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Report Establishes Increasing Trend in HIV and AIDS among Ontarians

...e Ministry of Health has brought out some alarming statistics regarding the HIV and AIDS status among Ontarians, which seems to be on the rise//. Dr. Sheela Basrur, Ontario's chief medical officer, said, "The epidemic is continuing. The number of people who are living with HIV and AIDS has increased in part ...

Study finds Babies In America Getting Fatter

...ition. Dr. Atkinson said, “There are some stunning statistics as to the per cent of calories being consumed by children these days.” She also said, “When you're obese the risk factor goes up for type 2 diabetes, which in turn can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. It can all start by being overweight ...

"DES Daughters" Have High Risk Of Breast Cancer

...e combined group due to breast cancer, so survival statistics are not yet available, she said. Scientifically, the study may be the first to provide direct evidence that prenatal exposure to excess estrogen may be a risk factor for development of breast cancer, Palmer said. "That theory has been around, but i...

Improvement in death rates of Aborigines

...actually reverse the death rates. Analyzing the statistics from 1977 to 2001, the team found a distinct change after 1989. The deaths due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema, which was rising at 3.5 per cent a year, came down to 5.7 per cent in the 1990s, while diabetes-related deaths declined from 3.5 per c...

Smoking Ban Affects Gambling Clubs

...uced drastically from 42% to 28%. According to the statistics it was found that 58% of the gamblers smoked daily and the ban reduced this drastically. The other factor which aided in the reduction of the number of gamblers is the new gambling act which came in to effect in 2003. This reduced the number of gam...

Goat’s Milk One of the First Transgenic Food That Benefits Human

...rrheal illnesses in children. According to the WHO statistics it was found that about 2 million worldwide die due to diarrheal illness. The study results were published in the international journal Transgenic Research. ‘This goat's milk represents one of the first transgenic food products that has the potential...

New Zealand Announces 10-year Plan For Betterment Of Mental Health Care

... of disability in the world by 2020. Reports and statistics from N.Zealand have shown that at any one time, in the country an estimated 20% of the population suffer from mental illness and/or addiction and 3 % of them were severely affected. The strategy has set precedence for action to 2015. The main aim of ...

HIV Infected Senior Citizens Suffer From Depression

...tioned. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics showed that more than 1 million people in America are living with HIV/AIDS. This is due to the introduction of anti-retroviral drugs in the late 1990s. These people also suffer from numerous age-related medical conditions such as arthritis, high bloo...

HIV/AIDS on Rise in Jammu and Kashmir

...at 0.95 percent and 0.06 percent respectively, the statistics are changing. Concentrations of migrant labourers, truck drivers, security personnel and the influx of tourists invariably pose a serious threat. Unofficial sources and independent studies claim the state has nearly 25,000 cases of HIV infection. ...

Radiation Cocktail May Reduce Risk of Damage To Other Organs In Breast Cancer

...he unique landscape of each tumor. Gathering the statistics from these billions of trials, they determine the best beam properties and mixtures. The computer simulations helped oncologists send accurately targeted doses for 78 breast cancer patients receiving "hypofractionated" treatments, in which the pati...

Fish beneficial for heart rhythm disorders

...Medical School, Boston, and colleagues studied the statistics gathered from 5096 adults to examine the link between consumption of fish n-3 fatty acid and its impact. The study subjects were aged 65 or more. The study found that consumption of fish once a week brought about discernible improvement in the rhyth...

Junk Food Promotional Ads To Be Restricted: Blair

... revenue in the field of advertising. Government statistics showed that in England each year, approximately 9 million people ignore government- recommended drinking limits and that smoking is accountable for about 120,00 deaths while obesity is responsible for at least 9,000 premature casualities....

Scottish Dentists Serve the Homeless

...omeless people have high levels of tooth decay and statistics show that 30% of these people have false tooth. Archie Stoddart director of Shelter Scotland welcomed the new service. Stoddart said that it is very difficult for these people to get access to a range of medical services, including dentists, doctor...

Calcium Intake Reduces Occurrence of Pre- Eclampsia

...aily to prevent this fatal condition. According to statistics thousands of mothers and babies in the UK are affected every year by pre-eclampsia. The exact cause is still not known but is known that the condition is related to high blood pressure. The major problem with this fatal condition is that it is ver...

Deaths Due To Alcohol Have doubled In A Decade

...ave risen from 4,144 in 1991 to 8,380 in 2004. The statistics also showed that the alcohol related deaths were o...,000 for men, and 5.0 per 100,000 for women. The statistics have showed that the death rates in men of all ages has increased between 1991 and 2004, with the hi...

Gemzar the New Drug for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

...dditional information to the FDA. According to the statistics of the American Cancer Society about 22,000 women are diagnosed with the disease and 16,000 women die each year. The problem with ovarian cancer is that the tumor tends to recur, making the treatment difficult and resulting in low survival rates. G...

Tobacco Epidemic On The Rise

...lained that the two atlases, which are filled with statistics are meant as reference guides for doctors, politic.... Seffrin said that in countries like China, where statistics show that 300 million men now smoke, lung cancer could eventually kill a million smokers a year. T...

UAE Reports lowest number of AIDS cases

...n the world over the past few years, and there are statistics to prove it.// This was the conclusion of the official report released by the Preventive Medicine Department at the Ministry of Health. Neighboring countries have also reported a similar situation. According to the report, "Cultural, social and b...

Increasing Numbers Of Dehydrated New Born Babies Needing Emergency hospital care

...ns, UK has one of the lowest rates in Europe, with statistics showing just two-thirds of the new mothers trying it, as compared with 98% in Sweden....

AIDS shadow looms over Bhilai plant

...ndhi told IANS. The annual report gives the AIDS statistics in the state till the end of April 2006. It is based on blood samples collected at the 16 urban centres - Bhilai, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Raipur, Janjgir, Korba, Dhamtari, Kanker, Jagdalpur, Surguja, Jashpur, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Koria and Kawar...

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