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Prostate cancer patients not happy with health providers

...ith correct diagnosis and treatment options.// The survey was conducted in more than 1,000 men with prostate...support." Anna Wood, Breast Cancer Care said, “The survey was an important step forward in exposing the "woefully inadequate support and information available...

Survey finds that discussion with family very crucial in organ donation decision

... at a closer level.// The findings of a national survey conducted among Blacks show that many often overlo... donor. The study was conducted in the form of a survey and nearly 92 percent of those surveyed said they would be likely to donate a family member's organs...

Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer

...o participate in a national multi-center follow-up survey in 1998 through 2002. The participants were allocated to five groups according to the treatment received after orchiectomy, including treatment at relapse (surveillance, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, radiotherapy, low-dose chemotherapy, an...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

...rictly compiles to the standards of the draft. The survey committee after checking out all the 100 standards, which has to be maintained by the hospital, gives a final score to the NABH committee with its recommendations it also gives a report on what are the things lagging or pitfalls in the hospital, whic...

Osaka Medical Center study showed 70% of smokers couldn’t qui

A survey conducted by Osaka Medical Center for Health scien...eleased their results last week the results of the survey conducted in 1,666 smokers (872 men and 794 women) between the age group of 20 to 79. Study also sho...

Junk Food Marketing to be banned

... help them to educate about healthier foods//. The survey also showed that the children’s were ignorant about the content of the foods they eat. More than 10% of children did not know what are chips made up of and 37% of children’s were not aware that cheese was made of milk. The ITV sports presenter Gabb...

Scots Had The Lowest Life Expectancy In UK

...ain death cause lung cancer and heart attacks. The survey results were based on statistics taken from three years average deaths and population information from 2002-2004 taken by The Office for National Statistics. Survey results taken in United Kingdom showed that life expectancy was highest in Kensingt...

Orissa found to be worst affected by the killer disease, AIDS

... this year according to latest health reports. A survey conducted by the Operation Research Group -MARG , found 10, 11 and 9 nine districts as the highly vulnerable, medium vulnerable and low vulnerable respectively. Of all the districts, Ganjam has been found to be the worst-affected district and is clos...

AIDS Threat Aggravated Due To Sale of Blood by Drug Addicts in Cambodia

...r unsafe sex practices. It has been found from a survey conducted by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime th...practice of blood-selling was uncovered by a UNODC survey of 66 drug users in the capital Phnom Penh and Poipet town near the border with Thailand. With suc...

Being Lonely is gene regulated

... character people in it.// Researchers conducted survey in 8,000 pairs of twins and found that 50 percent shared similar characteristics of loneliness and they found that loneliness is not related to health, wealth, physical appearance and place of living it is mostly gene regulated and this character may...

Iron deficiency found in children with prolonged bottle feeding

...Survey from 1988 to 1994. Researchers examined the survey data on the feeding practice and iron status including transferring saturation, free erythrocyte protoporphyrin, and serum ferritin to determine the association between the prevalence of iron deficiency and duration of bottle-feeding among black, whi...

Aussie teens applauded for declining sun tan

...g to The Cancer Council's National Sun Survey. The survey shows that teenagers are resisting the urge to tan...rd, playing sport or are just out and about." The survey also found that teenagers were still more susceptible to the allure of tanning than adults, with mor...

Viewing Loss Of Virginity As A Social Phenomenon

...logy professor Laura M. Carpenter. She conducted a survey among men and women from diverse social backgrounds to find their views about the loss of virginity. Carpenter believes that these findings could help in developing a comprehensive sexual education program for teens and young adults. Carpenter inte...

Partnership Between Diabetes India And Elsevier Announced

...erested in the cause of diabetes. Their nationwide survey of the prevalence of diabetes in the country has already added lot of attraction from all around the world, including the WHO. Elsevier is a world-leading publisher and information provider in diverse areas such as science, medicine, education, law a...

Insomnia Hits Many Canadians: Survey

...ds, a senior analyst at Statistics Canada, said as survey results were released yesterday. Altogether, about 37,000 people age 15 and over in the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey were asked: How often do you have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep?...

One Third Of All Cancers Preventable!

... It has been proved yet another time with a global survey revealing that nearly one-third of all cancers // can be prevented if nine major culprits are properly taken care of. The study was part of an overall Initiative for Global Health. Amongst, the modifiable risk factors, tobacco leads the march, accou...

Doctors Do Not Excise Sufficient Caution While Prescribing High-Risk Drugs

...ceive // such drugs was nearly 42% according to a survey conducted by Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. The response of the doctors to comply with recommendations of the BBWs was highly variable, with noncompliance rates soaring from 0.3 % to 49.6%. In view of the fact that more than...

New Two-Drug Regime To Tackle Malaria

...st becoming ineffective, reports NDTV. A national survey indicates that the treatment in 90 per // cent cases of plasmodium falsiparum, which causes a severe form of malaria, fails because patients are resistant to chloroquine. Thus, the government has decided to replace the drug by a two-drug regime inc...

AIDS Picture In India Not As Rosy As It Seems To Be

...espect to the number of AIDS/HIV victims. A recent survey conducted on the prevalence of AIDS in India has revealed that the figures could be far more than what has been projected officially. //There have been numerous repots claiming a dramatic decline in the number of new infections. The above has been br...

Credentials Of Specialists Need To Be Checked

... dieticians and other health professionals.// The survey of more than 2,100 adults in the UK conducted by the Health Professions Council (HPC), found that about 81% of people who had used the services of a health professional were oblivious to whether they were properly qualified to do their job, and that ...

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