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A New Form of Spectroscopy to Assess Reproductive Potential of Embryo

...ies, 29 percent resulted in multiple births. These statistics remained unchanged within the last decade suggesting that an improvement is needed over the current methodology used for embryo evaluation. The new procedure will be presented in an abstract at the Society for Gynecologic Investigation Conference i...

Health Minister Concerned About the Suicide Rates in India

...s of India within five years' time. According to statistics available with the ministry of social justice and empowerment, there are over 900,000 females in India who need treatment for mental illness. Of these nearly 280,000 fall in the age group 10-29 and nearly 250,000 in the age group 30-50. Older men...

Hepatitis Rates Plummet in the U.S

...ion, U.S. According to CDC officials, hepatitis statistics have decreased significantly in their count, over the last decade. The officials attribute this mainly to routine hepatitis immunizations, in children. The CDC reports that more than 100,000 Americans were infected with hepatitis viruses in 2005...

Prevalence of AIDS Cases in UAE is Low

Abu Dhabi: The latest statistics by the Ministry of Health (MoH), United Arab Emirates has revealed 645 cases of AIDS at the end of 2006 in the country//, media reported Wednesday. "Only a few cases were reported recently. We could say AIDS cases are not increasing significantly,"...

Nearly 2,500 Mentally Ill Women in Delhi are Destitute: Abdul Kalam

...) to mark the International Women's Day. He said statistics provided by the ministry of social justice and empowerment about the number of mentally challenged persons in the country reveal that there are over 900,000 females with mental illness. Of these "nearly 280,000 fall in the age group 10-29 and nearl...

Free Kidney Check Up Camp in Kasturba Hospital on World Kidney Day

...ld Kidney Day is observed on March 8. According to statistics over one lac people Indians are diagnosed with kidney disease every year// and about 90 per cent die as they do not get timely treatment. Kasturba Hospital, Manipal had announced a free Special Kidney Health Check-up package in connection with Worl...

Poorer Women Discriminated Against in Health Issues: Survey

According to statistics released by the charity Cancer Research UK, poor w... diagnosed each year with breast cancer and recent statistics predict that almost two thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to sur...

Extreme Treatment for Obese Teens Becoming a Fad

... is being increasingly// performed in teens. As statistics from researchers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey show, the use of surgery to treat obesity has tripled within the years 2000 to 2003. The figure stayed about the same from 1996 to 2000, but it increased more than three-fol...

Ticking Time Bomb of Scotland-diabetes

... are affected the risk increases seven-fold. The statistics are clear with no compromise - the heavier you are, the more likely you are to develop type 2 diabetes. Dr. Wild says the cost to the health service is enormous: "Already, although people with diabetes only form about 3% of the population it's been...

Diabetes Threat Greater Than Feared

.... It's quite frightening," he said. According to statistics provided by the ADA, by last year, the number of people with diabetes in Ontario, Canada, had already surpassed the rate predicted for 2030 by the World Health Organization. "Our paper indicates that the magnitude of the problem is such that our he...

Chilli Extract may Stop Fat Cell Growth

...0m adults are obese worldwide, according to latest statistics from the WHO and the International Obesity Task Force. About one-quarter of the US adult population is said to be obese, with rates in Western Europe on the rise although not yet at similar levels. Yen and Hsu used pre-adipocyte cells called 3T3-L1...

South Africa: Nigerian Man Treated for Lassa Fever

...supporting airborne spread between humans. Their statistics show that up to 500 000 cases of Lassa fever are diagnosed in West Africa every year and the fatality rate among hospitalised patients vary between one percent and 15 percent. In addition, Dr Rahman said the pilot, two co-pilots and two paramedics ...

Russia Launches Five-Year Plan To Combat Diseases, Including TB, HIV/AIDS

...ay, AP/Guardian reports. According to the state statistics agency, Russia's population in 2006 decreased by more than 560,000 people and was recorded at 142.2 million -- a new post-Soviet era low. In addition, deaths outnumber births by at least 50% in many parts of the country. According to an unnamed he...

New Drugs Shows Promise in Slowing the Progression of Prostate Cancer

...be viewed cautiously, however, as we are comparing statistics from historical control groups.” Pertuzumab is a single-agent antibody designed to bind to the HER2 receptor and inhibit the ability of HER2 to pair with other HER family members (HER1, HER2, HER3 and HER4). If the pairing process (called dimerizat...

New Drug Promises Prolonged Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients

...be viewed cautiously, however, as we are comparing statistics from historical control groups.” Pertuzumab is a single-agent antibody designed to bind to the HER2 receptor and inhibit the ability of HER2 to pair with other HER family members (HER1, HER2, HER3 and HER4). If the pairing process (called dimerizat...

Delhi's Morbidity Rate Nearly One-sixth of National Average

...lhi - prepared by the directorate of economics and statistics of the state revealed that the proportion of ailing persons in Delhi is the lowest among all the states. "The morbidity rate in Delhi was estimated at 17 per thousand people as compared to 99 at the national level, 107 in Punjab, 87 in Haryana, 72 ...

Bird Flu Most Likely to Infect and Kill Young People

... So WHO is watching it very carefully and keeping statistics on every case. This kind of work, called epidemiology, can help scientists understand diseases, who they infect and who is most in danger. WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record, published on its Web site at www.who.int, analyzes all laboratory-confir...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic may Strike Malaysia-experts Warn

...aken// to curb HIV/AIDS infection. According to statistics released by the health ministry of Malaysia, the country will have a head count of 300, 000 HIV infected person by 2015. Of a population of 30 million, 73 thousand are currently infected with the virus. The figures show an increase of the AIDS c...

African-American Mothers More Likely to Deliver Prematurely

The Results of the analysis of Missouri birth statistics by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis appearing// in the February issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, shows that African-American women are three times more likely to deliver babies three to 1...

About One Third of Children Overweight in California

...ht or at risk of becoming overweight, according to statistics released by a health insurance company.// There are even more overweight children in the Los Angeles County, which comprises 88 satellite cities. The number of overweight children in the county is about three percent higher than the rest of Cal...

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