Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization
A resolution put forward by Brazil, at the annual assembly of the world health organization is to be accepted advising exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months in all infants. The resolution was passed at the committee stage on Wednesday after 2 hours of debate where many national delegates and members of charitable organizations argued vehemently for breast-feeding. Nestle, a...Journal Recommends How To Improve The Performance Of Health Workers
The widely read medical journal The Lancet had published a research report on recommendations to improve the performance of health workers. Poor health-worker performance is a widespread problem for // low and middle-income countries. In the current issue of The Lancet researchers had reviewed the existing performances and made recommendations for how high-quality health-worker perform...WHO says MMR vaccine is safe and recommends MMR Jab to all children’
Though, some voice concerns over the use of Jab (MMR Vaccines), there seems to be an increased use of this vaccine world wide which is the only source of protection for children’s against Mumps, Measles and Rubella Infection. There is an increase of about 80% in the usage // of vaccine compared to last year. During 1998, there were world wide concerns regarding the use of MMR vaccine...FDA recommends new Lead level in candies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed strict and new guidelines to the amount of lead concentration which is present in candies. Lead is a very high toxic // metal which is found in Mexican candies and to avoid the ill effects of these lead the FDA as imposed that lead should not be more than 1/10 parts per million (ppm) lead. The FDA feels that this new recommended level con...FDA Recommends Strong Warning Labels On the ADHD Drugs
Shire Pharmaceuticals' top-selling Adderall XR drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) needs to carry stronger warnings about the risk of side effects says the US FDA regulators. // It has asked the drug company to make clear to the public about the side effects of the drug such as hallucinations and paranoia. This can occur in some patients with no identifia...