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Snippy haircuts, snappier AIDS lessons from barbers

...I am proud of my campaign to tell others about the silent killer," said Dilshad. Through sexual contact, blood transfusion or use of infected needles - he can rattle off the many ways in which HIV is transmitted. He said while many of his customers seemed to have heard of the disease, they often did not kn...

Huge demand for high street chlamydia tests

...irst month of a pilot scheme aimed at tackling the silent sex disease. It is part of the National // Chlamydia Screening Program which last year revealed as many as one in nine of 16-24 year-olds could have the disease. The trial was launched in November to encourage young people to be screened for the ...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

...eting, saying the vaccine was successful, but kept silent about making it available in Nepal. Now epidemiologists at Yale's School of Medicine and other activists have raised the issue afresh, expressing the fear that the trial might have been unethical. "The poorest of the poor were used as subjects," a...

Stroke Awareness Campaign Launched In Indian State

...U six hours after the golden hours. Stroke is a silent stalker. Absence of pain following a stroke prevents prompt referral. Stroke is more dangerous than heart attack because patients failed to access medicare in time. Now the Rotary Club chapters in Tamil Nadu cities, in collaboration with the ISA a...

People In Pain Are Unlikely To Seek Medical Help

...s have further stated that such a goal to identify silent sufferers cannot be achieved without improved physician education and increased participation of the media in spreading awareness about pain. The study was conducted among a group of 3, 575 people out of which 2,211-study participants reported chro...

Wake Up Call: U.N Takes Stock to Curb Fake Medicines Racket

...f fake drugs. The stark reality of Fake drugs, a silent killer , has its tentacles spreading world-wide and expected to sky rocket to the tune of $75 billion by 2010, making up almost 10% of the worldwide medicine trade according to the WHO, statistics. This will be a fatal blow to the sick, unwitting tar...

Mystery behind the evolution of the Human brain

...y brain nutrient. The genetic possibility remained silent until it was catalyzed by this shore-based diet. He also compares it with the present day situation and the importance of key shoreline nutrients to brain development. He says that iodine deficiency is the world's leading nutrient deficiency affect...

Height Loss Determines Risk Of Vertebral Fractures And Bone Disease

... painless. For this reason, it is often called the silent thief. Symptoms are not seen unless it occurs in a big bone such as the wrist or hip. It is a reliable osteoporosis indicator as once it is diagnosed, suitable drugs can be given to delay onset of the disease. The authors recommend that all women a...

International Teleradiology: The Future Of Radiologic Diagnosis

...nal Teleradiology can soon offer a solution to the silent prayers of numerous radiologists whose eyes crave for nothing more than a good night’s sleep. // It is not an uncommon sight to find patients being subjected to middle of the night CT scans or other forms of radiological examinations following arriv...

Heart disease: Men Are From Mars, Women From Venus

...tual conversation could lead to a progressive, yet silent cardiovascular disease. May be perhaps it is time for Cardiologists to say, 'Concentrate on your marital relationship', when questioned about preserving cardiac health....

HIV-Positive Woman To Be Congress Candidate In Assam

...a life with dignity and show people how to avoid a silent and painful death." She said her message was simple: "Enjoy life, but with a little bit of caution."...

Ovarian Cancer Research Faces Funds Crunch

Ovarian cancer otherwise referred to as the silent killer is one of the leading causes of death among the female population. The famous comedian Lynda Gibson died of ovarian cancer two years ago. // Previous year ovarian cancer was the main cause of death of 800 Australian women. But the sad state ...

Bottleneck: High on Spirits Can Cause A Dispirited Liver, Leading To Cirrhosis!

...s the Labour’s 24 hour drinking laws, apparently a silent approval for binge drinkers. The British Society of Gastroenterology has spoken of an increase in alcohol related disease in the coming years. In a statement, the society has expressed “As a nation, we are drinking more than for 90 years and there ...

Cutting-Edge: Five Hospitals in UK Go On a Resizing Rampage

...delivering on waiting list targets. Today they are silent as the same NHS staff are threatened with redundancy. Faced with the failure of his billions to deliver corresponding improvements for patients, Gordon Brown and the Treasury have abandoned the NHS.”...

ResQ-Valve With CPR In Cardiac Arrest Patients To Be Assessed By National Study

... strategy were found to be safe and efficient, the silent prayers of numerous cardiac arrest patients would be answered soon....

Heart Related Problems-The Largest Killers In Andhra Pradesh

...hat these diseases were among the largest and most silent of killers. The study led by the Byrraju Foundation, an NGO, along with by four other leading institutes, The Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), the CARE Foundation in India, the George Institute for International Health and the University o...

Hemophilia Can Be Reduced Through Awareness And Proper Treatment

...ittle known blood disorder, is turning out to be a silent killer with over 50,000 people affected. // World Hemophilia Day is observed every April 17 to promote a global effort to secure appropriate care and treatment for a disease that is the oldest known inherited bleeding disorder caused by a defect i...

A sigh of relief for Hep C sufferers

... place and the fact that they were ignored. It's a silent killer that creeps up and gets you. He helped spearhead the Haemophilia Foundation's campaign on behalf of 172 people infected with hepatitis C from contaminated blood products. The deal would also have a statement of regret and apology from Prim...

Beware Of A Silent Killer Called Haemophilia

...ittle known blood disorder, is turning out to be a silent killer with over 50,000 people affected. People suffering from haemophilia lack certain proteins in their blood because of which their blood doesn’t clot and their wounds don’t heal. Ditipriya Ghosh, an official with the Haemophilia Federation of In...

Diabetes, The Silent Killer of New Zealand

...ew she had it. Diabetes also referred to, as the silent killer may lie dormant for several years before it can be detected. Most people, once diagnosed with the disease, fail to take it seriously or rather tend to ignore the impact of the diabetes epidemic that has just started to gather momentum. This de...

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