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Water - The silent killer!!!

The world health organization says, water related illnesses claim up to 3 million lives a year. WHO released a report to coincide with World Water Day on 22nd of March. The report says most of those who die are children and much of the suffering is needless. People in the developing world are particularly at risk for water-borne diseases. About 2.2 million people die of diarrhea caused by drinkin...

Sleeping sickness - a silent killer

Scientists from around the world are gathering in the West African state of Burkina Faso to tackle a disease believed to claim 1,00,000 African lives every year. Popularly known as Sleeping Sickness, and officially as 'African Trypanosomiasis', the disease is carried by the Tsetse fly. Some 60 million people living in Tsetse fly-endemic areas of west and central Africa are at risk, as are cattle...

Risks for Silent Strokes

A silent stroke happens when small blood vessels in the brain become blocked. A silent stroke does not cause classic symptoms but having multiple silent strokes can increase the risk of a future stroke.// A new study shows having diabetes and high blood pressure increases a person’s risk for a silent stroke. For the study, researchers conducted MRIs and 24-hour blood pressure monitoring...

AIDS - The ‘silent but lethal tsunami’ of Asia

Asia has always been looked at by outsiders as the land of mystic magic, serine breath taking beauty, and the // harmonious central key to getting in touch with the spiritual side of humanity. However there is more to this large sub-continent then what meets the eye at first glance. The AIDS virus has been silently threatening all of Asia. Its spread is rapid and deadly. One in four...

Erectile dysfunction: an early warning sign of clinically silent coronary artery disease?

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his sexual needs or the needs of his partner. Most men experience this at some point in their lives//, usually by age 40, and are not psychologically affected by it. Some men, however, experience chronic, complete ED (impotence), and often leads to diminished self-esteem. According to a...

Domestic Violence: The Silent Killer of Women Worldwide

Scenario 1: Thailand: Rakata has not yet prepared dinner for husband Akito, as there is no grain in the house. Akito works as a farm laborer, but gambles away whatever he earns. //Rakata and the two little children are emaciated, often ill, and fearful. Today all three are huddling in a corner of the house, fearing his fury. Scenario 2: Madhya Pradesh, India: Rani, a domestic worker who...

'Silent Shortage' Of Psychiatrists growing in the U.S.

Reflecting the frustrations of modern medical practice, a full quarter of psychiatrists said they would not choose medicine if they could decide their career paths// all over again. The web-based survey was conducted in 2005 by physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com. Compared to locum tenens industry studies asking the same question of physicians across a range of specialties, LocumT...

Sperms not silent in the Female reproductive Tract

The 15th Issue of Genes & Development has carried a paper that gives us a different depth into understanding changes in cells in a sperm, when they are in the female reproductive tract. //This paper gives us a different perspective of the genetics of successful fertilization. Previous theory contends that the spermatozoa are really quiet in the female reproductive tract. Gur and Haim Br...

Carotid Stenting Can Help Patients With Silent Disease

Results from the largest-ever multi-center U.S. registry on the efficacy of carotid stenting shows that the procedure is safe in patients who are at high risk for standard surgical therapy.// The registry, an FDA-required post-approval study, known as CAPTURE (Carotid ACCULINK/ACCUNET Post Approval Trial to Uncover Rare Events) was presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s...

Beware Of A Silent Killer Called Haemophilia

To promote a global effort to establish an appropriate care and treatment for a disease “Haemophilia” that is the oldest known inherited bleeding disorder caused by a defect in the genes the World Haemophilia Day is observed every April 17. // Haemophilia is an incurable genetic disorder that is characterised by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding. It usually affects...

Diabetes, The Silent Killer of New Zealand

Maria Petelo, aged 45 lies in her hospital bed in ward 3 of Middlemore Hospital, South Auckland, unable to believe what the doctors had told her. Except for a constant// feeling of thirst, a craving for sweet drinks, frequent visits to the bathroom and bouts of dizziness she had been fine. She was surprised to be rushed to the hospital, following a visit to her GP. The blood tests revealed that h...

Anti-Quota Stir: Students Take Out Massive Silent Rally

The anti-quota agitation by the medicos further intensified today with students, parents and members of medical faculty taking out a massive silent protest// march in the national capital amid tight security. The striking medicos under the banner of 'Youth for Equality' were joined by students from the Delhi University, medical colleges around the capital, parents of some agitating stud...

Risk of Silent AIDS epidemic in Middle East and North Africa

Experts attending the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto have warned that Middle East and North Africa are at risk of plunging into a silent epidemic of AIDS//. Only 0.2 percent of the population in Middle East and North Africa carry the virus that causes AIDS. The region has the lowest rate of HIV infection in the world according to UNAIDS agency. Experts says m...

India’s Silent Killer on the Prow

The long held myth that diabetes is the disease of the rich and comfortably off in India has now been busted. The disease has now crossed all age groups and classes in India.// The disease has become so prevalent that India is now the ‘diabetes capital’ of the world, with the diabetic population in the country reaching a count of 35 million. Within the next 20 years, this figure is e...

Malnutrition is a Silent Killer

Millions of children die every year due to severe malnutrition. In spite of hospitalization the survival rate is less in about 20% of them.// PLoS Medicine had a research published concerning certain clinical signs that would indicate the death of a child that could assist children who are at greater risk. The international group of researchers work in a hospital in Kilifi...

Glaucoma: Silently Stealing Sight from Millions

As you read this sentence, you could be going blind and not know it. Silently, without symptoms, Glaucoma could be stealing your sight, and there is no cure//. January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and its partner the American Glaucoma Society strongly urges everyone to get a complete eye exam, especially if you are in a high risk category, incl...

Angioplasty Reduces Long-term Cardiac Risk in Heart Patients With 'silent' Ischemia

When compared with intensive drug therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, angioplasty) was more beneficial in reducing the long-term risk of major cardiac events among heart attack survivors with 'silent ischemia', according to a study. Cardiac ischemia is caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. Silent ischemia can occur without accompanying signs or...