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Sunscreen Maybe Helpful in Preventing Skin Cancer

...new cases of malignant skin cancer a year, experts warn against excessive sunbathing. They urge people to change their thinking and protect their skin well in sunny weather. 'We've got to get away from the false notion that being sun-tanned is beautiful and healthy,' said Eva Kalbheim, spokesperson for ...

Anti-smoking Ads at the Movies Doesnt Make Any Impact on Smokers

...uoted them, as stating. In fact, the researchers warn that anti-smoking campaign just might have the opposite effect on smokers, making them more determined to keep up the habit. The finding that a higher proportion of smokers in the intervention group reported they were likely to be smoking in the fu...

Doctors Warns Expectant Mothers to Stay Out of the Sun

... to slightly lower birth weight. The researchers warn that since babies develop rapidly in the first trimester, and since pregnant women are more sensitive to high temperatures, staying out in the sun might make them feel sick. "Women in their first stages of pregnancy in the summer should be aware of...

Wearing Shorts, Sleeveless Clothes Could Make You Prone to Skin Cancer

...seem like a good way to beat the heat, but doctors warn that overexposure to sunrays could increase chances of skin cancer . "Overexposure during the summer that is searing north India is harmful. It's could cause not just gastroenteritis, but also increase chances of skin cancer," cautioned Jyotsna Govi...

Over the Counter Drugs can Be Highly Addictive, Warn Doctors

...r the counter (OTC) drugs can be highly addictive, warn two doctors in this week’s BMJ. // The development of dependency on OTC drugs is often forgotten, write Drs Chris Ford and Beth Good. Yet, in the past three months, they describe seeing three patients with addictions to Nurofen plus (ibuprofen and ...

A New Pill to Burn Away Unwanted Fat

...auts lose muscle mass on long missions. Experts warn that although the drugs would maintain muscle size, they would not provide any of the other health benefits of regular exercise. Professor Paul Greenhaff at Nottingham University in the UK who has been conducting similar research into muscle growt...

RFID Use can Avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

...along with his friends developed a device that can warn a parent when the baby stops breathing and the carbon-di-oxide levels rise in the body. This is done by the use of sensors that are attached to the baby's crib to measure the carbon dioxide exhaled by the baby. The RFID sends a signal as soon as ...

Eyes Wide Shut-To The Dangers Of Kajal

...toreowners to remove the products from shelves and warn customers not to use them. "It's important that people who use these products stop using them and that they get a blood test," Clark stresses. AN...

Lifestyle changes not prescription drugs to fight diabetes, say scientists

...leagues, from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, warn against turning healthy people into patients and facing the risk of side effects at that. Montori's comments fly in the face of a study that reported last September rosiglitazone might be as effective in preventing the onset of diabetes as in treat...

Retail Clinics Becoming Increasingly Popular in US

... 2,000 expected by the end of 2008. Some doctors warn that patients won't get top-notch care at the clinics. Others say they fill a need, especially on nights and weekends, when doctors' offices are closed."This really can be part of improving health care," says Minute Clinic CEO Michael Howe. The pro...

Modern Lifestyle Could Damage Heart

...to recommended lifestyle changes. The scientists warn that unless people modify their lifestyles, and diagnosis and treatment improve, recent gains in treating cardiovascular disease could be reversed. "Making changes to your lifestyle such as taking regular exercise can help you cope with stress," Da...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, British doctors warn and note that// the diagnosis of the disease is a relatively new phenomenon. Statistics show that over a quarter of Britons have gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, also known as the GORD, and thousands of these are not getting the treatment they ne...

Overuse Of Antibiotics-Creating Monsters Out Of Common Microbes

...rto common diseases// into ‘superbugs’. This, they warn is the result of overzealous use of antibiotics. One such example is the recent announcement by the U.S Centers For Disease Control (CDC) that gonorrhea has now become resistant to the antibiotic fluoroquinolones. The only line of treatment l...

New Standards Could Cut Number of Malnourished Children on Feeding Programs

...hildren eligible// for emergency feeding programs, warn researchers in this week’s BMJ. According to the UN World Food Program, the number of nutritional emergencies has risen over the last twenty years, from an average of 15 per year during the 1980s to more than 30 per year since 2000. In 2005, around...

Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision

...e or has taken place, fails without good cause, to warn or inform the proper authorities promptly, shall be punishable with a fine and imprisonment,' it continued. The ban came into force on 31 March, the information ministry said. FGM is outlawed in a number of African countries, but laws are rarel...

Web Page to Warn Against Online Purchase of Isotretinoin

...ug, like the iPLEDGE risk management program. They warn women using isotretinoin to stop using the drug in case of pregnancy and pregnant women not to use isotretinoin. Research studies have revealed that isotretinoin causes severe side effects in expectant mothers, such as birth defects and fetal death...

An Orange a Day may Keep Heart Disease Away

... way the liver functions - so much so that doctors warn patients who are prescribed statins not to eat grapefruit because it can increase the effect of the drugs. Source-IANS...

Babies and Drinks Don’t Mi

...nge-drinking even while pregnant. Health officials warn of subsequent risks such as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) characterized by mental retardation, among others. There have been protests from the liquor lobby that say that the government is sending out mixed signals. As of now, there are no clear ...

Early Psychosis Is Dangerous

...e of psychotic illness compared to later episodes, warn mental health experts.// In the latest Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), Dr Olav Nielssen, psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, and his co-authors review homicides committed during psychotic illness in NSW between 1993 and 2002. O...

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect of Smallpox Vaccine

...tor for eczema vaccinatum, and official guidelines warn that people with eczema should avoid contact with vaccines. The smallpox vaccine fell out of general use in the 1970s, but the case could be a lesson for the U.S. military, which has vaccinated 1.2 million personnel against smallpox since 2002 amid...

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