Tag: "surge" at medical news

Central Budget Allocates Rs.99.47 Bn Proposal for Rural Health Mission

...berculosis and malaria. Polio, which witnessed a surge in 2006 with 666 cases, has also been integrated with the NRHM and Rs.12.90 billion has been allocated to eliminate the disease. Traditional healing systems like aurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, sidha, and homeopathy are being mainstreamed into t...

Smoking is Injurious to Health, Says Saif

...own life and my responsibilities." The ceaseless surge of concern has moved Saif. "I was so glad to see my family and so many of my friends from the film industry visiting me in hospital. I now intend to use my rest period, writing each of them a personal thank you note." So has the experience made S...

Cryptosporidium Outbreak in South Australia

...est month in the last 100 years. There has been a surge in gastroenteritis caused by //the microorganism cryptosporidium, in this part of the continent. The 228 known cases this year of the parasitic outbreak compare with just 52 , for the same period last year. Communicable Disease Control Branch d...

Ecstasy Makes People Bond Better, Says an Australian Study

... a new study suggests that the drug causes a brain surge of oxytocin—the hormone that helps bond couples, a...cGregor says. Rodent studies have shown a massive surge of oxytocin after orgasm in males. Earlier research found increased oxytocin in the blood of people ...

Can Our Hospitals Cope In A Disaster?

...pital system would struggle to cope under a sudden surge of patients in the case of a large-scale emergency, say trauma and emergency specialists.// At present there are no standard preparedness targets for Australasian hospitals, says Dr Anthony Joseph, Director of Trauma at Sydney’s Royal North Shore ...

Biocon Net Profit Up by 15 Percent for Fiscal Year

... major Biocon Ltd. Thursday announced a 15 percent surge in its profit at Rs.2 billion with a total income at Rs.9.9 billion in fiscal 2006-07. // The firm's expenditure on research and development, during 2006-07, also increased by 86 percent at Rs.380 million, it said in a statement. It also announced...

Dispirited Teens Work Up Team Spirit to End Their Lives

Off late there has been a surge of teen suicides. In this space, we have carried many stories of depressed teens ending their lives in despair. However, this one is// different, and explains the extent of the problem amongst our budding youth. A teenage girl, called Ebony (name c...

Global Warming 55 Million Years Ago Too, Thanks to Fossil Fuels

... us to link the (PETM) to what we see as a massive surge of volcanic activity," Storey told Discovery News. "It was an enormous surge." And it left behind more than 2 million cubic miles (10 cubic km) of basalt. "This is almost perfect because you have that as a trigger," says paleo-oceanographer James Z...

Anti-fungal Drug Block Angiogenesis

... would have such a role." There has been a great surge towards discovering these types of drugs to help in treating cancers. The tissue like human umbilical cords is a rich source of blood vessels and cells from it have been used in research. There have been almost 2,400 existing drugs that have been tes...

A Cold Shoulder to Cold - At Your Risk

... cause harm to any part of the brain. There is a surge in cases of chronic sinusitis because of unchecked pollution. Chronic sinus may also be caused due to allergies, infections, virus, fungi, harmful medicines and certain nasal anomalies. The problem escalates during summers, when people beat the heat ...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...brain disorders. The region is also witnessing a surge in drinking among 18 year olds who also portray acute withdrawal symptoms. The government is facing flak at not being able to effectively control the crisis. Professor Ian Webster, a drug and alcohol specialist and chairman of the Alcohol Education...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

... China's rampant economic growth has resulted in a surge in demand for energy, and coal-burning plants that were once closed down for environmental reasons are reopening -- although authorities in southern China are working to replace them with newer, cleaner facilities. Last year investment bank Merrill...

Bio-fuels Would Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Says Senior British Scientists

... strategy promoting bio-fuels. It coincides with a surge of anger among environmentalists over the weak pledges on climate change that emerged from last weeks G8 summit. The audience on Thursday will also include Howard Dalton, Milibands chief scientist at Defra, who is expected to speak in defense of bio-...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...little surprises up its sleeves; one of which is a surge in dengue cases in Southeast Asia. According t...hree times that in the same period a year ago. The surge in cases has prompted the government to step up its anti-dengue campaign, urging Singaporeans to cle...

Fluctuations in Ocean Salinity Could Forewarn of Climate Change

...reas being thousands of kilometres apart. A salt surge is enough to kick start circulation. Meanwhile, a ...hrough the ocean along a deep pressure wave. The surge of salt generates a pressure gradient in the ocean that sends energy to the north without water actu...

Regular Use of Laptop Could Seriously Damage Your Health

...worried because booming laptop sales have led to a surge in the number of computer users with back and muscle problems, reported online edition of BBC News. Girls as young as 12 are being diagnosed with nerve damage caused by slouching over screens, a group of leading chiropractors said. A common proble...

Simple Lifestyle Diet Changes can Diffuse 'Cancer Timebomb'

...s obese by 2010. However, Dr Martin said while the surge in cancer cases would follow 'as surely as night follows day', he also insisted that 'simple changes' to in lifestyle could help avert the impending disaster. 'It's a huge chunk of the population. Each of these people is going to have an increase...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...ute of Medicine and National Research Council. A surge in the number of disability claims for PTSD has revealed inconsistencies in compensation levels awarded across the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of the VA's current ways of assessing and rating this condition, and whether some ve...

Study Offers Clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

... Takotsubo cardiomyopathy," Dr. Regnante said. A surge of stress hormones likely plays a role, he said, but it is also possible that a blood clot temporarily blocks a major artery of the heart, then dissolves before being detected during coronary angiography. The most common symptom of broken heart syn...

Dabur India Q4 Profit Surges 31%

...n the Shampoo category, which posted a 31 per cent surge in sales during the year. With this, Dabur has eme... India Ltd (Consolidated) recorded a 53.9 per cent surge in net profit during the fourth quarter of the 2006-07 financial year. Its net profit for the quarte...

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