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Obesity raises IVF miscarriage risk

...uld make a huge difference, say doctors. They are urging overweight women to change their diets, and take excercise, prior to embarking on fertilty treatments. Obese women have long been known to have problems conceiving naturally, and studies have shown that their overall success rates for IVF do not mat...

Caution On Use of Cholesterol Drugs

...to 36 million, an increase of 140 percent. "We're urging caution," say Donald Fedder, a University of Maryland pharmacologist and lead author of the study. Statins are safe in the short term, but doctors "need to follow their patients over a period of time to watch what may happen" as they take the drugs. ...

Risk of early neonatal death high in infants born in the night

...holidays have an increased risk of death at birth, urging the need for additional skilled and experienced staff for better obstetric and neonatal care during the night. Researchers conducted a population based study of 694,888 vaginal deliveries in Sweden// between 1991 and 1997. Relative risks of intrapart...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

... at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia who is urging a cautious approach. He says some studies looking at the benefits of partial-breast irradiation five years after treatment have produced acceptable results. But, he adds, "five-year results aren't long enough to say, 'This is a standard alternative.'...

Prime Minister Manmohan Against Incentive-Based Population Control

...ends is obvious and too stark to ignore," he said, urging the states with high population growth to "study and learn from the experience" of states like Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, which have higher scores in the human development index. Admitting that the absence of...

Stop Watching TV: Toddler Development Affected

...erican Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidelines urging parents to avoid any television or video viewing before age 2 years. It has previously been shown that parents are not able to follow this guideline, and we would argue that the guideline may need greater publicity. This analysis complements this ear...

Pig Bacterium (Streptococcus suis) Kills 24 In China

...the areas involved. The Chinese Health Ministry is urging people not to process or slaughter infected animals in an effort to contain the spread. (Source: The New Scientist)...

Bird Flu Risk In Europe, Middle East And Africa

The UN food agency has issued notice urging countries to intensify surveillance and prepare for emergencies due to risk of spread of Bird Flu Virus from Asian countries to Europe, Middle East and Africa.// Though the initial risk would be for the poultry animals they are wide chances of the vi...

Speed up bird flu vaccine, Bush tells experts

...US President George Bush getting in on the act and urging vaccine developers to speed up the process of developing a vaccine to combat the same. // Representatives of more than 80 countries and international organizations met in Washington on Thursday to discuss ways to prevent bird flu pandemic. Health o...

Simplest therapeutic regimen found less effective against HIV

...so, the Department of Health and Human Services is urging newly diagnosed patients to relinquish therapies that specifically combine these three. The new ‘Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents’ have been published, dated October 6, 2005. Dr. Roy Gulick, an...

Birds Flu Scare Reaches Germany

...und its way into the country, though officials are urging the public to remain calm. Firemen from the town of Neuwied wore biological protection suits to scoop up the carcasses at a flooded gravel pit Monday evening and take them in metal boxes to the laboratory in nearby Koblenz run by the German state o...

‘Miracle’ HIV Cure Claim Under Scrutin

...efused to submit to further tests and doctors were urging him to come back so scientists could find out more. Grulich says the 'whole story smells a bit fishy' and can't be regarded as credible until further tests are carried out in a transparent way, because the legal threats have muddied the waters. Sti...

New outbreak of birdflu reported in Northern China

...prime-time television and newspaper advertisements urging caution andproper hygiene in handling live and slaughtered poultry. Health officials worldwide fear that a mutation that makes the virus highlyinfectious between people could lead to a global human pandemic, killingmillions. (IANS)...

This MMS Educates, And Not Titillates

...disease and cautioning people on the disease while urging them to have safe sex. The 27-year-old doctor in this Gujarat city said he was never inclined towards a routine medical practice and always wanted to do something different. He had been keen on making films since his college days - and has till no...

Panic and probe due to mysterious deaths

... low immune systems were particularly susceptible, urging those most vulnerable to think carefully before eating foods such as raw seafood, cold cooked chicken and salads. It was "possible we may never know the source of this listeria", he said. "The problem is that listeria has got an extremely long in...

Malaria Warnings On The Rise in UK

...the HPA, says to the news agency, "We are strongly urging British travelers heading to malarious destinations, such as The Gambia, to seek pre-travel medical advice and to take the anti-malarial medication that they should be prescribed prior to, during and after their trip." HPA is particularly concerned ...

Illicit body parts from cadavers used for transplant

...00 calls from possible victims since doctors began urging transplant patients to be tested for HIV, hepatitis and more. Hundreds of people who received transplants via Michael Mastromarino`s company, Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd. of Fort Lee, N.J., are being tested after the news broke out. It was sa...

Spate of smoking-related fire deaths cause concern in San Diego

...g in bed died in a San Diego fire. Officials are urging smokers to take safety precautions. The California Cigarette Safety and Firefighter Protection Act was passed last year. On the lines of the state laws passed in New York and Vermont, Assembly Bill 138 requires that all cigarettes and thin cigars sol...

Doctors Ask MPs To Protect Human Rights By Banning Smoking In Enclosed Public Spaces

...atients and their families. For this reason we are urging MPs to help protect their constituents’ lives.” The BAM also said that it would be writing similar letters to MPs in devolved countries so that the Health Select Committee members’ amendment gets through and people in England could enjoy a smoke free...

Health Grade, grades U.S Hospitals

...arly demarcating the best hospitals from the rest, urging consumers to rely on a thorough reference check before approaching any hospital for treatment. This report would indeed be a motivation to other US hospitals to emulate quality and clinical standards, par excellence....

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