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Antibiotic Use in Infants may Lead to Asthma.

...tective factors also were noted, including gender, urban or rural location, neighborhood income, number of siblings at age 7, maternal history of asthma, and pets reported living in the home. Within the study group, 6 percent of children had current asthma at age 7, while 65 percent of children had rece...

Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses

...on's disease. Studies have shown that full-time, urban firefighters are two to three times more likely to die from cancer than the general population. Nathan Shaw, 22, shed tears of joy at the announcement of the new laws, Thursday:"I'm speechless. It's been a hard battle for many firefighters and th...

Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident

...are facilities, in general, are poorer than in the urban areas. The management methods are being tailored to the availability, accessibility and cost of infrastructure. The Respiratory Research Foundation of India will conduct a free screening camp in Chennai the capital of the southern Indian state of ...

Drinks and Breast Cancer – How It Happen

...bit of information may be a life saver for today’s urban woman, who thinks it cool, hip and what other cliché there is, to swig drinks at social gatherings or home,// alone, like she was to the wine glass or beer mug, born. That breast cancer is linked to alcohol consumption is a well-established fact. ...

Telephone Treatment Works for Rural Stroke Patients

... study. In addition, 17 percent of patients in the urban study died, compared to 7.5 percent of the rural patients treated with tPA in this study. Nearly half of rural patients treated with tPA by telephone went home after an average hospital stay of four days. Source-Eurekalert ED/M...

Heartburn Shadowing Modern India

... stomach and chest, is spreading fast over India’s urban population.// According to researchers, modern ...se for heartburn – seen in three out of every five urban Indians. While prevalence of heartburn was as high as 82 per cent in Delhi, known for its spicy ch...

Adolescents Exposed to Family Turmoil and Violence Face Stress-related Problems

...ater and more persistent material deprivation than urban poverty." Source-Eurekalert...

Family Turmoil and Violence Results in Stress-induced Physical Problems in Young, Cornell Psychologist Finds

...ater and more persistent material deprivation than urban poverty." The co-authors include graduate student Pilyoung Kim and former undergraduate students Albert Ting '98, Harris Tesher '03 and Dana Shanis '03. Source-Eurekalert/B...

Kidney Trade: Curbing the Sale

...y carry out this whole exercise on the poor in the urban slums, who were their primary target. As a sequel to the recent exposure of the kidney commerce in Southern India, the licenses issued to two of Chennai’s hospitals have been revoked . These hospitals had been emphatically involved in the i...

When 'prevalence' Makes for Disparity in AIDS Care

...ivate laboratories. Only 30 percent of the local urban and rural population of 1.1 million can afford private tests, he added. Source-IANS/V...

Campaign Against Obesity Taken to Schools in US

...sers and the media, recreation and sport planners, urban architects, city planners, politicians and legislators.” Other experts have stressed that children themselves should be educated on the relationship between lifestyle and health and accordingly change their food habits. SR/B...

Kolkata, Mumbai to Face Maximum Brunt of Climate Change

...t flash rains will be the major cause of worry for urban populace in Mumbai," IPCC chairman R.K. Pachauri told IANS. "Intense rain occurring over fewer days, which implies increased frequency of floods during the monsoon, will also result in loss of the rainwater. The direct runoff of water would reduce ...

1-visit Screening, Prevention for Cervical Cancer Holds Promise

...cal cancer screening could be effective in Ghana's urban areas. However, this study didn't address whether the technique can be effective in a rural setting or whether the government would be able to scale up the procedure to treat women nationwide. A follow-up study is under way in rural Ghana. Blumenthal...

Karnataka Wants to Make HIV Screening Mandatory for Couple Before Marriage

...te with the rural prevalence exceeding that of the urban areas. In the legislative Assembly the same minister conceded that federal funds for AIDS prevention remained underutilized, by as much as 70 per cent, and promised to accelerate the program. Medical Education Minister V.S.Acharya told the Coun...

Role of Lifestyle Choices in Heart Risks

...xposure to diesel exhaust at levels encountered in urban road traffic promotes myocardial ischemia in patie...ealth policy interventions targeting reductions in urban air pollution should be considered in order to decrease the risk of adverse cardiovascular events." ...

Novel Methods in Diagnosing Oral Cancer

...s are clearly defined: tobacco use, alcohol abuse, urban environment, specific ethnicities, poor diet, and frequent exposure to sunlight. A fast, mobile, relatively inexpensive and non-invasive diagnostic modality would permit the early detection and monitoring of oral lesions. The researchers describe T...

Rajasthan Launches Programs to Overcome Misconceptions About Childbirth

... efforts on towns with more than 60 percent of the urban slum population in the state. Judd, who is also a member of the PSI board, said: "Woman is the nucleus of the family and we need to preserve good healthy conditions for the fairer sex to promote her family. We also intend to address the misconcepti...

Program Helps Reduce Binge Drinking

...ing the facts and drink safely, responsibly.” An urban research university located at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border, UTEP is one of 15 universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to implement the model program. Preliminary results show that a majori...

Solutions Possible for Providing Water and Sanitation in Poor Urban Settlements, Says WaterAid

Consider this simple fact: The urban population of India rose from about 68to 284 milli...ent infrastructure is not tuned to the exponential urban growth in India, leaving the urban poor with inadequate or no basic services. Despite the numerous...

Obstetrical Anesthesia Equally Safe When Provided by CRNAs or Anesthesiologists

... in rural areas and those in medically underserved urban areas with large Medicaid populations, now have a possible long-term solution to their OB anesthesia staffing needs: greater use of CRNAs working without anesthesiologist supervision," Simonson said. He added that further studies are needed to valida...

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