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Rural Population Enjoys Better Mental Health

...n urban and rural residents. Rural residents had a slightly better mental health record than their non-rural counterparts, according to the researchers. Edited (ANI)...

Rural Canadians travel far for specialists: study

...s that nearly 16 per cent of family physicians and slightly more than 2 per cent of specialists worked in rural areas. Report co-author Dr. Raymond Pong of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research says it is not surprising to see fewer specialist physicians in rural areas because they are "fewer i...

WHO Gives Its Approval For Bird Flu Test Kit

...company sources said, to make sure it works on the slightly different strains of the H5N1 virus found in Europe. Chief Executive Rosemary Tan said the Singapore facility, which can produce 100,000 kits a month, has sold them to countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The kit was used last month in I...

Birth mark awareness created by internet helped to treat Cavernous hemangioma

... deeper skin lesions mostly appear during birth as slightly brown colored region differentiating from surrounding areas, within some years they grow rapidly and increase in size and a Cavernous hemangioma present in the eye lid can cause blurred vision leading to vision loss....

Pay Cut Leads To Increased Levels Of Insomnia Among Workers

...of insomnia reach those levels were they were just slightly higher than those nurses whose pay had not been cut at all. Those nurses with untrained supervisors saw small decreases in insomnia levels. Hence this proves that the training session was of a great help. He said that it minimized the effects of i...

Helicobacter pylori effectively killed by Sodium nitrite

...iller also leaves it susceptible to destruction by slightly acidified sodium nitrite, a common chemical that i...une-system resistant--they are easily destroyed by slightly acidified (pH 6.5) sodium nitrite. Source: ANI...

Lunar Forces Affect The Surface Of The Earth

...tward beneath the moon, the moon's gravity ever so slightly holds the earth's surface layer back. Doglioni points to a profound asymmetry in the distribution of the earth's big mountains as a part of the evidence. Both the Rocky and Andes mountains are on the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean. The answer, a...

Risk of obesity is too much exaggerated

...nd this information is wrongly increasing panic in slightly obese and fat people making them more stress and worried about their obesity. Obesity is a main cause of developing health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, arthritis, stroke and other diseases and is also found that ...

MP3s And iPods Can Damage Hearing

...ed hearing loss. The current concern about MP3s is slightly different from previous warnings about loud concerts, or the Walkman you put away when you got the iPod. The difference is one of degree. Ears recover, or seem to, from raucous rock concerts, though over years of concerts the damage is done. And m...

Fat isn't all that bad: Reduction no predecessor of reduced disease

... indicators for heart disease was mixed, with only slightly lower levels of so-called bad cholesterol but similar levels of good cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and insulin in both groups of women. According to expert's diet is just one facet and its control is not the only answer to disease management....

Fungal toxins infected corn the reason for congenital defects

... during the first trimester were associated with a slightly decreased risk of NTD. Based on the postpartum sa:so ratio, increased exposure to fumonisins was associated with an increased risk of NTD. The results of the study suggest the risk of neural tube defects increases as exposure to fumonisins i...

Location largely affects weight

...an trips in Canada are made on foot or by bicycle, slightly higher than the U.S. rate of seven per cent, but far below that in the Netherlands (46 per cent) and Denmark (41 per cent). Furthermore, the report shows only 18 per cent of Canadian adults are physically active, while 58 per cent are inactive and th...

An appeal by an epilepsy doctor in UK against his hospital

...peal will be heard at the Court of Appeal. "I am slightly stunned - we understood that not many conditions were put on him - and he was virtually free to continue his retraining and go back into the wide world. We will go to the appeal hearing and put forward our views. Other parents are equally stunned - t...

Substance Abuse Prevention Messages Better Received Among Teenagers in the Form of Media Campaigns and Curriculum

... campaign and curriculum the percentages were just slightly more than 10 %. Slater said that media and curriculum appeared to have independent effects on lowering drug and alcohol use. The media programs had a larger impact with respect to marijuana than did the school curriculum because students take a cou...

Dairy Products Not Linked To Male Weight Gain

...ho had increased their total dairy intake gained a slightly more weight than who had lowest levels of total dairy intake, the researchers attribute it to increased consumption of high-fat dairy products. Men who consumed increased amounts of diary products did not have increased risk of hypertension (elevat...

Drugs Are Effective In Treating Depression and Preventing Recurrence

...ession who took psychotherapy and dummy pills, and slightly less number of people went in to depression who took dummy pills alone. Though the numbers are small, experts say that it is difficult to recruit elderly volunteers for such research. The commonly prescribed class of depression drugs is SSRIs. This...

Breast cancer: Possible Link Between Asymmetrical Breasts and Cancer

...ses of breast asymmetry, and for many women having slightly different shaped breasts is perfectly normal. However, if your breasts are normally close in size and you notice them becoming asymmetrical it is important to get this change checked out with your doctor. This is all part of being breast aware, meani...

New Diabetic Drugs More Effective than Older Ones

...ients on the newer medications for diabetics had a slightly lower risk of hospitalization//. They also spent between $920 and $1,760 less on annual total healthcare costs. Rajesh Balkrishnan, the study’s lead author and the Merrell Dow professor of pharmacy at Ohio State University analyzed more than three...

10-Kilo Tumor Removed From Cancer Patient

... The tumour was of a huge size in relation to the slightly built patient, who had the appearance of a pregnant woman, the report said. 'It pushed everything aside and was pressing the aorta and lungs, creating vascular and respiratory problems,' surgeon Darko Milinovic stated. 'The operation was complicate...

New Breast Cancer Dictionary To Be Brought Out By French League Against Cancer

...tand doctors can make the breast cancer experience slightly easier," said R. Messai who presented the findings. The French team hopes to bring out the first French dictionary next year and then work with the UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) in the Unites States to bring out an English dictionary using p...

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