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International community warns India on HIV situation

The International Community has warned India that it is time to treat the HIV situation as a national emergency. Experts attending the Peoples Health Assembly at Dhaka, Bangladesh , have cautioned India not to be complacent about the looming HIV crisis in the country. Rebuffing the optimistic statement of Union Health Minister, Dr.C.P.Takhur, the experts said if corrective measures are no...

Thakur warns doctors

The union Health Minister, Dr. CP Thakur, today warned doctors that their names could be removed from the register of the Medical Council of India (MCI) if they were found guilty of indulging in female foeticide. The warning comes in the wake of the recent nation-wide Census, which has come out with a disturbing picture of male-female gender ratio, particularly in relation to children un...

Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre

The Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC) in Ahmedabad has alerted the Drug Control General of India against the excessive use of paracetamol. CERC says that the commonly use drug might cause potential liver damage and might lead on to liver failure. CERC Secretary Ashwini Kumar warns that consumers must be aware of the potential hazards of paracetamol more so because it is bein...

WHO warns that Asia is at high risk of Bird flu

World Health Organization feels that Asia is facing an increased threat of bird flu as new cases of bird flu infections pour in. Dr. Shigeru Omi, Regional Director, WHO Western Pacific has said though// Asian countries are planning and working to combat bird flu spread but feels that still a lot should have been done and should be done to prevent bird flu spread. It is estimated that 77 d...

Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs

Methylxanthines is no longer used to treat childhood asthma in Western// countries, however it is still used in developing countries to treat routine cough in children with asthma. A study has found no benefit of the drug. "We found a lack of good evidence for using Methylxanthines for children's cough that was not associated with other asthma symptoms," says lead author of the study...

Indian Government warns Gujarat regarding possibility of bird flu

The Gujarat government has been warned against suspected carriers of the dreaded bird flu virus. The Indian Government has issued a warning to raise awareness in the State. //More than 60 people have died due to the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Southeast Asia since 2003."The central government has alerted the state animal husbandry department to watch out for birds specially from Southe...

ADB Report Warns of Bird-Flu Catastrophe

An Avian flu pandemic could kill 3 million people in Asia, economically setting the continent back by almost $300 billion, causing a recession in the world, the Asian Development Bank has warned. // The bank examined in a report the likely effects on the region if bird flu produces a human pandemic that hacks consumer demand, with millions of workers being taken ill. 'Growth in Asia w...

FDA Warns Against Birth-Control Patch

Users of the popular Ortho Evra birth control patch are being exposed to more hormones, and at higher risk of blood clots and other serious side effects than previously disclosed, //the United States Food and Drug Administration has warned. According to a report by the Associated Press, regulators and patch-maker Ortho McNeil, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, had so far maintained th...

Charlotte Church Warns kiss n tell girls not to flirt with Henson

London: Welsh singer Charlotte Church is one jealous kitten, when it comes to protecting her handsome lover Gavin Henson from the admiring glances of young ladies who drape themselves all over the rugby ace. // The singer, who recently confessed that she would rather quit singing forever than lose Henson, has reportedly admitted that she gets really annoyed when girls flirt with her bo...

UK Committee Warns on Food Shortages Due to Flu Epidemic

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has issued a warning that if a bird flu pandemic were to hit Britain, there would be a severe shortage of food. // The Committe has called on ministers to step-up efforts to collaborate on an international level and has asked the Government to prepare alternative plans to combat an epidemic should the need arise. As staff continue to...

NHS Audit Commission Warns Possible Financial Collapse In Sussex And Surrey

Medical and surgical services provided by NHS could suffer a big blow if the financial condition in two counties (Surrey and Sussex) failed to improve, warned the Audit Commission.// The prevalence of a weak financial management, in addition to lack of proper response to problems addressed by district auditors have been accounted for the present condition. The financial deficit faced by...

Russia warns against travel to Turkey, Iran closes border

Russians should avoid travelling to Turkey after seven confirmed cases of bird flu, the chief state epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said on Sunday // . Turkey is the sixth country where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has jumped from poultry to people, the first human infections outside eastern Asia. "I earnestly advise Russian citizens to refrain from travelling to Turkey,...

Bishop Warns Against Change in Mercy Killing Laws

The Bishop of Manchester has come out strongly against euthanasia saying that the proposed changes in the law would increase the cases of mercy killing of "unwanted children." // "As some paediatricians have said, implicit in the legislative proposals is the possibility that assisted dying could eventually apply to children - not least those born unwanted or `damaged'," Bishop Nigel was...

Manitoba Ombudsman Warns Pharmacists

Pharmacists have been warned by the Manitoba Ombudsman that they should respect the desire of patients to remain anonymous, particularly while receiving emergency// contraception. A woman had already complained that embarrassing questions were asked by the pharmacists while she was buying the Levonorgestrel, also called the drug Plan B. The questions asked were with regard to the woman’s...

FDA Warns VaxGen On Anthrax Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has warned the manufacturers of a new vaccine for anthrax for making false claims about the purity and effectiveness// of the vaccine. VaxGen Inc was accused of inflating the claims based on a few studies, the data for which is not enough for issuing such statements. The FDA took umbrage to a promotional handed out by the company in October, which claime...

Stern Action will be Taken Against 'AIIMS Coterie' warns Ramadoss

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday warned of "strong action" against "indiscipline" he said was brewing at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS), saying a coterie had turned the prestigious institution into a "political hub". "Some people have converted the AIIMS into a political hub and action will be taken against them when I return to New Delhi June 19,...

FDA warns against the use of products that claim to treat erectile dysfunction

The U.S Food and Drug administration has issued a warning to consumers to stay away from products touted as succors for sexual problems, allegedly capable of enhancing// the sexual experience. According to the FDA, these products contain many harmful elements, which may trigger a host of health complications. The harmful products doing the rounds are Zimaxx, Libidus, Neophase, Nasut...

Doctors In New Zealand Warns Against Using Ayurveda Medicines

Doctors in New Zealand have warned against using traditional Indian medicines after eight patients suffered lead poisoning using them, it was reported Friday.// "We wish to alert the medical community to a substantial threat to well-being posed by a particular form of herbal remedy, namely, Ayurvedic medicine," doctors said in a report in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal. <br...

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Warns Of Further Job Losses

The crisis of loss of jobs on the NHS worsened today after Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals said that it plans to offer services that only fit into its budget.// The Trust operates four hospitals in Oxford and Banbury. It said that compulsory job losses cannot be ruled out although it currently has 600 vacancies. Campaign group Health Emergency said that as of now 15,000 jobs had been lost...

Canada Warns High BP Patients about ADHD Drug Side Effects

Canada's health ministry asked patients suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease and a number of other medical ailments such as hardening of the arteries // , overactive thyroid gland not to take Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs. This is because there is an increase in the number of cases where people suffer rare heart-related side effects. Health Canada also...

2010 AIDS Target May Misfire, Warns United Nations

With just a few days more for the review conference on the UN five year plan on AIDS, the feelers received from the UN is certainly not encouraging. // The United Nations has made no bones that the global effort to catch up with the epidemic is lacking in many areas, which might deter the achievement of the 2010 target. The UN study on the five-year plan calls for a global integrated...

Health Canada Warns Against Excessive Consumption Of Lobster Tomalleys

The soft green substance inside the body of a lobster commonly known as Tomalley, is considered by some as a delicacy and by may others as a waste//, unhealthy product. The health agency of Canada has decided to issue a warning-advising people against eating too much of lobster tomalley. The health agency has announced that Tomalley, the green innards that serve as a liver and pancrea...

Global War Against AIDS May Fail Target, Warns UN

The AIDS epidemic has outpaced global mobilisation against the disease in the last five years, frustrating efforts to halt the spread of the virus// , the UN says in advance of a review conference. A dozen heads of state and more than 100 government ministers are scheduled to meet Wednesday-Friday at UN headquarters to assess results based on a five-year plan issued by the UN General A...

Supreme Court Warns Medicos of Contempt Action

The Supreme Court of India today asked the students to end their agitation on the reservation issue. The court expressed that if they fail to do so contempt// action can be initiated against the students. The striking doctors were told that their protest had left "patients at the mercy of God". "We are told that they (students) are continuing with the strike. If they are...

Ramadoss Examines Patients At AIIMS, Warns Striking Doctors

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who is a doctor, today examined patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here and warned the protesting medicos to end their strike or face termination of service. // 'Then there is no other option left but to terminate them from service,' he said when asked about the possible action against the striking medicos if they failed to...

Health Canada Warns Of Potential Health Hazards Due To A Cough Medication

Authorities of Health Canada on Tuesday announced a warning on the usage of Triaminic vapour patches in children because of the potentially serious effects //they could have if accidentally ingest the cherry-scented patches. The health authorities have explained that life-threatening seizures, headache, nausea, vomiting and burning in the mouth could occur in children if ingredients i...

WHO Warns, Female Mutilation Is Risky And Cruel

Female genital mutilation in females creates more complications in childbirth and infant mortality rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Caesareans and death rate of babies rise upto 50 per cent, in women who have had the procedure, a report says. //About 30,000 African women from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan participated in the study. <...

A&E departments To Be Shut Down warns NHS chief

Sir Ian Carruthers, The NHS chief executive, has warned that acute hospitals and Action and Emergency (A&E) departments will have to shut down// , to compensate for the health services deficit of ￡512million. He added that some specialist departments, such as orthopaedics or oncology may be combined in fewer units. He pointed out that this task was challenging because, the excell...

WHO Warns That Bird Flu Virus Could Mutate Anytime

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the risk of the H5N1 virus undergoing a lethal mutation is still high. In a report analyzing 205 infections that occurred from December 2003 and April 2006. // Since the human infections have peaked in winter and spring months, the WHO also warned that the same could happen towards the end of this year or early next year. "If this patte...

Court Warns People Who Practice Unhealthy Sexual Traits

The California Supreme Court said that partners must inform their spouse about their risky sexual lifestyle and possible exposure to AIDS//. This came down as the court ruling in San Francisco when the case of a divorced husband and wife came to the court. The wife accused the ex-husband of transmitting AIDS to her. Now both the partners suffer from AIDS. Hence the court decided that t...

AMA Warns Of Inadequately Trained Doctors Due To Lack of Resources

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has issued a warning that the nation could be faced with insufficiently trained doctors //in the future due to a lack of clinical expertise. Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, the AMA president has written to the federal MPs and senators insisting for a strategy be put in place that would help to deal with the increase in number of students. He stated that t...

UN Warns of HIV epidemic among Asia-Pacific drug users

A report by a UN official, warns the Asia-Pacific countries of the risk of a full-blown HIV epidemic among drug users. The report also states that such an epidemic can only be overcome by the government stepping in // and doing more to keep the younger generation off drugs. According to Prasada Rao, Asia-Pacific director of UNAIDS, the UN body fighting HIV/AIDS at least 70 per cent of H...

EC Warns Tan Lovers Against Skin Cancer

The young and fair skinned tan lovers should give second thoughts to using sun beds as they may induce the development of skin cancer, the European Commission cautioned on Thursday//. The executive arm of the European Union said that its scientific committee on consumer products has concluded that using sun beds, tanning lamps and other ultraviolet radiation devices increases the risk...

Stern action against AIIMS Medicos, warns Ramadoss

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday warned of "stern action" against doctors who went on strike at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to protest its chief's sacking//. "It is really painful to see doctors neglecting their duty. What happened to their promise of serving society at any cost? Stern action awaits the protesting medicos," Ramadoss said. "No...

New Anti-Smoking Campaign Warns Against Oral Cancer

‘Quit’, the anti-smoking group, has admitted to making use of an actor in its advertising campaign to potray someone suffering from oral cancer//. The advertisement shows a heavily made-up woman displaying rotten teeth, as well sores in the mouth and nose, who warns that smoking caused her mouth cancer. "If it didn't, I wouldn't be needing radiotherapy and chemotherapy," she says. <...

Maharashtra warns against Mahim's 'miracle' water

As large crowds continued to throng the Mahim beach to drink sweet seawater for the second day, the Maharashtra government Sunday warned people against drinking// the polluted water. Scientists clarified that the seawater had turned sweet due to the natural phenomenon of dilution. "Dilution is a phenomenon observed all along the western coast of India during the southwest...

Health Canada Warns Against Unpasteurized Fruit Juices

Health Canada has issued an advisory to parents not to give unpasteurized apple juice or other unpasteurized products including cider, fruit juices and raw milk// to their children. Even the elderly and people with weak immune systems are advised not to consume such products. The reason is that such products contain Salmonella and E. coli, which are harmful bacteria and can prove fata...

Singapore Warns Consumers Against Indian Medicine for Treating Piles

Singapore's health authorities Tuesday warned consumers against taking a traditional Indian remedy for piles known as Endopile Capsules.// The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said a test of the drug, following a complaint, had revealed harmful amounts of lead and mercury. The product has been recalled from the Singapore market. The HSA said the medicine is made by two firm...

New Zealand Scientist Warns On Fake Drugs

A New Zealand scientist warned Wednesday of sophisticated Asian-based rackets producing billions of fake medicines that kill thousands of people every year//.Dallas Mildenhall said some of the counterfeit pills not only lacked the proper ingredients to treat illnesses such as malaria but contained carcinogens, solvents and even remains of insects. Mildenhall, who has been working for t...

FDA Urgently Warns Consumers About Health Risks of Potentially Contaminated Olives

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers to possible serious health risks// from eating olives that may be contaminated with a deadly bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum can cause botulism, a potentially fatal illness. The olives are made by Charlie Brown di Rutigliano & Figli S.r.l, of Bari, Italy and are being recalled by the manufacturer. No illnesse...