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Tag: "winter" at medical news

Relaxation In Donor’s Age for Blood Donation in Scotlan

...by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) that winter would experience an acute shortage of blood and blood derived products. In an attempt to manage this crisis, it has been proposed to increase the maximum age for blood donation from 60 to 66 years. // There has been a steady decline in the number of...

Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

...(NHS). The NHS faces the prospect of a full-blown winter bed shortage for the first time since Labour came to power in 1997. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warned that power shortfalls caused by the rising domestic demand to keep warm, and Britain's dwindling strategic stockpiles, could lead ...

Bird Flu: India faces threat from China this winter

New Delhi: India this winter faces threat from China in the forms of migrating birds like wild duck and fowl spreading the deadly avian flu virus this winter.// "These wild ducks and fowls are natural reservoirs of avian flu and unlike chicken, they don't die of it. When these...

Scientist Affirm Mom’s Advice - Keep Yourself Wrapped Up To Avoid Cold

...e fact that common colds are more prevalent in the winter could be related to an increased incidence of chilling causing more clinical colds, but a cold nose may also be one of the major factors that cause common colds to be seasonal. Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slo...

US Reviews Risks Of Tamiflu After 12 Children Die

...y used by all sectors of the population during the winter flu season to shorten the duration of the illness, reduce complications and slow its spread. The Japanese health ministry issued a warning in June last year about psychological and neurological disorders linked with Tamiflu. The European Medicines E...

Exposure to Chill can result in common cold symptoms

...cold. // Mothers often advice not going out in the winter without a hat or with wet hair. Since the early 19...klore of so many mothers, who say know that in the winter you should wrap yourselves well and avoid getting your feet wet," Eccles said. "Chilling causes a ...

Scientist affirm mother’s advice

...e fact that common colds are more prevalent in the winter could be related to an increased incidence of chilling causing more clinical colds, but a cold nose may also be one of the major factors that cause common colds to be seasonal. Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slo...

Rajasthan Gears Up To Fight Against Avian Flu

...lready struck parts of Asia and Europe. // Every winter the desert state receives thousands of birds from all over the world. Keoladeo bird sanctuary, once the royal hunting preserve of the princes of Bharatpur spread over an area of 29 sq km, is home to 400 species of water birds. Exotic migratory birds...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

... the migratory birds from not coming to India this winter like, the migratory bird ‘Bar-headed geese’ usually migrate to India in winter and were affected by the deadly virus strain H5N1 that can kill human beings, but this the wild bird...

Birds Flu Scare Reaches Germany

...Russia, where the H5N1 virus has been detected, to winter feeding grounds. So far the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus has reached Russia, Romania and Turkey. The only poultry infection in western Europe has been at a British quarantine station. More than 60 people in Asia have caught the illness from ...

India May not Face Bird Flu Outbreak

...ird ‘Bar-headed geese’ usually migrate to India in winter and were affected by the deadly virus strain H5N1 that can kill human beings. So far the strain has killed 60 people due to the direct contact with affected and sick birds. This year the wild bird from China has decided to fly some other route and sp...

Winter Premature Babies Face Threat From Lung Disease

Babies born prematurely in winter may be more at risk from lung infections, like RSV, than their counterparts born in a different season//. With premature births at a record high, more babies are facing serious health challenges in their first year. These problems include respirator...

GlaxoSmithKline to Supply United States with 8 Million flu vaccine, Fluarix

...t Influenza. The US wants the stock ready for the winter to avoid any shortage in supply which occurred last year. US Health authorities as approved the GSK, which is the biggest UK Pharmaceutical company, which supplied flu vaccines to US last year during the shortage of vaccines. Jean-Pierre Garnier, the...

Good News For Those Suffering From Excessive Sweating

...xcessive sweating even during the// cold months of winter may now have a relief from their condition. Researchers from Saint Louis University School of Medicine had reported that long-term treatment with Botox (botulinum toxin type A) could be effective for treating this condition. Interim data from the fi...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

... life if they took supplements of Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunlight exposure to their body is...a study that girls who took supplements during the winter had no decrease in vitamin D status during this time and actually improved their bone mineral levels...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

... life if they took supplements of Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunlight exposure to their body is...a study that girls who took supplements during the winter had no decrease in vitamin D status during this time and actually improved their bone mineral levels...

Bright arctic lights to cause headaches

...e affected during summer lights than that of polar winter season. The condition worsens because of light exposure, says the researchers of the study. The condition also makes women, who are more prone to migraine attacks, become extremely sensitive to lights during the period between the attacks. The reaso...

The Importance Of Vitamin D Supplements

...ghest in African American teenagers and during the winter months. Thus researchers say they feel that proper screening and guidelines for supplementation for children need to be established because of its importance for skeletal and bodily functions....

Weather Found To Play An Important Role In Cholesterol Levels

...d as 240 milligrams/deciliter or greater -- in the winter vs. the summer. The question to be answered is why would cholesterol be lower in the summer than in the winter? Researchers say warmer weather results in a greater volume of blood plasma, which in turn may dilute cholesterol in the blood resulting i...

Sunshine Reduces MS Risk

...nked to a decreased risk of MS. Higher exposure in winter seemed more important than higher exposure in summer. For the study, higher exposure was defined as two to three hours or more a day in summer during weekends and holidays. The associations remained the same after adjusting for fair skin and exposure...

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