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Encephalitis Deaths Cross 220 in Uttar Pradesh

... encephalitis deaths in 27 years, Dhole said their survey had revealed that 7,874 people had died of the disease during that period. He wondered why successive state governments had failed to take more concrete and permanent measures to tackle the disease. "India is the only country where Japanese encepha...

Smokers Avoid Dental Care More Than Others

...yzed data gathered during a government health care survey in 2000. The researchers had found that 33 percent of current smokers reported having at least one dental visit that year compared to 45 percent of nonsmokers. Dental professionals could play a key role in delivering these messages, says the report...

Physicians Need To Treat Patients With Respect For Treatment To Be Effective

...ve treatment of their ailments. // In a national survey of more than 5,000 Americans, those who said they were treated with dignity during their last medical encounter were more likely to report higher levels of satisfaction with their care, adhere to therapy and get preventive services. Hopkins research...

Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students

...03 the researchers distributed a 64-item anonymous survey to 1,143 third-year students at 8 U.S. medical sch...ons. In 2005, the researchers conducted a national survey of student affairs deans to measure the prevalence of school-wide policies on drug company–medical s...

Smokers Face The Risk Of Becoming Blind In Later Life

...f the eye. A report by AMD Alliance UK, based on a survey of 1,023 British adults, reveals that only seven percent of people know that AMD affects the eyes, reports the online edition of Daily Mail. Steve Winyard, head of campaigns at the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and chairman of AMD All...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

...eness is also to be given to doctors as an earlier survey done by Delhi Medical Association showed that only...tive awareness is also to be increased in India as survey shows that only 48.6% of women as used contraceptives, which results in about 78% of unplanned and 2...

Infertility rate in UK men increasing at an alarming rate with numbers rising over 2.5 million

...ress. GP Ann Robinson said: "The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family." With the next generation facing increasing pressure as a ...

45 People die in West Bengal due to Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis

...rying to conduct entomological and epidemiological survey to find out the specific vector causing the disease.” Source : IANS,BBC Word...

Going Down The Social Ladder Increases The Chances Of Male Depression.

...g depressive much more. The findings are based on survey responses from 503 men and women taking part in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study, all of whom were born in May and June 1947 to mothers living in Newcastle upon Tyne, north east England. Information on their family’s social class was gathered a...

HIV/AIDS - May push Back the Tide of Progress in India

...in place in comparison to 2003/04 according to the survey (11% to 18%). "Firms are confident that their exi...ay Push ‘Back the Tide’ of progress in India. This survey was presented at the just-concluded China business summit 2005 here....

More Women Are Opting For Painless Labor

...hers from the University of Colorado had looked at survey responses from 378 hospitals that provided obstetric services in 2001, grouping the hospitals according to the number of births per year (1,500 or more, 500-1,499 and fewer than 500). They found that only 6 to 10 percent of mothers had no pain relief...

Smokers Cloud Has A Silver Lining?

...ing but a simple stating of facts. According to a survey sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health ... also check for gum disease or oral cancer. The survey showed that 33 per cent of current smokers had had at least one dental visit in the last year compar...

Children With Sinusitis Lead A Better Life After Surgery

...aluated using the SN-5 quality of life survey. The survey comprises five domains of sinus infection, nasal o...en following surgery for rhinosinusitis. The total survey score, the overall quality of life score, and the scores for all domains showed a significant change...

Health Literacy Rate Associated With Physical And Mental Health

...hwestern University, Chicago, had used data from a survey of 2,923 Medicare enrollees. In a one-hour in-person interview, individuals’ physical and mental health statuses were assessed. Questions included medical history, alcohol and tobacco use and height and weight. Standardized mental and physical healt...

Drinking, Smoking And Unhealthy Food Linked To Mouth Cancer In Young People

...king and eating of unhealthy foods by young//. The survey points out that frequent check up of mouths by dentist or physician is required to be done by the young, as early detection and frequent examination will diagnose early symptoms of cancer which could be helpful for curing mouth cancer. As it was th...

Elderly Population’s Sedentary Lifestyle Is Dependant On Their Expectations From Lif

...igher age expectations. The study was based on the survey responses of 636 seniors recruited from 14 Los Angeles-area community-based senior centers. The study reveals that the low age expectation mindset may be keeping seniors from exercising The research appears in the October issue of the Journal of Ge...

Indians Are More Prone To Lifestyle Diseases

...at high risk of lifestyle diseases, a blood sample survey released here shows. The survey, based on blood s...isorders, diabetes, hypertension and obesity. The survey was carried out recently by Metropolis Health Services, India's largest chain of diagnostic centres....

Injury Rates High For Workers In Poultry Farms

...a day in the previous year because of the pain.The survey was based on a representative sample of Latino workers in six counties in western North Carolina: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin. The results, not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, were distributed to community groups in...

Alcohol Consumption A Threat To Colorectal Tumours

...rook, New York. 2,291 patients were subject to a survey of drinking habits and a colonoscopic screening for colorectal neoplasia. Colorectal neoplasia is defined as a condition that is at least in partly characterized by the presence of new growths or tumours including adenocarcinoma, high-grade dysplasia...

Married Women has more sexual problems

...al interests and experience was asked in the study survey about their interests in having sex, feeling anxious about their performance, inability to climax, coming to a climax too quickly, experiencing physical pain during sex, men having trouble achieving an erection and women having trouble becoming lubri...

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