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Self-Prescribed Vitamins And Herbal Remedies Can Do More Harm Than Good

The common belief that medicinal formulations based on alternative and complementary medicine are tested before they can be approved for use has been accounted for misuse of these products by Australian citizens // .More than 50% of the Australian population have been using alternative medicines in some form or the other, according to a study conducted recently. "This is in contrast to...

Bar Codes For Prescribed Drugs

The medical mistakes are responsible for the deaths of up to 98,000 Americans annually, and that medication errors are among the most frequent of these mistakes. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will propose a rule that would require drugmakers to put bar codes on their products in an effort to reduce the incidence of medical errors. // The proposal is largely aime...

Scientific markers of aging described

According to researchers, low body temperature, low insulin and high levels of a specific hormone seem to be linked to a slowdown of the aging process. It is now well known that calorie restriction// increases the lifespan of animals. Now researchers at the National Institute of Aging have some new clues about slowing down the aging process. They compared a group of 500 healthy men, takin...

Use of sunbed is harmful

People use sunbeds to have a better look. The British Medical Association (BMA) is advising people not to use sunbeds because of potential health risks. While the government does not recommend the use of sunbeds, training or regulation exists for their use. A report from WHO calls for an urgent need to reduce the health and environmental impact of increased ultra-violet exposure. A tan, e...

Hypertension lowered by Bedtime Dosing

Researchers in Japan have found that evening administration of the central alpha(2)-agonists guanabenz and clonidine effectively suppresses elevated blood pressure in the morning in hypertensive patients. The study was done on 133 patients with morning hypertension to receive once-daily evening administration of guanabenz or clonidine for four weeks. The blood pressure lowering effects of...

Sleep Apnea Linked to Bed-Wetting in Kids

Snoring is a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that causes people to temporarily stop breathing many times a night and appears to also promote bed-wetting in children, said Dr. Lee J. Brooks, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In a study of 160 kids ages 4 to 17 who were referred to a sleep-disorders //clinic...

Your Wheezing Could be Due To Your Bed

According to new research, there is a link between certain types of bedding and frequent wheezing in children. Results of a recent study show // an association between frequent wheezing and synthetic quilts and pillows, and electric blankets. For the study, synthetic pillows were those reported as foam, sponge, tontine, polyester or Dacron. Quilts of Dacron, polyester or other synthetic c...

Life-Saving Heart Drug Often Not Prescribed

Researchers say nearly one-third of patients don’t get a prescription for a potentially lifesaving drug after a hospitalization for systolic heart failure, a condition in which the heart has trouble pumping blood. // According to their research they say that those who don’t receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor are 14-percent more likely to die within one year than those wh...

Urinary incontinence linked to bedwetting as a child

Turkish researchers have established the association between adult urinary incontinence with bedwetting// as a child. After studying more than 1000 Turkish women, the research says that the reason between bedwetting as a child may be the same for exhibiting lack of control in controlling urine as an adult. The researchers feel that these women may suffer from some faulty neural pathway...

Early detection of bed sores possible

New research can now help the clinicians to predict which wounds like bedsores// are likely to turn chronic. Bed sores, also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers, affect people mostly when they are lying on their beds in the hospital or at home without much movements. Bedsores arise from poor circulation problems and people with diabetes, who are mostly bedridden. About 5-10% of...

Watching TV in the bedroom can lower children’s school performanc

Children who have television in their bedroom may score less in school performance// evaluations than their peers who do not have TV in their rooms. In a new study by the researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Stanford University researchers have reported that the home environment, especially that related to the media, is of utmost important in their ability...

Sharing a bed with infants may raise the risk for SIDS

A new research had come out with the starling fact that parents who share their beds// with their newborn babies can unknowingly increase the risk of SIDS for their children. Sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS is one of the major reasons of infant mortality for infants in the age group of one month to a year. SIDS is a disorder that seems to have no reasons leading to it and yet ther...

Get Into Bed And Sleep Like A Baby

A new device that can bring relief to people who snore and suffer from sleep apnoea (a condition where breathing stops during sleep) has been developed. The device is named as 'aveoTSD' and is the result of an 8 years research project // . Sleep apnoea is related to a range of problems from high blood pressure and diabetes to depression, not to mention the strife and misery caused by sno...

Infants must be put to sleep in separate beds to prevent SIDS

SIDS is the sudden and unexplained death of an infant. It is the leading cause of death among infants who are 1 month to 1 year old. SIDS should be diagnosed only when all other possible causes of death have been ruled out by a detailed evaluation of the medical history//. There is no specific symptom to diagnose the condition. A new study conducted shows that the condition can be prev...

Apollo Hospitals to invest Rs 350 cr to add 1,800 beds

Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals Group plans to invest Rs 350 crore to add 1,800 beds over the next 18 months. With the planned new addition of 1800 beds, Apollo Group's total capacity would touch 7,200 beds, from the current 6,400 beds. // "There is a plan for adding 800 beds through management of hospitals and another 1,000 beds from ownership,” says Apollo Hospitals Group Director Fin...

Lead levels in disturbed soil post-Katrina unsafe

Unsafe levels of lead in soil and sediments left behind in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina could pose a heightened health threat to returning residents, especially children, says a study.// In some soil samples collected from the area, lead levels were as much as two-thirds higher than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers safe, according to researchers at Texa...

Both Kidneys Robbed From A Poor Rickshaw Driver In Bihar

Even after the implementation of the Human Organ Transplant Act to prevent commercialization of human organs, instances of ‘organ theft’ only reflect the lacunae existing in the Indian health care system//. The recent report of bilateral kidney retrieval and death of a poor rickshaw driver in Bihar has created much panic in the State. Surenda Das, 30, the rickshaw puller, died at the...

Ofcom To Assess The Bedside Call Charges

Ofcom, which is a telecom regulator, found that incoming call to bedside phones cost higher than the call made to Australia. It demanded the health department to review the charges levied on the bedside phones. // This came about after the relatives of the patients started complaining of the bedside phone charges. The company after a seven-month study found that a bedside cal...

Statins Prescribed To Those Who Are At a Risk Of Developing A Heart Disease

In UK deaths due to heart disease is on the rise. Statistics show about 238000 people per year die due to heart problems//. Hence The National Council for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) had asked the health officials to treat patients suffering from heart disease with statins. It is estimate that about 3 million people suffer from 20% risk o developing a heart problem i...

Link between Old Cells and Ageing probed

How much do we know about the connection between age factor and ageing cells? Now, Brown university biologists have found new proof that might establish this connection between old cells and old bodies. // During a study of baboons, it was discovered that as the baboons aged, their skin showed an increased presence of old cells. It is well known that, as we age, the cells capability to...

Antidepressants still being prescribed to Teenagers despite being banned!

The antidepressant market is on the rise and is also being prescribed and given despite guidance that they should not given to patients// under 18 because of serious safety concerns. The main reason behind this fiasco is the long waiting periods for suitable therapies like counselling. The most commonly used anti depressant is Prozac which is recommended for under-18s still l...

Bedwetting Could Be Curbed By A Simple Change In Diet

According to experts making some simple changes in the diet will go a long way in curbing bedwetting. Parent’s watchfulness of what their children eat and drink// makes a lot of difference in solving the problem. Dr. Kirk Pinto, pediatric urologist at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, said that children who are having trouble with bedwetting should avoid the three...

Arrow Embedded In Tribal’s Chest For Two Weeks Surgically Remove

Doctors at Indore surgically removed an arrowhead, which was embedded in a tribal’s chest two weeks ago. Till the weapon was removed surgically the tribal// belonging to Madhya Pradesh was moving around normally as if nothing has happened. Gajuram, 35, of Khargone district was hit on April 7 by an arrow by fellow tribesman Kaliya when he refused to give him the hen he wanted. Though Gaj...

Doctors Are Too Rushed To Give Bedside Manners Its Due

According to a study funded by Pfizer it was found that older patients gave their doctors higher marks than they deserved based on a review of whether physicians followed accepted standards for technical quality. // The study was conducted among 236 elderly patients. The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The patients said that they received about 55% of the recom...

Health of Mothers and Children Show Improvement after Use of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets

The ill-effects of mosquito bites on the health of people living in Africa is well known, and a recent study into this, has shown the positive impact on health// of women and children, including expectant mothers, when they chose to sleep under the insecticide-treated nets. Infact expectant mothers are more likely to deliver healthy babies, if adequate protection against mosquito bites is...

Women Advised Not To Be Perturbed Over Smear Test Results

According to the researchers at the Aberdeen University it was found that women are worried about their slightly abnormal smear test results//. They experience unnecessarily high levels of anxiety. About 3,500 women were reviewed who had previously taken up the cervical smear test. Cervical cancer is on the rise in UK. About 3,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. It can affect women...

Bedwetting A Problem Among Almost 1 In 50 Children

A study that was published in Urology Journal BJUI International has stated that, one in 50 teenager’s still wet the bed and almost half of 19-year-olds who have a problem are wetting the bed every night. // Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Prince of Wales Hospital had analysed the results of more than 16,500 questionnaires surveying children who were aged...

One Nigerian Cocaine Pedellar Nabbed

Police have nabbed a Nigerian national and recovered 41 grams of cocaine from his possession. Acting on a secret information that Michael //Ofori Danagogo alias Mike, who was staying in the national capital as a student, would visit Motibagh area in south Delhi in the night of June 3 to deliver the contraband, laid the trap and arrested him. He has been booked under the Nar...

Victoria Hospital In Bangalore is Lacking Beds In Emergency wards

It sadly been noticed that patients who come for emergency treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bangalore were not always assured of immediate attention //. The emergency ward at the hospital is said to be struggling to accommodate cases during mass tragedies owing to lack of beds. This has been further worsened with one of the wings of the casualty ward being under repair from the last four...

Dead Body on Hospital Bed for Four Days

Angered by the indifferent attitude of health bosses who have told staff to leave corpses on wards, a widow whose husband's body was left on a hospital bed for four days//, lashed out at them saying that she was sickened by the Evening Telegraph revelation that cash-strapped bosses are not paying for enough night porters to move bodies to the morgue at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn....

Breast Fed Infants Do Not Bed Wet In Childhood

Researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey have reported that breast fed infants are less likely to indulge in bed wetting //as children since they seem to have a developmental edge. "There is biological plausibility in inferring that breast-feeding protects against bed-wetting and our results show a strong statistical association,” the resear...

Sleep in' dirty – Unwashed duvets become a hotbed for mite

This might be a wake up call to get the duvets washed and clean. Research has found out that many Britons do not wash their duvets even in six months, and these could// be the most happening places for mites, filth and even dead skin. A survey conducted in many households revealed that two in five Britons confessed to sleeping on duvets unwashed for 6 months. The dust mites and filt...

Help Near At Hand For Elderly With Disturbed Sleep

Saint Louis University geriatricians say that many older adults who find difficulty sleeping and who have philosophically accepted that their problem has no// solution need not fret any longer. "Sleep requirements and patterns change throughout life, but sleep problems in the elderly are not a normal part of aging," says Julie Gammack, M.D., assistant professor of geriatrics at Saint...

Unraveling the Secrets of the Seabed of Andaman off the Thai coasts

Bangkok – The devastation of Tsunami 2004 is still fresh in the memory. There are a whole lot of lessons to be learnt, of which ‘preparedness in adequate measure’ is considered extremely crucial.// It is better to be safe than sorry, and Thailand has extended this sentiment in evolving suitable strategies against a potential Tsunami onslaught. In the following week, Thai and German sc...

Gestiva – the pre-term birth drug probed by FD

According to federal documents released on Monday, a drug that aims to prevent preterm birth doesn’t seem to be effective in delaying the earliest preterm births//, the main cause of death and serious health problems. Sunnyvale-based Adeza's (NASDAQ:ADZA) drug, Gestiva, is a long-acting form of naturally occurring progesterone and is awaiting federal approval. The Food and D...

'Smart Beds' Could Help to Prevent Elderly Patients from Falling

"Smart Beds" that warn nurses when an elderly patient is trying to get up, are on trial in a hospital's geriatric ward here to prevent occupants from falling, the developer said Wednesday.// The innovation relies on sensors installed under the mattress. When a patient tries to get up, a buzzer goes off at the nurses' workstation, a light comes on along the corridor and an S...

AHRQ Finds Antibiotics Over-Prescribed To Children

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says that many children are needlessly given antibiotics for sore throats.// A survey found that around 14 percent children went to a doctor for sore throat at least once annually and 20 percent ended up receiving antibiotic prescriptions even if a throat swab was not taken. Antibiotics can cure bacterial infections, but not viral ones. T...

"Beach to Bedside" Study Focuses on Effects of Inhaled Toxins

Researchers at University of North Carolina Wilmington announce the continuation of funding to study the effects of inhaled Florida red tide brevetoxins and ultimately// yield treatments. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded UNCW the five-year $7.53 million competitive renewal to further delve into the acute and chronic effects of inhaling toxic particles genera...

New Path from Estrogen to Survival in Breast Cancer Cells Described

After years of research, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are now able to explain, in exquisite// molecular detail, how the estrogen hormone can help keep breast cancer cells alive. In the Sept. 24 issue of the journal, Nature Cell Biology, they assign roles to a number of genes and proteins thought to play a part in breast cancer cell survival, and in...

Exercise to be Prescribed for Robust Health in Elderly

Boston – Generally no older adult is happy to come away from any physicians chamber with out a prescription in hand. //In addition to prescribing medicines, as routinely done, would it be beneficial to incorporate exercise recommendations as part of the same prescription?. A researcher in the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Ann Yelmokas McDermott, PhD Re...