Alarming Trend in Prescription Drug Abuse
...oss the globe. The abuse of prescription drugs surpasses the conventional illegal drugs like ecstasy, cocaine and heroine in parts of Europe, Africa and South Asia. The abuse of tranquilizers, stimulants and painkillers alone has shot beyond the illicit drugs (with the exception of cannabis) in the United ...New Imaging System Surpasses Mammography In Detecting Breast Cancer
A new imaging system has been developed that surpasses mammography in detecting breast cancer. A professor at the University of Rochester had developed the system and the// University has licensed the technology to Koning Corporation giving it the rights to make, use and sell the scanners. The National C...Breast Milk: The Mother of All Milk for Infants
...ls an overpowering psychological experience, which surpasses even the bond of carrying the child in the womb. Breast feeding sows the seeds for a life-long bond between the mother and child and all round health for the infant in the years to come....Afro American Women at a High Risk of HPV and Hence Should Be Vaccinated
...merican females. ‘School-based vaccine delivery surpasses traditional primary care provider vaccination rates, but this avenue is not widely used,’ Bonney says. At-risk adolescents, the group that would be targeted for the HPV vaccine, remain the most difficult to vaccinate because of various barriers to ca...Americans Dissatisfied with their Health Care
...care despite the fact that health care expenditure surpasses that of most other industrialized nations//. These were the results of a multi-national survey that was concluded on Tuesday. In 2004 the survey revealed that United States had spent $6,280 per capital on medical care almost twice as much as other ...Novel Technology For Early Detection of Gastrointestinal Cancer
...nical information. The use of the narrow bandwidth surpasses the above-mentioned drawback to allow for enhanced visualization of even subtle details. Dr. Randhir Sud, Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has stated that the new technology, that can distinguish normal and ...Novel Technique Can Enhance Stem Cell Multiplication By 30 Fold
...as it is associated with less ethical concerns and surpasses the utilization of human embryos, generated for reproductive purposes. However, a number of scientific challenges have to be overcome before these cells can be maximally exploited. Technical aspects related to the isolation and in-vivo culture of a...