Sex Health Clinics Unable To Meet Increasing Demand
Doctors in England have stated that the proposed Government plan to reduce the waiting time for sex health clinics to 48 hours cannot be achieved without a substantial expansion of the existing capacity. // In addition, an improvement in the health care facilities has also to be undertaken. Voices have also been raised, requesting the local health officials to invest the extra money f...Nurses unable to devote time for elderly patients
A survey conducted by Age concern has indicated that nurses do not have the time to attend to elderly patients, thus endangering the lives of the senior lot.// Out of 500 nurses who participated in the survey, nine out of ten were candid about having little time for the elderly. Age Concern survey has revealed that almost 60% of these patients are malnourished due to lack of personal...Illinois unable to duck bird-flu, thankfully ‘low-risk
Following a second run of the tests conducted on ducks in central Illinois, reports have confirmed the presence of a low-pathogenic form of avian influenza. The U.S.// Agriculture Department has communicated the presence of a low-pathogenic H6N2 virus in five of the 11 samples collected from wild Green-winged Teals in Fulton County, Illinois. The low-pathogenic avian influenza virus is...Mutant Parasites, Unable to Infect Hosts, Highlight Virulence Genes
MADISON - With a single approach, microbiologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified dozens of clues to how human parasites may infect their hosts . The researchers identified nearly 40 genes that, when mutated in the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii, prevented the parasite from forming an infection in the brains of mice. These potential "virulence factors" offe...Data Suggest that Pegasys May be an Option in Hepatitis C Patients Unable to Tolerate Peg-Intron
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2007 - Roche today announcedresults of a small study demonstrating that all patients whodiscontinued treatment with Peg-Intron(R) (peginterferon alfa-2b)and ribavirin due to adverse events within the first 12 weeks, wereable to complete 12 weeks of treatment with PEGASYS(R)(peginterferon alfa-2a) and ribavirin. Furthermore, 92 percent ofthese patients we...