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Is the Drug Plan, Favoring Politicians?

...e federal government for aboriginals, veterans and soldiers also came under the purview of the study. Nearly 73 drugs which have been approved by Health Canada are awaiting the recommendations of the Common Drug Review (CDR). Of the 73 drugs, the CDR has recommended that 28 drugs come for coverage under the...

Understanding Autoimmune Disease

...white blood cells called T cells are the frontline soldiers of immune defense, engaging invading pathogens head on. These T cells are commanded by a second group of cells called regulatory T cells. Regulatory T cells prevent biological "friendly fire" by ensuring that the T cells do not attack the body's ow...

Advances Have Cut Combat Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan

...issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. For soldiers injured in combat today, the survival rate is 90 p...ed personnel within minutes. In addition to saving soldiers who would otherwise bleed to death, the rapid response provided by these teams sets the stage for fu...

Soldiers Exposed To Gunshot Noise Need Better Hearing Protection

... strongly recommends better hearing protection for soldiers to// prevent permanent long-term hearing loss that...S rifle, commonly known as an AK-47. In the study, soldiers using hearing protection did not have their hearing affected. Soldiers without hearing protection ex...

Much Ado About Herbicide Sprays?

...coordinator of the fact-finding mission said, "The soldiers training there today are safe. Historically, people living in the vicinity of Base Gage town had negligible risks. The people who were on the base during the process of this spray appear to have negligible risks, unless they were in direct contact wi...

Whet your appetite with “Mindless Eating”: A gourmet's deligh!

... The U.S. government called him to test foods that soldiers eat and how they should be packaged. Some 95 percent of those who lose weight on a well-meaning but short-lived diet soon gain it back, Wansink says; deprivation diets simply do not work. His advice: eat smaller portions; don't fall for all of the a...

Drug for bleeding disorder given to U.S soldiers

...g used to control bleeding in severely wounded U.S soldiers in Iraq. // The drug Recombinant Activated Factor... shows that over 1,000 critically wounded American soldiers have been treated so far with this drug. According to a report released by FDA, about 43 people migh...

Link Shown Between Military Service And Risk For ALS

...ve physical activity or any other experience which soldiers encounter. According to Johnson veterans need not be overly concerned about their risk for ALS. 'The risk is so small that's it's not something that one worries about,' he said. Lucie Bruijn, the science director of the ALS Association said, 'This...

Stress Produces PTSD-like Symptoms in Rats

...ce horrific, life-threatening trauma, such as when soldiers are exposed to wartime combat, are at a substantial risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD victims typically suffer from post-trauma distress because they relive their trauma through frequent flashback memories of the experie...

Chemical in Curry May Help Immune System Clear Plaques Found in Alzheimer's

...eatment. According to Fiala, macrophages are the soldiers of the innate immune system — the part of the immune system which is present at birth. Curcumin may support the body’s natural immune fighting function in directly helping macrophages clean away amyloid-beta. The treatment of macrophages with curcumi...

Injury Severity Is Possible Risk for PTSD, Depression

The first study to focus on U.S. soldiers seriously wounded or injured during combat in Iraq or Afghanistan and states that injury //severity may predict the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, has been published in the October 2006 issue of The American Journal of ...

Doc at a Distance

...emote-controlled robots could get surgical care to soldiers in a lot less time than it would take to evacuate ...ay one day bring advanced medical care not only to soldiers but also to people in remote locations lacking specialized physicians. Disaster relief, too, could b...

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

... training. "Strenuous military exercises subject soldiers to prolonged physical activity in which relatively small forces are repeatedly exerted on bones," Akkus said. "The forces are not initially strong enough to break a bone, but it's the repetition that poses the most danger by causing microscopic crack...

Bugged about super bugs

...tals, yet the infection is also found in athletes, soldiers and intravenous drug users who suffer treatment-resistant skin infections and pneumonia. SV...

Military Hospitals Need To Be Prepared To Treat Children

...mation in the article. Children sometimes serve as soldiers or are used as human shields. In addition, because war disrupts medical facilities in the affected area, children with other injuries or illnesses may seek medical care at U.S. military hospitals as well. When U.S. and coalition forces entered Iraq i...

Vietnam veterans affected by post-traumatic stress

...n this area including studies that begin examining soldiers once they return from the Iraq war, will benefit future veterans....

SWAN system for navigation

...igned to help the visually impaired, firefighters, soldiers and others find their way in unknown territory, pa...lso making it flexible enough for firefighters and soldiers to use in low visibility situations," says Walker. "One of our challenges has been designing sound b...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

...ury, horticulture provided a diversion for wounded soldiers with long hospital stays. But it wasn’t until Alice Burlingame, a trained psychiatric social worker, started a geriatric horticulture program in Michigan State Hospital in 1951 that she began to realize horticultural therapy warranted study as a di...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Afflict Those Battling Heart Disease

...-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn't limited to soldiers or witnesses of a horrifying event. It can also appear after a heart attack, a stroke, or heart surgery. Not only does PTSD cause emotional// and psychological distress, it may also slow recovery and hasten the progression of heart disease, reports t...

Yoga to De-stress Indian Army Soldiers

...the Indian Army immediately introduce yoga for its soldiers in field areas to de-stress them.// "There is als...ialist facilities in peripheral hospitals "so that soldiers and officers may be provided with proper medical care in their vicinity", the committee noted. The...

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