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Dangerous Natural Phenomena Hits Russia in 2006

...opean Russia. The Russian ministry of emergency situations said dangerous natural phenomena would keep increa...in a five percent year-on-year growth of emergency situations caused by natural calamities. This year Russia registered 276 natural emergency situations, while...

Mental Health Expert Offers Tips for a Happier Holiday Season

...ahead and anticipating how you’ll handle difficult situations can have a big impact on how you experience the holiday season. “If you plan ahead and focus on what you really enjoy about the season, you can spend more time ‘living in the moment,’ which is the key to getting the most out of each holiday experi...

Painkiller Dihydrocodeine May Replace Methodone In Treating Heroin Addicts

...rs to treat drug addicts and is often preferred in situations where methadone is seen as hazardous, such as police custody or prison. However, its effectiveness had never been tested before. RI...

Spacer Insertion May Offer Less Invasive Option for Lumbar Problems

...res when conservative treatments have failed or in situations in which patients are unwilling to consider more invasive surgery. One spacer, X Stop, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in patients age 50 and older with confirmed lumbar spinal stenosis. XStop was the only spacer address...

More then Four Million New HIV Infections in 2006: UNAIDS

...because not enough is known about their particular situations and realities. The report also stresses that levels of knowledge of safe sex and HIV remain low in many countries, as does perception of personal risk. Even in countries where the epidemic has very high impact, such as Swaziland and South Africa...

Doctors Find Internet A Reliable Tool For Diagnosing Diseases

...rting to Google search when faced with challenging situations or diagnosing illnesses. A recent test, conducted by Hangwi Tang and his colleagues at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, shows how the Internet is fast becoming a medical tool They selected 26 illnesses whose symptoms many doctors found diff...

Hope For Patients With Macular Degeneration From Manmade Protein

... able to use this protein to help patients in many situations where blood vessel formation is detrimental, including cancer, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration,' says Dr. Balamurali K. Ambati, corneal specialist at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Ambati...

Children of a lesser God?

...en hurdles that come up like suffocating financial situations and dearth of hospitals in their locality. Most of them have no choice but to wait until death comes knocking at their door. Statistics show that more than half of all children afflicted with aids do not live to see their sixth birthday. It’s a piteo...

Ban on mobile usage in hospitals uncalled for, says a report

...that it is. It is ridiculous that in life-or-death situations doctors are still having to rely on pagers while many patients would welcome the opportunity to talk to their friends and family without resorting to expensive hospital phones.'...

Doctor Dissuades Mothers from Umbilical Cord Banking

... maternity wards. Many folks prefer cord blood in situations where blood transfusion is required as it is known to be a safer option and also more affordable. There are commercial companies which deal with personal cord blood banking services for a whopping fee of 2,784 pounds, which is not recommended by many...

Appetite Changes, Depression Signal Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson

...tment may include changing medications or avoiding situations that may lead to the impulsive behavior.” Source-Newswise SRM...

Perception Stabilized – Thanks to Your Brains

...aching computers to recognize objects in real life situations has proven to be an almost insurmountable problem. Artificial intelligence researchers have spent much time and effort trying to design robots that can recognize objects in unconstrained situations, but so far, their success has been limited. To de...

Black tea alleviates stress

...ogical ingredients of tea, and not to the relaxing situations in which people might drink tea, whether they were familiar with the taste and liked it, and so on. It is not known which ingredients in tea are responsible for the effects found in the study." GYT...

Automated Technique Accurately Measures Platelet Counts in "Platelet Gel" Products

...at PRP preparations may promote healing in medical situations ranging from tennis elbow to spinal surgery. Platelet gels may be especially helpful in patients recovering from certain types of plastic and reconstructive surgery, improving healing while reducing the risk of complications. However, studies of PRP ...

Waiting for Trial Results Sometimes Unethical

...bout the lack of trials on parachutes to show that situations still exist where such trials are unnecessary. This week, US researchers use examples from poor countries to show how an overemphasis on randomised controlled trials poses important ethical and logistical problems and may incur avoidable deaths. ...

Risks involved in Procedural Sedation

...Procedural sedation is a very good tool in certain situations and under very close observations. It's used frequently at the University of Kentucky emergency room during the alignment of bones and the closure of cuts — such as facial lacerations and finger or toe lacerations in children — that would be difficul...

C-Section A More Common Choice Nowadays

...-section) in the second stage of labor//, often in situations where a natural birth could have been possible according to several senior doctors. Obstetric trainees are often likely to opt for a C-section following a vaginal assessment, than consultant obstetricians due to inexperience. Some of the common ri...

Prostate Cancer Treatment Increases Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

...uld think twice about prescribing GnRH agonists in situations for which studies have not demonstrated improved survival until we better understand the risks of treatment,” says co-author Matthew Smith, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at HMS and a medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. “F...

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared for End-of-Life Decisions

...d themselves less well prepared. Handling of other situations covered by the guidelines—eg, a permanently unconscious patient or a request by a patient who was competent to make such a request—was similar between groups. Despite continuing technological improvements in care, more than 80,000 chronic dialysis ...

New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

...s fractures in racehorses and those who perform in situations that cause undue stress to bones, such as soldiers, athletes and dancers. The system could be especially useful in preventing fractures in U.S. Army recruits undergoing basic training. "Strenuous military exercises subject soldiers to prolonged phy...

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