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HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

Many HIV infected patients, apart from suffering the social neglect and being unwanted even by near and dear ones have this major handicap - they just can’t travel like the other people - wherever they want and whenever they want. Some people just avoid having HIV infected co passengers. Others are just indifferent. Leaving the ethical issues aside, it is very difficult for these victims...

Higher Statin Dose Safely Reduces Stroke and Cardiac Arrest

Research shows that lowering LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) to below 100 milligrams per deciliter by increasing the dosage of a // cholesterol-lowering drug is safe and results in fewer cardiovascular events. The study included 10,000 heart disease patients. They initially took 10 milligrams of atorvastatin (Lipitor) a day to get their LDL-cholesterol levels down to 130 milligrams...

Elderly people with chronic pain can use narcotics safely

Scientists have reported that use of narcotics for chronic pain in elderly works, as they are less likely to //ask for increasing the dose. On the other hand, the use of the drug for younger adults may lead to constant increase in the dosage with serious health repercussions. The drugs in question are opioid pain medications like morphine, methadone and oxycodone. Opioid drugs are us...

Laparoscopic surgery can be safely employed for radical resection of cancer

According to the randomized trial published in Lancet Oncology, laparoscopic surgery// could be safely employed for radical resection of cancer in the right, left, and sigmoid colon. The multicenter COLOR (COlon cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection) trial had explored the short-term benefits of laparoscopic colectomy for cancer as against open surgery. 627 patients had been assigned...

Researchers Begin Study To Find Out If Angioplasty Can Be Safely Done In Smaller Hospitals

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have launched a nationwide study in USA to see if the procedures of angioplasty can be safely performed in smaller hospitals. The study will enroll of more than 16,000 patients to see if a potentially life-saving angioplasty //can be safely performed in smaller, community hospitals, easing access to the therapy for patients. Researchers expect to enroll th...

Brain Cancer Could be Safely Treated with Radioactive Scorpion Venom

On going study with radioactive version of scorpion venom protein showed possibilities of treating brain gliomas. Scientists at the Transmolecular Corporation//, Cambridge have developed a radioactive version of a protein resembling the yellow Israeli scorpion venom protein named TM-601, as a safer and different way to destroy proliferating brain cancer cells. Responding to t...

Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians

Specially trained nurses and health assistants are as effective as ophthalmologists in performing vision-preserving surgery for a blinding disease called trachoma trichiasis, a new review has found.// The review also found that village-based surgery was as safe and effective as surgery performed in hospitals, while reducing travel time and expense for patients. Trachoma, an...

Researchers Find That Thromboembolism Can Be Safely Treated At Home

Researchers have stated to find in their study that blood clots can be effectively managed at the homes of the patients.// According to a study that was led by Clive Kearon, professor of medicine at McMaster University that has been published in the August 23 issue of JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association the treatment of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or th...

Many People With Early Dementia Can Drive Safely, Say Experts

Society's perception of older drivers tends to be negative, write Professor Desmond O'Neill and colleagues. Yet surveys of drivers aged more than 80 consistently show prudent driving behaviours. Furthermore, stopping driving can limit access to family, friends, and services and is an independent risk factor for entry into a nursing home. Proposed changes to UK licensing rules shoul...

Researchers Find Way to Safely Store Hydrogen for Use in Future Cars

Greek scientists have found a way to safely store hydrogen fuel in nanoscropic scrolls of carbon for use in future cars and portable devices. They have found that by adding impurities to rolled up sheets of carbon, it is possible to control how tightly the scrolls wind up and hence, how much hydrogen they adsorb. As part of their research, George Froudakis of the Univ...