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Tag: "tackling" at medical news

Drug Strategy Makes Cancer Genes Get Lost in Translation

... targeted at translation might have general use in tackling many forms of cancer, regardless of its genetic origin, given that the uncontrolled growth of cells is a general characteristic of the disease, he added. The new findings establish a "possible new strategy for cancer therapy," the researchers said....

Under-Elevens Hurtle Towards Obesity, British MPs Call for Action

...out strongly against officials given the charge of tackling child obesity//. Levels of obesity in children aged two to 10 years have risen from 9.9 percent to 13.4 percent between 1995 and 2004, according to the Health Survey for England. At least one primary school child in seven is now classed as obese...

Review Meeting on Avian Flu

...create effective emergency response mechanisms for tackling any disease outbreak. He also stressed on proactive measures like preparation of contingency plan, constitutional and training rapid response teams, standard operating procedures, stockpiling of anti-viral drugs, personal protective equipments, etc. ...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

...hamber design features also serve another purpose, tackling the problem of electro-static charge common with plastic spacer devices. Plastic spacers can become electro-statically charged through handling, which can greatly reduce the efficacy of drug delivery as the charge attracts the drug particles to the w...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic may Strike Malaysia-experts Warn

...lth has called for co-operation from the public in tackling the menace. He says if not put under control, the spread of AIDS can wipe out Malaysia’s development made over the last 50 years, and devastate the nation’s economy. AN...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

... much to qualify for Medicaid, our leaders are not tackling more fundamental challenges facing the nation’s child health system. According to the authors, the current system is failing to produce the kind of health outcomes that it could and should because it is powered by outdated logic, outmoded organiza...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

... much to qualify for Medicaid, our leaders are not tackling more fundamental challenges facing the nation’s child health system. According to the authors, the current system is failing to produce the kind of health outcomes that it could and should because it is powered by outdated logic, outmoded organiza...

Hormone-based Heart Pill to Control High Blood Pressure

...e therefore urgently needed," Dr. Burnett says. In tackling heart disease, Mayo Clinic researchers considered the heart from a different perspective -- not merely a mechanical pump, as it is traditionally regarded, but as a hormone-secreting endocrine organ. "To view the heart this way is a distinct innova...

Figures on Substance Abuse in School Going Teens Released

... our policies are having a real impact in terms of tackling substance misuse amongst young people. "Despite these promising figures, we are not complacent - just one young person smoking or misusing alcohol or drugs is one too many." Flint added that a campaign was promised to raise awareness of sensible d...

Inhaled Corticosteroids may Reduce Lung Cancer Risk

...that are approved for use in the United States for tackling asthma symptoms. How inhaled corticosteroids work in asthma is still not fully understood; but they have been shown to reduce inflammation in the airways thereby improving symptoms associated with the disease. Corticosteroids are thought to sup...

FDA Announces to Companies to Stop Marketing Products Containing Trimethobenzamide

...SI proceedings is a separate but important part of tackling the unapproved drugs problem. Source: FDA SRM/B...

Campaign Against Obesity Taken to Schools in US

...aders are being taught different ways and means of tackling obesity. In the program different methods are used to teach the children. They have a 20-minute lesson, striking props are used to teach the children, lectures are conducted by health conscious speakers and the children are persuaded to exercise t...

Single Drug Dose Cures Malaria in Mice

...at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have been tackling that challenge by designing a series of peroxide compounds, called trioxanes. "As a class, these compounds have proven to be unusually valuable in several ways, from their brisk and potent antimalarial activity to their lack of resistance and cros...

Local Councils Should Be Responsible for Tackling Health Inequalities

...responsibility and resources for public health and tackling health inequalities should lie// with local counci...responsibility and resources for public health and tackling health inequalities lie, he asks? The obvious answer is with local councils, beyond the appetite o...

Climate Talks Reach Consensus in Bangkok

...ons of the challenge and technological options for tackling it. Climate experts are hoping it will clearly state the low costs of avoiding a climatic catastrophe in the coming decades by using technologies currently available to prevent the world temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius over pr...

Wipro Goes Green With Eco-friendly Desktops, Laptops

...er environment," Vaidya noted. Wipro embarked on tackling the e-waste problem in August 2005 by getting its manufacturing facility certified under ISO 14001. The following year, it began offering free e-waste recycling to its customers. "GreenWare range of products does not carry a premium price tag. They...

Village Health Centres to the Rescue of Infants

...of a new awakening process in Mayurbhanj, aimed at tackling infant deaths. Her third child, eight months old now, did not suffer the same fate, thanks to the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI). Suryamani had by then attended a training course and Padmavati had been to seve...

US Climate Plan Must Not Substitute UN Treaties: China

...l showed positive changes, such as the notion that tackling climate changes should not affect economic growth. It also emphasizes technology innovation and transfer in combating climate change. China is ready to strengthen cooperation with the US on handling climate change to achieve a win-win situation in ...

Zambia Trying Hard to Tackle Crisis in Mental Health Care

...on, the Zambian Government has committed itself to tackling the problem throwing in whatever resources it could muster. It is in the process of revising the 1951 Mental Disorders Act, which refers to mentally ill persons as idiots, imbeciles and invalids. The revised Act will define both the legal rights an...

Domestic Violence in Australia Leads to Number of Suicides

... death and disabling illness, thanks to success in tackling cardiovascular disease. Tobacco caused 7.6 per cent of the total burden, calculated as the years of healthy life lost either to premature death or illness and disability. Other preventable risks include high blood pressure, which caused 7.6 per cen...

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