Study Urges Doctors to Go Easy on Antibiotics
...otic use and resistance." “It should serve as a wake up call for individual prescribing physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, dentists and others that inappropriate use of antibiotics does have consequences,” says Dr. John Conly, former chair of the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance and ...Private 3D Ultrasounds Enabling Moving Pictures of Fetus may Be a Risky Proposition
...advice has been offered by medical experts, in the wake of growing popularity of three dimensional ultrasounds enabling moving pictures of the unborn child. It is no longer news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had purchased their own ultrasound machine in 2005, so that they could monitor their baby’s gr...More Money to Flow for First Responders at Ground Zero
...g from exposure to toxic air at Ground Zero in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. An autopsy conducted on a 34-year-old police officer last year confirmed the link between the respiratory problems and the exposure at Ground Zero. Around 40,000 people helped clear debris from ...Ontario Government Invests $200 Million on Colorectal Cancer Screening
...ond in the list of ‘deadliest’ cancers, which is a wake up call to evolve superior detection procedures to diagnose the disease in// the early stage. The Ontario government is investing a whopping $200 Million on a screening program for colorectal cancer. This plan will adopt two crucial approaches, targe...Disturbed Sleep and Heart Trouble Go Hand in Hand
...cause of poor sleep. People with heart failure may wake up with trouble breathing, which stems from fluid buildup in the lungs. There’s also some evidence that heart failure leads to sleep apnea, a breathing problem that can awaken a person repeatedly throughout the night. Some people have nighttime angin......ould hear the emotion in her voice as she tried to wake me, but I couldn't wake up to console her. That was just maddening." Now in his seventh month of treatment, Manson is able...House of Lords to Consider New Mental Health Laws
... The need to bring in such a law has come in the wake of increased cases of killing of people by psychopaths who are not detained. According to Professor Sheila Hollins, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a balance has to be established between the patient and victim. Though people prote...India to Specialize Doctors to Treat Infectious Diseases
... for handling different infectious diseases in the wake of the recent epidemics of dengue and chikungunya," said A. Rajasekaran, president of the National Board of Examination. "We have in principle agreed to a proposal brought to us by a team of Indian American doctors and a few infectious diseases exp...Sleep Disturbances, Nightmares - Common Among Suicide Attempters: Report
...visual dream sequences that occur in your mind and wake you up from your sleep. Nightmares are very common and can begin at any age. Between 50-85 percent of adults report having a nightmare at least on occasion. They tend to become less frequent and intense as you age. Teen and adult women report nightma...Does the Home Medicine Chest Warrant the Emergency Contraceptive Pill?
...gency contraceptive pill. This advice comes in the wake of the Christmas season where people are often partying to celebrate. The charity has offered such an advice simply because the morning-after-pill or the emergency contraceptive pill is capable of offsetting pregnancy even if it is consumed 72 hou...More Americans Affected by Sleeplessness
...stimulate your mind and keep you awake. ? If you wake up in the middle of the night tossing and turning about all the things you need to do the next day, get out of bed and write a list. Somehow, organizing all your anxieties on a single page seems to allow you to put these worries aside...at least unti...New Ban on Smoking to Be Considered
...bited in cars carrying children. This comes in the wake of a finding that one child under five years of age, dies every 18 days, when exposed to cigarette smoke. The Queensland Health Minister while unveiling the Health of Queenslanders Report, 2006, made these comments. A review by the World Health...7 Workers Tested Positive For Polonium In London Hotel
...oring cases of suspected polonium poisoning in the wake of Litvinenko's death. Some of the affected bar staff members were reported to be suffering from flu-like symptoms. It is report that Litvinenko had suffered loss of hair, dehydration, and vomiting and low white blood cell count. These were the s...Telomerase Expression Linked To Body Mass
...n Montezuma," says Gorbunova. "I'm still trying to wake up and this voice says, 'I hear you're looking for beavers.' " For over a year, Gorbunova collected deceased rodents from around the world and had them shipped to her lab in chilled containers. She analyzed their tissues to determine if the telomer...Research In A New Direction To Develop Innovative Psychotropic Drugs
...acology & Biochemistry. The findings come in the wake of considerable debate in the academic and clinical communities as to whether newer drugs (particularly anti-psychotic medications) represent significant improvement over treatments that have been available for nearly half a century, as well as a gre...Thailand’s Decision to Manufacture Generic AIDS Drug Wins Acclai
In the wake of escalating costs of second-line HIV-AIDS drugs, Thailand has allowed, for the first time, the manufacture of the cost effective version of the// drug ‘Efavirenz’, which has been a boon to many sufferers. Merck & Co Inc, the patent holder of the ...Alcohol Dependence For Sleep Perceptions May Result In Alcoholism
...latency (SOL) or the time it takes to fall asleep, wake time after sleep onset (WASO), total sleep time (TST), and sleep efficiency (SE), a measure of sleep continuity. After complete PSG results were recorded, participants were asked to give information about their drinking habits during two consecutive ...Sleep Problems in Overweight Children Appear Fairly Common
... about caffeine intake, medications, usual bed and wake times to see if the children are chronically sleep-deprived, asked if they had a tonsillectomy because that usually fixes sleep apnea in children," Dr. Davis says. Interestingly sleepiness was not an issue because children instead tend to display a...Overweight Children Tested Positive For Sleep Disorders
... about caffeine intake, medications, usual bed and wake times to see if the children are chronically sleep-deprived, asked if they had a tonsillectomy because that usually fixes sleep apnea in children," Dr. Davis says. Interestingly sleepiness was not an issue because children instead tend to display a...Are call centers turning a deaf ear to potential acoustic shocks?
...ge in their employees. This revelation is indeed a wake up call to the estimated 900,000 call centre employees, who are undoubtedly risking an important faculty of theirs, gravely. Employers are legally bound by the Control of Noise at Work Regulations Act 2005 that stipulates all call centre hubs to of...