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Cancer Death Rates High in African-Americans

... among whites from 1992 to 2003. Still some key statistics in the report show a continuing racial divide: - African Americans have the highest death rate of any racial and ethnic group for all cancers combined and for most major cancers. Death rates from prostate cancer are 2.4 times higher in African Ame...

Remote Device to Monitor Patients Daily at Their Homes

...t scale and blood pressure monitor to record vital statistics crucial for the management of cardiac failure patients. An abrupt change in weight could indicate worsening heart failure. “This sophisticated system allows physicians to manage the patient much more closely. The same information that would normal...

More Money to Flow for First Responders at Ground Zero

...ose living in proximity to the WTC. According to statistics from Mount Sinai hospital, where monitoring and treatment for those affected is carried out, out of the 19,000 workers screened, seven out of every 10 have lung problems. Says New York Representative Carolyn Maloney regarding the allocation of fund...

Ten Percent of Tihar Jail Inmates are Drug Addicts

...irector general B.K. Gupta//. "It's not very good statistics but nearly 10 percent of our inmates are drug addicts. They have been taking drugs before being lodged in Tihar," Gupta told reporters. "Over 61 percent of the addicts were used to drugs for more than five years," he said, adding that 46.37 percent...

Different Treatments Needed For Breathing Problems

...That's an important implication because the latest statistics show that asthma is on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, more than 20 million Americans currently have asthma and another 10 million have been diagnosed with asthma at some point in their life. Roughly 6.5 million American ...

Lethal Hospital Bug Tough to Knock Down, Statistics Reveal

... the ‘super bug’ MRSA. According to the released statistics the figures for Clostridium infections have risen ... infection causes up to 2000 deaths an year. The statistics show the failure by authorities to hamper the growing threat of these bacteria. The accounted case...

World Leprosy Day – Easing Pain and Giving Hop

...sy Day. It might be worthwhile to look at recent statistics from epidemiological surveys sponsored by the World Health Organization, published in early August 2006. The reports have portrayed the incidence of 219,826 fresh cases of leprosy each year. Further, about 602 new cases of leprosy is detected everyda...

America Sags Under Burden of Neurological Diseases

...deserves further study." Tagging behind is the statistics for Alzheimer’s disease. It is observed that 67 out of every 1000 elderly persons aged above 65 years in America, suffer from the disease. This too is a substantial increase according to the researchers. Other figures include stroke and Parkinso...

Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, may Lead to Most Alcohol-Related Problems

...e health problems, injuries and violence. Numerous statistics support the accuracy of this perception.// Many people also assume that a substantial proportion of people who drink to excess are probably alcoholics. This may not be accurate. A recent study of the general population in New Mexico reveals that, in ...

How Veggie Pros, Tomato and Broccoli, Con Prostate Cancer

...re diagnosed with the disease// annually. Further, statistics also show that nearly 10,000 men die due to the disease every year. A novel study has demonstrated the immense health benefits of tomato and broccoli in the management of prostate cancer. Scientists have found that, certain compounds, present in bo...

Poorer Women More Likely to Get Reduced Chemotherapy Dose

...ology. The study authors used U.S. Census Bureau statistics and the women’s zip codes to assign each woman a median household income, poverty status and level of education. Information about individual women’s actual educational attainment was also collected as part of the study. The researchers then calculat...

Fertility Clinic Web Sites Doesn’t Adhere to Ad-Guideline

...formation about how in vitro fertilization outcome statistics are reported, mandate that clinics follow Federal Trade Commission guidelines, and warn against the comparison of success rates between clinics. In the new study, researchers evaluated 289 SART-registered clinics (211 private and 78 academic) with ...

Expectant Mothers No More Welcome in Hong Kong

...ospital in the country. The move was made after statistics showed an almost doubling in the rates of deliveries of Mainland Chinese women in Hong Kong. This was from 10,128 in 2003 to 19,538 in 2005. Hong Kong is favored when it comes to delivering babies due to:escape from China’s one-child norm, granting ...

Obesity Surgery Tops Popularity Charts

...sed a surge in the number of obesity surgeries, US statistics portray//. The data shows that the number of surgeries have gone up by 2000 percent amongst the 55 to 64 age group and by 726 percent among patients between the age of 18 to 24. The procedures which are clubbed under the technical name, bariatric s...

PRK and LASIK Surgeries ‘Safe and Effective

...ions, both procedures recorded excellent long-term statistics that showed that patients maintained, on average, 20/25 vision 10 years after surgery. Study patients with all levels of myopia maintained lasting vision improvements following both types of surgery. Results showed that despite being highly nearsigh...

Age, Gender Major Factors in Severity of Auto-Accident Injuries

...due University and the study's co-author. National statistics show that fatalities rose by 7 percent for drivers 75 and older from 1981 to 2000, remained steady for drivers from 65-74, but dropped for younger drivers. "It is reasonably well known that age and gender have an effect on the likelihood of an accid...

Enviga- Will the Fizz, Fizzle Out?

...stein, gave a realistic picture of what to expect; statistics show that only one in three new soft drinks in the market really take-off. As a testimony to this, are the recent failures from Coke - Vanilla Coke and Coca-Cola C2. Whether the claims made by the popular brand are just hype will be known in a matter...

Alberta Most Affected By Influenza

...6, when compared with rest of Canada, according to statistics released by the Public// Health Agency on Dec 16. Flu season normally runs from October to late March or early April and the Calgary Health Region monitors likely outbreaks during this time. Symptoms of influenza A are; sudden headaches and fever...

CA-MRSA, a Tough Bug to Trap

...predominantly// from the hospitals, but if current statistics are anything to go by, the bug appears to have patronized day care centers, and play grounds, which has resulted in an upsurge of infection in the US, threatening to spill over into Canada as well. Lately infections have been on the rise amongst b...

Cardiovascular Disease – Beware of This Lethal Kille

...m CVD, about 221 deaths per 100,000 people. The statistics also pointed out that since 1900, heart disease has been a killer, with the exception of the1918 flu outbreak. The number of cardiovascular deaths is a clear indication of the burden on the healthcare system, and the increase in the numbers of people...

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