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Dentists Recommend Kids Use Mouthguard To Protect Them When Doing Sports

Medical professionals of American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had recommended that children wear mouthguards while taking part in any sports activity in order to prevent //mouth injuries. Each year, more than 3.5 million children, age14 and under are injured while playing sports or participating in recreational activities. As part o...

Companies Not Doing Enough To Fight Bird Flu

A new survey by International SOS has found that firms are concentrating on "tracking employees who travel, helping workers protect their health" rather than stockpiling protective equipment like gloves and masks in a bid to combat a possible bird flu pandemic. // The survey found that only 36 of the 100 Fortune 500 companies surveyed were taking protective steps, "Organizations with dis...

Elders Can Keep Themselves Fit By Doing More Exercise

People in their 60s and 70s may need to perform more physical activities or exercise to keep themselves fit, says a study//. It is common knowledge that as people age, there is a decline in the exercise or work a person can do before becoming exhausted. Researchers led by Wayne C. Levy at the University of Washington in Seattle suggest that this is not just a product of th...

White House recipes doing the rounds for commoners!!

The prerogative of dining like the Prez and the first lady used to lie to no one. Still if being a donor helped you had to shell out large sums of money//. Not now, as wn ex chef brings it all to you. What was eaten by Clintons and the Bush clan could be yours for a price which is much less as compared to being a donor but worth it they say! The man in question is Chef Wa...

Statin Drugs Doing More Harm than Good

Canadian health officials have warned that Statin drugs used to reduce the levels of LDL cholesterol in the body and improve the levels of HDL can cause serious muscle// damage. Health Canada has now insisted that statin drug manufacturers such as Lipitor, Pravachol, Zocor, Crestor and Mevacor to include warnings and information about the potential for muscle damage on patient safety in...

Conjoined twins doing well after separation

4-year-old conjoined twins were separated after a lengthy surgery. 3 weeks later, they have been moved out of the ICU.// According to their father, it is an indication of their recovery. Kendra and Maliyah Herrin were born in February 2002. They were conjoined at the trunk and shared several internal organs, including only one kidney and 2 legs. Due to the various medical complications caused...

Increase your life span by doing away with bad habits

Bad habits die hard! Indeed, but to have a long life, one needs to make a conscious effort to cut down risks to life, by giving up bad habits.// A study tracked more than 5,800 middle-aged Japanese-American men, whose average age was 54. The finding revealed that the chances of subjects reaching the age of 85, was almost 69% for men with no risk factors whatsoever. In contrast men with...

Programs to Prevent Falls Among Elders Not Doing Their Work

Researchers have come out with findings that suggest that programs to help the elderly see more clearly had better be kept on hold// till further study. The researchers led by Professor Robert Cumming of the department of epidemiology and geriatric medicine at Sydney’s Concord Hospital, examined more than 600 people aged over 70, who received new glasses or underwent corrective surgery...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Doing Well in Hospital

The tuberculosis scare continues unabated across the Atlantic. But the man who set off the panic is doing well in a hospital in Denver that specializes in the disease. The man himself has been identified as Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old attorney from Atlanta. He is not coughing, has no fever and does not appear to be very likely to infect others, doctors said. Still, staff at the...

Raipurs Separated Conjoined Twins are Doing Fine

Ram and Lakshman, the ten-month-old conjoined twins who were successfully separated after a gruelling operation by a team of five doctors at the Raipur Medical College Hospital here, are doing fine. Dr. Ashok, the Head of the Department of Surgery, said the operation had gone off well. The team of doctors performing the operation included five physicians and three ana...

Survey Shows Emergency Services Of British Hospitals Doing A Good Job

According to a study by the Royal College of Physicians (UK), the state of emergency services with regard to heart diseases is very good . The audit entitled Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project, and led by Dr Clive Weston reveals a fall in the percentage of people killed by heart attacks in England and Wales. This is down 12.4 percent from last years figures, meaning 12 more...