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Sharp rise in HIV infection cases in Victoria

There has been a sharp rise in the number of HIV cases in Victoria this year. The figures are in a position to reach the highest since the early 1990s//. In Victoria, nearly 200 new HIV cases were reported in the first 7 months in 2006. There is an increase of 38% than a...

56 New Dengue Cases; Delhi Govt. to Review Situation

...gh fever, skin rashes and joint pain. Sometimes, a sharp drop in blood platelet counts due to the disease can prove fatal. Source-IANS...

One More Victim Succumbs to Dengue in Delhi

... high fever, skin rashes and pain in the joints. A sharp drop in the patient's blood platelet count can prove fatal. The disease has taken alarming proportions since the first week of September when the first deaths were reported. As the post-monsoon period of September to October each year is known to...

Dengue Claims Another Victim in Delhi Taking the Toll to 46

...ases and 126 deaths, said health officials. "The sharp increase could be because some hospitals sent the list of patients late due to the holidays in the previous week," said D.S. Negi, health secretary Delhi. Out of the total cases, 1,379 cases were from Delhi while 794 cases were from the states clos...

Flu vaccine safe for kids

...d their family members and caregivers. There was a sharp rise in the number of children getting vaccinated. This proposal was made as flu affects kids under the age of 2 years as often as the old people. This study proves the safety of flu vaccine in kids of the age 6 - 24 months. The findings have been ...

School of Medicine, GE Introduce Ultrasound Pilot Study

...ze of a laptop computer, weigh 10 pounds and are a sharp contrast to the heavy and cumbersome ultrasound machines that weighed about 300 pounds just five years ago. Dr. Richard Hoppmann, interim dean of the USC School of Medicine, said, “The School of Medicine Class of 2010 is embarking on a truly novel ...

Indians Among Worst Affected By TB In Britain

...East of England (395 in 2004 to 483 in 2005). The sharp rise in TB cases in Britain has raised concern among health workers. TB was the biggest killer disease in Britain during the 19th century. The disease is preventable and treatable. It usually spreads when somebody with the infection coughs or snee...

Breast Cancer Screening in Meghalaya

... Meghalaya is no exception //as it has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of cancer cases. The Health Department conducted a medical camp for breast cancer screening on the National Cancer Awareness day.Breast cancer is rapidly becoming the most prevalent cancer among Indian women followed by cervical ...

Cash Rewards for Meghalaya Tribes to Encourage Baby Boom

...s. The council's move for bigger families is in sharp contrast to India's family planning efforts. "We cannot encourage such things as it is medically not advisable for mothers to bear children in large numbers," Health Minister E.D. Marak said. "But in the absence of any legislation, we cannot pre...

Call Centre Staff Could Face Hearing Damage Risk

...to the user of a telephone or earphone by a sudden sharp rise in the acoustic pressure produced by it. The sound could be a whistle, a bleep or any unexpected noise. Two thirds of call centres in Britain fail to protect their workers against hearing damage from noise, reported the online edition of BBC Ne...

Toys With Tiny Magnets Recalled

...age of the child and also to avoid playthings with sharp edges and small parts. The company, has reportedly sold around two million sets starting from May 2003 to September 2006, excluding the number that has been recalled from the shelves. Sara Rosales, the vice president of communications for Mattel ...

Young Women Beware Of LAM

...ollapsed lungs when she turned 30. "It felt like a sharp pain in my upper back, like I’d pulled a muscle when I tried to take a deep breath," Egan Addis comments. After the third time each lung had collapsed, surgeons went in to restore some of the lung function. Nine years after she began suffering sympto...

New Drug Offers Promise as Single Treatment for HIV

...roviral drug designated "MK-0518" rapidly achieves sharp reductions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) levels, and may offer the prospect of single-//drug treatment for patients with HIV infection. If the good results are borne out by further studies, "MK-0518 should clearly be a welcome addition to t...

Children's Killer Preyed On Victims For Two Years

...nts of 38 children going missing in the area is in sharp contrast to their alertness during the abduction in November of the three-year-old son of a top software firm from Noida's elite Sector 15A. The child was returned five days later after the father reportedly coughed up Rs. 5 million and the police he...

New Ideas on Developing Thought-Controlled Artificial Limbs

...s system will certainly rebel if you place hard or sharp electrodes into it to record signals. However, the nervous system can be tricked to accept an interface letting it do what it likes - assimilating new nerve cells into its own network." To develop the next generation of prosthetics the idea is to...

Flood Toll Rises, and Indonesia Braces for Disease

...neighborhoods lie below sea level. Responding to sharp criticism in the press for lack or preparation, Jakarta’s governor, Sutiyoso, said that the flooding was part of a natural cycle and that there was nothing he could have done. “There is no point in throwing abuse around,” Mr. Sutiyoso told a local ...

Outpatient Treatment Kills Benign Bone Tumors Nonsurgically With Heat

...10 years for that to occur. Typically, the pain is sharp and worse at night, but responds well to aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These medications, however, can cause side effects such as stomach ulcers and intestinal bleeding. For patients who require intervention, surgery has b...

Obese Aussies Get Big Ambulances

...revamping their fleet of ambulances to cope with a sharp rise in overweight patients. Super-sized vehicles have been introduced and new air ambulances will be remodeled to carry heavier people. The ambulances will now be equipped with heavy-duty stretchers, capable of carrying patients weighing up to 22...

Could Estriol Be Used as a Therapy for Treating MS?

...nt women with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience a sharp drop in the disease’s symptoms during// the course of their pregnancy. Some years back, Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, director of UCLA’s Multiple Sclerosis Program, and her colleagues discovered the cause. They found that a female sex hormone called estriol...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

...ican women, the authors conclude. This brings into sharp relief the urgent need for additional studies to assess the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in preventing or delaying disease progression. The policy implication is that, alongside antiretroviral drug treatment, management of depression...

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