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YouTube’s Latest Use-Offering Medical Advic

...hma inhalers, smear testing, blood sugar testing , winter flu vaccination and cervical screening are among the videos so far included. The practice has 7,700 patients over an area of 500 square miles and intends to add videos on new topics every month. Doctors said they aimed to educate a wider audience. ...

Tips to Prevent and Treat Winter Laryngitis

...ost cases of viral laryngitis occurring during the winter cold and flu season//, a vocal health expert at the University of Michigan Health System is offering tips for preventing and treating the inflammation of the voice box. “The type of voice change that can accompany the common cold and upper respirato...

Sex Ends as Seasons Shift and Kisspeptin Levels Plummet

...male Siberian hamsters' libido and reproduction as winter approaches and daylight hours wane. "Ours isn't the first study to link the peptide to reproduction, but it is the first to connect kisspeptin to how animals interpret seasonal cues, including day length," said IUB biologist Gregory Demas. "Kisspe...

Dangerous Natural Phenomena Hits Russia in 2006

...h. On Dec 15 Moscow saw an all time record high winter temperature for the Russian capital, as the mercur...t Vilfand said this year's unusually warm start of winter in Russia should not be associated with global warming. Rather, he said, the reason for this year's ...

Once-Diabetic Heart/Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipient Enjoys Life (And Eating Again)

...vely until more serious problems emerged. “In the winter of 2004, we went to visit my daughter at her college in Madison, Wisconsin for Parents’ Weekend and my kidneys shut down and I went into congestive heart failure,” Jim says. “That was a big signal that I needed to do something.” After more than a we...

A Novel Vaccine to Combat Bird Flu in the Pipeline

...hat is the cause of outbreaks of both bird flu and winter flu. Two injections of this vaccine is expected to bestow life long immunity. The only other current option is a vaccine that has to be repeatedly administered every year. The injection is yet to be tried on humans. The first clinical tests wil...

Light Therapy Fights Depression With Sun Substitute

...e autumn and often does not disappear until March: winter depression.// It not only causes sufferers long ...y. As opposed to a normal feeling of melancholy, winter depression is characterised by an added need to sleep, ongoing lack of energy and strength, trouble ...

Underground Air - Associated With - DNA Damages

...ces dry out and cars are still fitted with studded winter tyres. "It’s a serious problem, as these particles exist in large concentrations in environments that people remain in for long periods," says Dr Karlsson. Apart from particles from the underground and the roads, the study also examined those re...

Mental Health Expert Offers Tips for a Happier Holiday Season

...o attend and family gatherings to prepare for, the winter season can be busy and joyful. But for many//, heightened expectations and the stresses of holiday events can increase anxiety and cause depression. “While depression is one of the most common illnesses for adults, seasonal blues can be experienced ...

Coal Stoves May Be Banned In 3 Himachal Towns

... cold resort towns use a large quantity of coal in winter that spews out plumes of smoke into the thin mount..., hotels and other commercial establishments. "In winter SPM count can go up by around 80 per cent," said an official of the pollution board. "We will launc...

Are The Short And Dark Days Of Winter Making You SAD?

Are you unable to rise up from your bed on winter mornings? Have your energy levels become rather low? Don’t worry. You are not alone. Many people find themselves experiencing// similar unwelcome feelings of sadness, alienation, and feel weighed down during winter. This condition is termed SAD, Se...

Pregnant Women Can Minimize Risk Of Rodent-Based Virus

... The risk of LCMV transmission increases in the winter months, when rodents seek shelter in homes, said Daniel Bonthius, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. "Pregnant women should avoid contact with rodents, especial...

Defibrillators Should Be Available in Ski Resorts

...nd stadiums. Downhill skiing is the most popular winter sport in the world and is a serious trigger for sudden cardiac deaths in people with a history of heart problems, high blood pressure, or those who are not used to strenuous exercise. There are 12,000 cardiac arrests in public places each year in the...

Quarantine Hits 3 More Hospitals In San Mateo

... group of common viruses frequently show up during winter months in group settings such as cruise ships, schools and nursing homes. It spreads quickly and easily through food or drink that has been handled by someone fighting the bug, contact with doorknobs, toilet handles or other surfaces touched by some...

Andhra Wants Withdrawal of Warning Signal from ‘Beedi’ Packes

...tatutory warning signal. On the first day of the winter session, the house passed the resolution appealing to the centre to withdraw the order as it could affect livelihood of thousands of 'beedi' workers. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajashekara Reddy was passed unanimously as members c...

Has Bird Flu Chickened Out? Experts Peck at the Subject Once Again!

...s could be the climate. Bird flu is dynamic in the winter months, as the virus can survive much longer when the temperature is low. The H5N1 virus which had earlier restricted itself to Southeast Asia had spread its wings far and wide, to Germany, Egypt, and Nigeria, and a flu pandemic loomed large on th...

Kashmir To Get Cancer Hospital

...wnship of Katra, about 50 km north of this Kashmir winter capital. The institute, which will be gradually upgraded into a medical college offering graduate and post-graduate courses, is being built without funding from the government. 'However, we will welcome donations,' Sinha stated, adding: 'This proje...

A New Test Designed To Track Down Allergens

...ificant loss of work attendance or schooldays.”The winter months represent a phase when some allergies run riot, he added. The KKR ENT, has launched an allergy clinic with the new testing facility. The new ‘Radio Allergo Sorbent Test’ (RAST) machine, tracks down the source allergen by mapping the results ...

AAD Warns Against Indoor Tanning for the Holiday Season

... from the damage it has received. In the fall and winter months, many people turn to indoor tanning salons to achieve a tan. In fact, almost one million Americans visit a tanning salon each day. “Indoor tanning is an unnecessary activity. While it produces a temporary cosmetic effect, it can cause long-...

Flu Vaccine Shortage In Britain Causes Anxiety

In Britain, Flu killed about 12,000 people last winter and the number is expected to be greater this year, due to a shortage in vaccines.// This year due to an acute shortage in the availability of the vaccine millions of elderly and vulnerable patients are still waiting for a jab. The Department of He...

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