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Support and Care to Grieving Parents Can Offset Suicidal Tendencies

... care, comes to the rescue of such parents who are undergoing grief, and adequate support is given to help them cope with the grief. Parents are also advised to return unused medications, after the death of the child so that safe disposal methods are possible.Presently there is not enough guidance or research...

Compulsive Gambling Not A Chronic Addiction Always: Research

...thological gambling have been conducted on parents undergoing treatment for psychological disorders. Now, however, it is clearly evident that that all gamblers do not necessarily seek medical help. This could probably due to the fact that those who do not seek help are most likely to recover. The interesting ...

Did You Know That 50% Of Deaths Due To Cancer, Can be Prevented?

...ancer and its implications, so the number of women undergoing screening tests has shown a steady increase. Of course this is by no means adequate, depicting that further improvement is necessary. According to Dr. Jeffrey Weitzel, director of the Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics at the City of Hope Compr...

Ovary removal to lead to Dementia

Researchers have concluded that women, undergoing ovary removal may face a risk of dementia, which is a disorder of the brain that can cause emotional// disturbances or even personality changes. Every year, about 23,000 US women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 14,000 women die from the disea...

New Test to Predict Birth Date

...e does not make it easy to predict whether a woman undergoing early contractions would deliver pre term or not. Dr Craig Pennell, maternal foetal medicine lecturer at the University of WA, will release the results of the study at a Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand congress in Perth tomorrow. A...

Donor Heart Gives Way for Patient’s Own Hear

...r many years prior to the operation, however after undergoing a successful course of chemotherapy in January; she is in remission at present. Amazingly, Hannah is now feeling well enough to contemplate taking part in the Transplant Games later this year, at which she hopes to compete in swimming, long jump an...

Can Men Gauge Biological Paternity Accurately

...hat, men who were confident about their fatherhood undergoing the test were only wrong 1.7% of the time, meaning they were indeed the child's father more than 98% of the time. As compared to men who were in doubt about their fatherhood, specifically men who contested paternity through paternity tests were more ...

New Immigration Rule Adversely Affects Indian Doctors

...tors want authorities to provide relief to doctors undergoing training or trained but unemployed in the UK. He stated that restricting the numbers taking the exam to as many jobs available in the UK could reduce the future doctors headed to the UK. Dr Mathew disagrees with the observation of the British Medic...

Sihala in bird flu net threat in Pakistan

...en detected. The patients are quarantined and were undergoing various tests. "There is no proven human case of bird flu so far. We are only taking precautionary measures," PIMS Executive Director Fazle Hadi said. So there is reason to worry....

NHS Medics at the Receiving End

Doctors undergoing training abroad are facing a sudden turn of events, after the change in the immigration rule, which stipulates that non-EU doctors// need to possess work permits to train with the NHS. This will obviously leave many thousands in quandary and rende...

BEST Employees And City Policemen Seek HIV/AIDS Treatment

...s of the BEST and 300 city policemen are currently undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS. So far, 150 and 100 HIV positive cases have been detected // among BEST and city police force respectively. It is feared that the number of HIV/AIDS cases among the police could be higher. The social stigma attached to HIV/A...

Enhancing Infants Immune System

...n high-risk newborns with heart conditions who are undergoing cardiac bypass operations. "As we better understand the molecular pathways that account for newborns' susceptibility to infections, we can leverage them to enhance their immune defenses," Levy says. Contact: Jamie Newtonjames.newton@childrens.harv...

Brachytherapy Shows Promise for Cancer Treatment

...a in addition to brief hospital admission. People undergoing permanent implants usually have very few restrictions. They often return to their normal activities in a short time. Temporary implants can be left inside the person’s body for several minutes, hours, or days. The person who receives the brachyther...

Secret Herb Could Tackle Hot Flushes And Night Sweats In Breast Cancer Patients

... It is traditionally used by Mediterranean women undergoing the menopause, but Professor Molassiotis cannot name it as he and his team are carrying out a double blind trial (neither the patient nor the doctor is allowed to know whether they are in the group taking the herb or a placebo). The women are takin...

AIIMS Counsel Claims Cancer Patient Got HIV Through Needle

...uffering from cancer got inflicted with AIDS after undergoing blood transfusion in 2001. //The court has also asked for an explanation on why the relevant documents were not being made available despite repeated requests. Justice Vikramjit Sen ruled that the blood transfusion was the business of the public a...

Dispensing Drug Dosage To Children Through Computers

... lower tolerance for medication overdose. Children undergoing treatment for cancer are at even greater risk because the general dangers of potent chemicals are compounded by the dosing challenges. "Our findings reveal that using a Web-based calculator makes it less likely to order and give a child the wrong do...

Exercise Combined with Dialysis Yields Better Results

... renal failure,” says Dr. King-VanVlack. “Patients undergoing hemodialysis may have fewer complications, enhanced physical function and better quality of life by regular participation in an intra-dialytic exercise program.” Previously, most exercise programs for dialysis patients were instituted between sessi...

A New break Through In Surgery May Help In Faster Recovery Of Patients

...rated, as they have to avoid food and water before undergoing surgery. This coupled with inhaling anesthetic gases and undergoing the trauma of the surgery itself, could leave their bodies lacking enough fluid to take oxygen to th...

Eat Dairy Products To Have Twins, Says Study

...creases the likelihood of a twin birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilization, perhaps because the vitamin increases the chance or two embryos surviving. Pinpointing the nutrients that are most important in producing twins could help stem the rise in twin births. There is nothing women can do about the...

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System, Another Option To Hip Replacement Surgery

...ities.’ Drs. Rathjen and Schubert say that after undergoing hip resurfacing most patients should be able to return to their normal physical activities after the first year. ‘Hip resurfacing allows the patient to return to a higher level of activity than with traditional total hip replacements,’ adds Dr. Sch...

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