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Talks Between Striking Polish Nurses and Government to Open

...al nurses' union. She was one of the four nurses taking part in the occupation. Gardias told several hundred of her colleagues camping in some 150 tents outside the government building that Kaczynski had proposed fresh talks on Wednesday afternoon to discuss their claims. "We shall go to this meeting....

Personal Disclosure by Physician may Harm Patients

...patients about my problems or how I feel, they are taking care of me, Beckman said. Is taking care of me the only way to deepen the relationship" There are other ways. We can have empathy. We ca...

Gatifloxacin Very Effective for Typhoid Treatment

...coming increasingly difficult, leading to patients taking longer to recover, suffering more complications and continuing to spread the disease to their family and to their community. Clinical investigators based at Patan Hospital Lalitpur in Kathmandu, Nepal, and the Oxford University Clinical Research Un...

China Uncovers Thousands of Dangerous Foods

... at least 80 people are believed to have died from taking a cough syrup contaminated with a toxic substance imported from China. In the investigation by China's quality watchdog, one of the industrial products found in foods was formaldehyde, a chemical more famously used to embalm people, according to th...

Babys Poop is of Interest for Researchers

...und key events, such as starting on solid food and taking antibiotics. Postdoctoral scholar Elisabeth Bik, PhD, and research fellow Daniel DiGiulio, MD, in Relman's lab, were involved in processing and analyzing more than 500 samples in this study. The team emphasized that the goal of this study was to ...

Giant Microwave That Recycles Plastic Back into Diesel, Gas

A US company is taking recycling to another level turning back plastics into the oil they were made from, and gas. Global Resource Corporation (GRC) claims the process requires only a finely tuned microwave that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave rang...

Computer Power to Give Spice Girls' Weak Voices a Boost!

...rdings as their own voices. The system works by taking the singer's live voice on stage and electronically comparing it to the perfect vocal sounds that have previously been recorded in the studio. So, when the all-girl band sings out of synch on stage, the computer, to correct the pitch and tone, imm...

Bamboo Seed: Viagra and Food for Mizos

...ation explosion as the rats eat them and multiply, taking advantage of the abundant food supply in the wild.... And people in Mizoram, in northeastern India, are taking the cue. A couple, Thara and Dawngi, had been married for nine years but had remained childless. Thi...

Thrombosis Risk in Travel Lasting Over Four Hours is Higher: WHO

...t examining flights in particular found that those taking multiple flights over a short period of time are also at higher risk. This is because the risk of VTE does not go away completely after a flight is over, and risk remains elevated for about four weeks. The report shows that a number of other facto...

Pete Doherty Set for Another Drug Trial

...rned that he would be sent to jail if he continued taking drugs. Earlier, the 'Babyshambles' singer was warned in February, that he might face jail if caught driving illegally again after admitting motoring charges. In 2005 he spent five days in Pentonville jail on remand in 2005 before blackmail and ro...

Bird Flu Risk Still Running High in Egypt, Indonesia, WHO Says

...utbreaks," he said. "This shows that countries are taking the H5N1 threat seriously. They are better prepared today and have improved their response systems." But, speaking to reporters at a WHO technical meeting on avian influenza, he warned that Indonesia was "where the risk is the higher of getting the...

US to Detain Seafood Imports from China

...ir fish from contamination, the FDA said. "We're taking this strong step because of current and continuing evidence that certain Chinese aquaculture products imported into the United States contain illegal substances that are not permitted in seafood sold in the United States," David Acheson, the FDA's as...

Boffins a Step Closer to Solving Puzzle of Lou Gehrig's Disease

... She and her colleagues were among the pioneers in taking the copper and zinc out and putting other metals in to see what would happen. Her laboratory put more emphasis on biological factors over time. "When I moved to UCLA in 1980, we started working on copper-zinc superoxide dismutase in yeast, a model ...

Probiotic Drinks can Stave Off Hospital Infection

... occurring in older people after they have stopped taking their antibiotic course, the researchers noted. ...iarrhoea and this would apply not only to patients taking broad-spectrum antibiotics in hospital but also those taking them at home."...

Replacing a Genome Boosts Race to Develop Designer Bugs: Study

...ons. It "is a landmark in biological engineering taking us from moving one gene or a set of genes to the ability to move an intact genome," said Barbara Jasny, deputy editor of the journal Science, which first reported the experiment in this week's issue. For decades, molecular biologists have genetical...

Depression Drugs Could Make Bones Fragile

...sociation, have now found that older men and women taking SSRIs had more bone loss than those not taking the drugs, reported science portal News Medical. A drop in bone mass can lead to osteoporosis - a ...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...ad, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Friday called for taking advantage of the benefits of digital imaging as a diagnostic tool and of tele-radiology to help the needy in rural areas in a cost-effective manner. He was speaking during a visit to the digital radiology centre at Electronics Corporation of India...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...d thing. The profession should grow up and lead in taking responsibility for these aspects. Technology is ... qualified and experienced medical experts is also taking place. In what way can India make the transition easier for such medical specialists desirous of ret...

No Clear Link Between Conflict, Rape and HIV: UN Study

...ever that the findings did not mean the agency was taking a complacent attitude towards the problem. "This does not mean that conflict in all countries would mean lower HIV infection than non-conflict countries... Nor should the findings be interpreted to mean we shouldn't worry about HIV or rape in confl...

Sanofi Withdraws Anti-obesity Drug in US

... suicidal thoughts appeared to be a side-effect of taking Acomplia, which has been authorised in the European Union. The FDA was expected to heed the opinion of the panel of experts and block the sale of the drug. Sanofi had previously forecast annual sales of 3.0 billion euros (4.0 billion dollars) for...

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