giving compared to hard pavement, is easier and safer on the joints. But physicians warn that just the opposite is true, reported the health portal HealthDay. "As you run on irregular, inconsistent surface like sand, the forces that go through the feet, ankles and hips vary dramatically and can predis...

Studies Report Mammograms Unsafe

...tually replace the X-ray used in a mammogram as a safer screening tool for high-risk women, said Olopade. Dr. Virginia Kaklamani, an expert in breast cancer and cancer genetics at Northwestern University remarked, “MRI alone can be hard to read and have a high rate of false-positive results, which leads...

Indian Scientists Develop New Drug to Control and Cure Depression

... the country. "The new drug has been found to be safer that the existing anti-depression drugs. It is also free of side effects," a senior CDRI scientist at the Clinical Division told IANS. Elaborating on the drug, he said, "The drug named 'sent propezene' has much faster action than the existing drugs...

Women Must Be Allowed To Make Choices On Births

...aid that births in consultant units appeared to be safer than midwife births and births at home. However mo...chief executive at Nice said that giving birth was safer these days than ever before. "Our primary concern is to make birth as normal as possible by reduci...

Cherry Juice Could Reduce Muscle Damage Pain

...f arthritis and gout, and thus offer a potentially safer alternative than prescription drugs," said Connolly. (Source: IANS)...

Researchers Develop An Electric Device For Relief From Migraine

...hat though the finding was interesting it would be safer to test it first in a larger study. Migraine headaches are often described by people as seeing showers of shooting stars, zigzagging lines and flashing lights, and experiencing loss of vision, weakness, tingling or confusion. These neural disturban...

Vasectomy Reversal to Lead to Birth Defects

...tain, and until we know more, it would probably be safer to freeze ejaculated sperm before vasectomy. We need a lot more evidence and research on this issue before we can be certain of avoiding the dangers.' As a follow-up to this study the team is already preparing the next step of the research. 'We a...

13 million environment-linked deaths every year: WHO

...mote safe household water storage, use cleaner and safer fuel, increase safety of the built environment, use and manage toxic substances at home as well as work place more judiciously and improve water resource management among general public. The report also estimated that more than 33 percent of disease...

Drug Controller General to Withdraw Drug that Affects Vulture Population

... veterinary use should be phased out and alternate safer and effective drugs like Meloxicam should be used for treating animals in veterinary healthcare. This will help in saving the vulture population and the ecological balance in the animal world, Kumar said....

WHO Outlines the Link between Environmental Hazards and Disease

...ge, better hygienic conditions, use of cleaner and safer fuels, increased safety on building sites, more judicious use and management of toxic substances in the home and workplace and better water resource management. ...

Plan To Connect Remote Aboriginal Communities Through Broadband

...ealth centres who adopt broadband. "This makes a safer and easier way of getting health services," Mr Curry said. "Some of these centres still have paper-based systems." Broadband connectivity means that patients' records from any health centre can be centrally accessed. Consultant Tom Cordingley said ...

Transporter offers reliable clues for safer pain medicine

...nstipation. Now researchers want to know whether safer pain killers can be developed that augment the body’s natural pain-killing ability by targeting instead the opioid peptide transport system that terminates pain-control communication, says Dr. Ganapathy. 'This has the potential for non-addictive pain...

Heroin Use May Reduce In Zurish, Study Says

...s now abandoned. The state government now provides safer place, exchange needles, and drugs that mimic heroin like methadone or buprenorphine. drugs that mimic some of heroin's effects. Mandatory health insurance covers treatment costs and patients can choose any doctor they want. The U.K’s Policy of co...

Brid Flu Threat May be a Cause of Concern for Years to Come: Experts

...cing the effects of the disease and in making food safer in other areas,' said Juan Lubroth, FAO's senior officer for the Infectious Diseases Group. 'The crisis is not going to go away in six months' time. We will need to keep our guard up for years to come,' Lubroth added. Officials expressed concern ...

Electrosurgery Ensures Integrity Of Cochlear Implant Following Adenoids Removal

...tment. On a theoretical level, Coblation should be safer than monopolar electrosurgery, because the former involves bipolar current passing through tightly approximated electrodes on the end of the electrosurgical wand, whereas monopolar current may spread in a much more diffuse pattern from the nasopharyn...

Comfort Level, Maximum in Ethnically Diverse Schools

... study. 'However, our analysis shows students feel safer in ethnically diverse classrooms and schools.' ...n that students in ethnically diverse schools feel safer and less vulnerable, the authors say. When ethnic groups are fairly equally represented, bullying an...

Nurses Outsmart Surgeons When It Comes Safety And Team Wok

...es, can be prevented by improved communication and safer hospital systems. The team fine-tuned the SAQ by reviewing the literature on patient safety, by asking OR health care providers to review the survey, and by conducting focus groups. These SAQ questions were presented to all OR caregivers in a Cat...

Mapping Of Brain Highly Beneficial For Safer Brain Tumor Surgery

...during brain tumor surgery was found to be of much safer for patients by protecting them from the damage to speech and language centers, which happens// at times while performing such delicate surgeries. According to researchers, "intraoperative language mapping" involves operating on an awake patient an...

Vaginal Gel That Protects Against HIV To Hit The Markets By 2010

...searchers, a vaginal gel, which is said to be much safer and more effective in protecting women against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS// expected to hit the markets by 2010. Currently, microbe-killing vaginal gels are being tested in a number of clinical trials involving thousands of women. Results sho...

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