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Rabies Requires Immediate Treatment

The human central nervous system gets affected by rabies which is transmitted through the saliva of the infected animals. Immediate medical attention // is required for a person who is bitten by a dog, cat, bat, ferret, or raccoon which is rabid. If bite from an animal is unprovoked, it is safer to assume that it is rabid, and get the animal tested for the infection. If found infected, the anima...

Immediate Attention Is Needed To Tackle the Obesity Crisis among Children

Doctors, nutritionists and health officials are demanding the government to take radical steps to tackle the obesity crisis. Education Minister Lynne Kosky announced// a ban on high-sugar soft drinks in schools. But Australian Medical Association federal president Mukesh Haikerwal said that this was not going to change present situation and asked to come down with radical measures. He...

Chronic shortage of GPs in Australia, Need for Immediate Intervention

Health experts in Australia have warned that the chronic shortage of general practitioners in Australia could lead to a health care crisis if appropriate steps are not taken to improve the situation, at the earliest. // Increase in the number of university medical places is the only sure shot way for long term management of the current trend. Immediate establishment of medical workforce...

Supreme Court Orders Striking Medicos To Call Off Agitation Immediate

The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered striking medicos to immediately call off their 20-day agitation against a new reservation policy// , and resume work within three days. The court - which accepted a petition from the striking medicos - also warned that strong action will be taken if its orders are not implemented. "We direct that all strikes, protests and demonstrations o...

MPs Demanded an Immediate Ban on Coke, Pepsi

A majority of MPs in the Lok Sabha Thursday demanded a ban on aerated soft drinks like Pepsi and Coca-Cola following reports that they contained pesticides//, but the government said a legislation on food safety and standards would check them. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Samajwadi Party walked out of the Lok Sabha alleging the...

Communist Bengal not to ban cola immediately

West Bengal would not ban the sale of soft drinks of two multinational giants till a report was received on samples sent to the central government for testing, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Thursday.// "A decision will be taken only after we receive the report," Bhattacharya told reporters, taking a stand in sharp contrast to Kerala, another communist-ruled state. <b...

Hyponatremia Requires Immediate Attention

A condition where the salt and water balance in the body is skewed up is called Hyponatremia. This condition usually is triggered off by other conditions and requires urgent// treatment. The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) says that some of the symptoms caused by hyponatremia include muscle spasms or cramps, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and headache. Other serious signs are conv...

Non Smoking Workers Absorb the Carcinogen Immediately

Scientists have found that nonsmoking restaurant and bar employees absorb a potent carcinogennot considered safe at any levelwhile working in places where they had to breathe tobacco smoke from customers and co-workers. The carcinogen, NNK, is found in the body only as a result of using tobacco or breathing secondhand smoke. Investigators at the Multnomah County Health Department a...