AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced the expansion of New York State's HIV/AIDS Public Awareness and Education campaign to help combat the potential spread of HIV and further protect New Yorkers from the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Novello said, "In light of recent reports of a drug-resistant, rapidly progressive strain of HIV in New York Ci...GE Healthcare to sponsor national AIDS awareness tour
The event is a national bus tour focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and education. Children and adolescents impacted by AIDS will share their stories with the goal of inspiring and educat...WiSys new manager plans system-wide research awareness
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The right side of the brain helps people recognise themselves in a picture, say US researchers. A team from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston report their findings in the current issue of Nature.// The study joins a growing body of evidence that demonstrates the right hemisphere plays an important role in self-awareness. Studies of self-awareness may provide unique ins...Time for A.R.Rahman to rock the Tuberculosis Awareness Programme
Music director and composer A.R. Rahman Saturday launched 'TB Sangharsh', the first Indian tuberculosis patients' network, as part of a nationwide effort to create awareness about the disease here. // Inaugurating the network, Rahman, who is a global ambassador for the International Stop TB Partnership, met patients in west Delhi's Mongolpuri area. He also interacted with them about th...Medical Journals should create awareness on Child survival
Lancet has urged the medical journals and news media to increase the awareness about child mortality rates and increase international funds// to increase child survival. The Lancet reports that the goals of the two millennium projects are achievable, Millennium Development Goal – 4 (MDG) asks for a reduction in mortality rates in children below the age of 5 and MDG-5 wants a reduction in maternal...Awareness of oral cancer is low
Researchers in a new survey observe that many people are still not very much aware of oral cancer and its risk factors. Oral and throat cancers account for about 4% of all malignancies. //The warning signs can be investigated by a dentist and early diagnosis often leads to a cure. But, as a survey by dental experts at New York University shows, not everyone is aware of the risk. The s...Awareness increase Prostate cancer detection
Occurrence of prostate cancer is common among older men. Being the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men, after skin cancer, it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men, after lung cancer. Because of better detection there has been a increase in number of detected cases. Most men are uncomfortable as the screening consists of digital rectal exam and a prostate-specific antigen...Survey Reveals Significant Public Lack of Diabetes Awareness
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 27, 2007 - According to a recentnationwide survey released today, nearly 80 percent of the Americanpublic does not know the difference between type 1 and type 2diabetes. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R) andcommissioned by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), showed that almost halfof respondents were also unaware that two distinct forms ofdiabetes exis...DVT Awareness Survey Findings for Respondents in High-Risk Groups: Obese Individuals
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to two millionAmericans are affected each year by DVT, with up to 600,000hospitalized. Its primary complication, pulmonary embolism (PE),claims up to 300,000 lives annually -- more than breast cancer andAIDS combined. The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) recentlysponsored an online survey of a nationally representative sa...DVT Awareness Survey Findings: Heart and Respiratory Patients
WASHINGTON, March 06, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to two millionAmericans are affected each year by DVT, with up to 600,000hospitalized. Its primary complication, pulmonary embolism (PE),claims up to 300,000 lives annually -- more than breast cancer andAIDS combined. People who suffer from cardiovascular disease may beat increased risk for DVT, because these factors also heighten thelikeliho...