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Fertility Clinic Web Sites Doesn’t Adhere to Ad-Guideline

... American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) seek to improve the accuracy of online information for patients. The guidelines, which are mandatory for membership in SART, require clinics to provide specific information about how in vitro fertilization outcome statistics are reported, mandate that cli...

FDA To Reconsider Standards for Reviewing Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives

...ng to the Journal, FDA in an upcoming meeting will seek its advisers' input for new guidelines to review new oral contraceptives. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation...

Doctors Role in Preventing STD

...ent is simply encouraged to tell their partners to seek treatment). However, the team found that simple patient referral, with extra information about the infection and its treatment that the patient can give to their partners, seemed to be as effective as patient delivered partner therapy. Involving ...

Informing Partners Can Help Cut Sexually Transmitted Infections

...transmitted infections to tell their partners// to seek treatment and, in some cases, provide home testing...ent is simply encouraged to tell their partners to seek treatment). However, the team found that simple patient referral, with extra information about the...

Slightly High Blood Pressure is Also Hazardous

...lax and must consider themselves to be at risk and seek treatment and follow certain health guidelines. "We now have evidence that people in the high-normal upper range of blood pressure are more likely to develop hypertension," Dr. Sheldon Tobe, of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, told CTV News. He a...

Acid Test - Glaxo's Cervarix, and Merck's Gardasil, Compete

...which will be conducted in the United States, will seek to evaluate the immune responses of women aged 18 to 26 years old, to two strains of the human papillomavirus. This virus is known to be the reason behind 70 percent of cervical cancers. Glaxo has presented Cervarix to European regulators, while...

Long Term Opioid Drug Usage May Lead to Addiction

... vs. the benefits of those options, and be sure to seek specialty care from a pain specialist.' PRI...

Much Room for Cancer Cure in a Mushroom, Scientists Promise

...in 2006 in Scotland. Scientists have planned to seek the approval of regulators to conduct clinical trials of the drugs. A team, led by Dr Bjorn Kristiansen, the CEO of Norwegian firm Medimush, are planning to begin trials in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Experts in United States have already ver...

Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction

..., sometimes spurring aspiring Romeos or Juliets to seek assistance from products marketed as human pheromones. // It’s just wishful thinking, according to George Preti, PhD and Charles Wysocki, PhD, scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. 'We still have much to learn about pheromonal communi...

Offenders Unlikely to Seek Help

...rust in medical professionals means - many may not seek help when they are experiencing mental distress.//...to influence whether or not the participants would seek medical help. These were a chaotic upbringing, a fear of diagnosis and distrust of the system. Overa...

Food Labeling, Set to Sport a New Face in Britain

...off by heavy weights in food manufacturing//, will seek to realize the goal of providing intelligent food labels replete with information about guideline daily amounts in each serving. The GDA campaign has the support of some of UK’s biggest food and drink manufacturers along with well known super marke...

South Asian Sisters Bring Mental Illness Out of Closet

...change the world". With it Rohi hopes "that people seek help for their illness and that the stigma of ment...forms/ an observer, observes/ both share a secret/ seek and find". Asked why did she choose Meetu Chilana as the singer and Samrat Chakrabarty as the direc...

NACO Calls Private Sector To Join The Battle Against AIDS

...stics show that approx. 80 per cent of the Indians seek the private sector for outpatient care and over 50 per cent for inpatient care. A national steering committee, which comprises of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, National Association of ...

Proposed Compulsory Treatment For Alcohol Addicts

...ed out at Nepean Hospital, would allow a doctor to seek a court order to place serious substance abusers into short-term care. Health Minister John Hatzistergos said that the trial is intended to act as a "circuit breaker" and expect up to 50 patients a year from western Sydney to be treated in the four...

Funding of 61 Million USD by Indonesia to Check Bird Flu

... that are at high-risk. Some part of the fund will seek to improve the research, epidemiological surveillance and public awareness measures....

Physicians Enlisted in Efforts to Keep Demented Drivers Off the Road

...members to eliminate patient access to driving and seek alternate forms of transportation that allow patients to continue to lead fulfilling lives. Included is a videotaped dramatization of a physician working with a demented patient and a family member. "It's important for healthcare providers to reali...

Tried To Quit Smoking And Failed? Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW

...encourages young smokers to call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or seek out help from a health professional to find out the most suitable method for them. PRI...

Rift Valley Fever Takes a Toll on 23 Lives

.... The Medical officer has cautioned the public to seek medical attention as quickly as possible, as the m...nybody wishing to slaughter an animal should first seek permission from the veterinary department , to be sure the animal is free of the virus. SA...

President Bush's AIDS-Fighting Program Fraught With Inconsistencies

... now forced stringent reporting systems that would seek to hone the correctness of information. Ambassador Mark Dybul, the administration's global AIDS coordinator said,” You could've waited for three years to get all these systems in place and an awful lot of people would have died. Our approach was ge...

Planning for Good Health Resolutions

... weight loss.” Dr Yong also encouraged people to seek advice from a GP before embarking on a new fitness regime, or for help to quit drinking or taking drugs. A good way to start down the path to a healthier 2007 is to exercise some restraint over the festive season, Dr Yong said. “Christmas and New...

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