Tag: "unacceptable" at medical news

Prime Minister Manmohan Against Incentive-Based Population Control

...f any kind to achieve population stabilisation was unacceptable in a free society, he said his government would evolve a development strategy focusing its attention on elimination of poverty and empowerment of women, keeping fertility reduction in the broader context. Agreeing that human resource was an inevitab...

Indian Hospitals – A Destination For Quality Medical Care

...ies to remove variations in access to services and unacceptable differences in the quality of clinical practices. To conclude, with the ever increasing demand for medical attention it is particularly important to ensure that that the right people are being identified and referred for the right treatment at the ...

Combing Hair More Effective Than OTC Medicine For Head Lice

...only 57% detected with the Bug Buster kit is still unacceptable and may not provide an efficient treatment against head lice. At present there are no readily available products that provide fully effective control of head lice, and there is an urgent need to identify safe, novel insecticides of proved efficacy, t...

Ways Of Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

...ntinue to contract infections, and would result in unacceptable suffering. Thus researchers say the careful use of antibiotics is the key in controlling levels of resistance and emphasise that unnecessary antibiotic use should be avoided in both humans and animals. The programme has also showed that it is im...

Genetically modified rice faces strong protests in Asia

...E rice is not a solution to world hunger. It poses unacceptable risks to health and the environment, as well as to people's livelihoods." India: Suman Sahai, Green Peace Campaigner India said, "GE rice poses threats to the center of origin and diversity of rice in Asia, as well as the cultural diversity of ...

Salmon Fish Benefits: Which Kind Is Better?

...id (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) without an unacceptable noncarcinogenic risk. However, eating salmon fi...t provide enough n-3 fatty acids without facing an unacceptable carcinogenic risk. Wild Pacific salmon does have a much higher ratio of benefits to risks (non-car...

London Hospital Provides Specialized Care For Pregnant Women

... the provision of such a service is regarded to be unacceptable according to the Department of Health. br>...

Government Medical Records Find Their Way to the Auctions House

...minister told the Canadian Press that such act was unacceptable from the government side and showed their lack of responsibility. The Vancouver Sun's technology specialist said that there were no attempts made to delete the text present in the tapes. ...

Children In Scotland Denied Access To Dental Care

...While the Scottish Executive said that it would be unacceptable to deprive children of free dental care access, th...d do not qualify for such extra income. 'What is unacceptable is for the BDA, or any individual dentist, to threaten to deny dental care to children as a means of...

The Multi-Faceted Chemical Benzene

... get the word out about the problem, the FDA found unacceptable amounts of benzene in a number of soft drinks. Sodium benzoate (a preservative added to extend shelf-life by killing bacteria under acidic conditions) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C – artificially added to prevent spoilage and extend shelf-life or natu...

Executed Prisoner Organs For Sale In China: BTS Concerned

...t is considered a breach of human rights and is an unacceptable practice,' said Stephen Wigmore, Chairman, BTS ethics committee. It further described the alleged sale of organs from executed prisoners as a ‘lamentable practice’. The human rights groups, worldwide, have criticized the hospitals that have turned ...

Hospital Admitted Parkinson’s Patients at a Disadvantag

...s chief executive Steve Ford said: It's completely unacceptable that people with Parkinson's are currently anxious about being admitted into hospitals and care homes across the UK because of a real risk that their Parkinson's will get a lot worse. We want all hospitals to immediately implement the standards laid ...

Male Contraceptives-Soon to be Reliable and Reversible

...vasectomy and withdrawal. These methods are often unacceptable to most couples being either unreliable or as in the case of vasectomy, almost irreversible. Recent studies led by Dr. Peter Y. Liu, of the Department of Andrology at Concord Hospital and ANZAC Research Institute of the University of Sydney, in Aus...

Internet Dating Spares None

...uld be read through carefully to make sure that no unacceptable clauses are included.In terms of costs, different operators have tried different approaches: many portals can be used free of charge - until it comes time to make active contact. Membership dues typically range between $9 and $50 per quarter. There...

Health Targets To Treat Cancer Patients Unlikely To Be Met

...policy manager at Breast Cancer Care, said: "It is unacceptable for any cancer patient to be forced to endure treatment delays." Jenny Whelan, the head of Cancer backup Scotland, said: that they receive many calls to their help line from anxious patients concerned about delays with their treatment, at a time when...

Teriparatide for Brittle Bone Disorder

...ry. It will help other people." The alternative is unacceptable to Fox, who acknowledges that his significant upper-body strength has kept many of the disorder's most debilitating effects at bay. ‘They told me 'If you weren't as active as you are, you would be totally screwed up by now.' To be honest, that's what...

All State Run Schools Are To Ban Whole Milk To Children

...were outraged. He claimed to find this ban totally unacceptable that full milk is now being linked with junk food. He further explained that most people after the war grew up on almost a pint a day and children then seemed very healthy then and there was no obesity crisis. He questioned as to what the gain would ...

Pharmacy Board Says Pharmacists Have Right To Refuse Morning-After Pill

...was not right, 'The rules under consideration are unacceptable and fail to protect Washington families from pharmacists who refuse to dispense lawful prescriptions; no one should be denied appropriate prescription drugs based on the personal, religious or moral objection of individual pharmacists.'...

Sunitinib a Promising Agent for Treatment of Renal Cell Cancer

...th follow-up continuing until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. Patients received repeated 6-week cycles of sunitinib, 50 mg per day given orally for 4 consecutive weeks followed by 2 weeks off per treatment cycle. “The results of this trial confirm that sunitinib given once ...

Violence Against NHS Staff On The Raise

...ealth workers, says that violence against staff is unacceptable and a zero tolerance approach should be maintained. Some nurses have claimed that they regularly face abuse, despite security measures. The RCHT said that the increase could also be partly explained by the staff are also being actively encouraged t...

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