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Detention, Uncertainty take their Toll on the Mental Health of Refugees

Refugees residing on temporary protection visas (TPVs) are more likely to suffer severe, persistent and wide-ranging mental health problems than those with permanent protection visas (PPVs) // , specialist trauma psychologists and psychiatrists have revealed. Anxiety, post-traum...

A Promising New Vaccination Strategy for Late-Stage Melanoma

...on. The only side-effect observed in the study was temporary redness, swelling, and itching at the injection site. As a follow-up to this prime-boost vaccination strategy study, a prospective phase II prime-boost vaccine study in metastatic melanoma is underway. Therion Biologics Corporation of Cambridge, MA...

Drug May Delay Nursing Home Placement for Dementia Patients

...three and a half months, possibly as a function of temporary stabilization of cognitive and functional abilities.” According to the Alzheimer’s Association (http://www.alz.org), ChE-Is are designed to increase levels of acetylcholine, a chemical messenger involved in memory and thought processing. The drug, ...

Compulsory Rural Stint for Doctors: Ramadoss

...nternship, when the medical student would be given temporary registration. During the one-year rural posting, the medical graduate would be given a stipend but no salary," said Ramadoss. In effect, this would mean that medical graduation would take six-and-a-half years instead of the current five-and-a-half...

Allergic Rhinitis Associated with Impaired Sleep Quality

...ng problems during sleep, including sleep apnea, a temporary halt to breathing. However, few researchers have closely examined sleep disorders in patients with allergic rhinitis. Damien L?ger, M.D., of Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Paris, and colleagues explored the association between allergic rhinitis ...

JIPMER Strike Enters Eighth Day

...ecision. JIPMER today held an interview to appoint temporary paramedical staff to tide over the crisis. JIPMER Director K S V K Subba Rao told reporters that work was affected because of the strike even though they were trying to restore normalcy. RAS...

Government must uplift the downtrodden children

...remely pathetic conditions - poor housing and even temporary accommodations. Such children stand a 25% risk of suffering disability and ill health during childhood and adulthood. There was a direct association between respiratory problems, and tuberculosis in children living in crowded places. The report s...

Lakhs Affected As Chikungunya Sweeps Across The Nation

...ious states for the control of an outbreak. This temporary debilitating condition has been affecting people for the past six months. There are no vaccines for the treatment and the only line of treatment are with paracetamol and fluids. The officials have cautioned that the people have to be more careful and...

Immunisation programme to include vaccine against Pneumococcal disease

...mia. The milder side-effects include tiredness and temporary or permanent behavioural changes. In England and Wales, 530 cases are recorded each year, of which 150-200 are infants less than 2 years of age, making babies particularly susceptible. The disease is not very common and difficult to recognize since...

Aging Families Continue Struggle in Katrina Aftermath

...ental assistance. Many of the elders are living in temporary trailer communities established in Baton Rouge by FEMA and are still waiting for their house insurance payments so that they can proceed with either rebuilding or finding a new place to live. After the storm, Baton Rouge residents welcomed evacuees...

Turn the volume down to save your ears!!

The common temporary after-effect of seeing a live band is ‘ringing ears’.But for the musicians on stage, who are exposed to high decibel levels night after night,// the effects are worse. Action is being taken by the upcoming rock band; Chapter XIII, to protect their ...

Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians

... study found that the tape was more effective as a temporary measure, but it had to be replaced weekly. According to Lietman, there is reason to be optimistic that the WHO goal of eliminating trachoma by 2020 can be achieved. “I think we’re on target and maybe even ahead of schedule,” he said. “Infection i...

Waxing And Waning Of Dengue Epidemics Attributed To Cross-Immunity

...dently and collectively – the role factors such as temporary cross-immunity and variation in serotype virulence play in epidemics. They found that cross-immunity alone is enough to create the patterns that are observed in nature. The study is a major departure from other theories about what drives dengue epid...

Migraines with Aura Associated with Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

... with aura (associated neurologic symptoms such as temporary visual disturbances) are at a higher risk for heart// attack, ischemic stroke, angina and death due to ischemic cardiovascular disease compared to women who do not report a migraine history. In contrast, migraine without aura, the most common form of...

Scottish Dentists Serve the Homeless

...e people living in the streets and those living in temporary accommodation. The service consists of two dentists and support staffs. According to a recent survey it was found that homeless people have high levels of tooth decay and statistics show that 30% of these people have false tooth. Archie Stoddart di...

Intermittent Treatment Found Effective In Malaria

...treatment and the possible hepatic damage. After a temporary follow-up, specialists of the International Health Centre of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona compared contagion and mortality rates in both groups to assess the effectiveness of prophylaxis. The fact that the SP intermittent treatment did not interfere ...

Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Minimize the Treatment Timings

...recuperation has not been without discomfort and a temporary feeling in her chest that 'something was not right,' she recalls. 'But I can say that with each week that passes, I'm starting to feel more normal.… And to be able to go back to work five days later was pretty amazing.' Ninety percent of the lobect...

US Boy Wants the Right of Choice of Treatment

...tinue conventional treatment. The judge issued a temporary order mentioning Jay and Rose Cherrix were neglectful for supporting their son's choice to pursue alternatives. Judge Jesse E. Demps also ordered the parents to share custody of Abraham with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. Jay Ch...

Handling skin irritation induced by Radiation Therapy

...h it is simple and painless one of the most common temporary side effect is skin// irritation. Skin irritatio...nt has to remember that the skin reactions are the temporary side effect of radiotherapy. The important thing is that it is very beneficial and helps a patient l...

How Does Leptin Work?

... for example--may stop menstruating and experience temporary infertility. This is largely due to inadequate secretion of leutenizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland--which in turn is caused by the near-disappearance of Leptin from the bloodstream. A recent study showed that lo...

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