Genetic testing still smart choice, despite uncertainties
Screening embryos for genetic diseases during in vitro fertilization offers couples the best chance for a healthy child, but a genetic glitch could potentially cause doctors to misdiagnose a small fraction of them, University of Florida researchers say. Citing concerns about the accuracy of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, the method many practitioners use to pick the healthiest embryos...Opening of Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit Uncertain
Greater Southern Health acting chief has expressed doubts as to whether the $46 million budget increase could help in funding the opening //of a mental health rehabilitation unit in the Riverina. According to Sunflower House officials the $240,000 recurrent funding needed for the Wagga clubhouse itself has been stalled by the State Government. Irate at having been refused funds by the H...Uncertainty Still Hangs Over The Safety Of Dioxin
The National Academics of Science (NAS) had published a report on Tuesday, which states that the Dioxin, called one of the most toxic chemicals known to science//, may not be quite as dangerous as once thought. The NAS while making this statement also said that the government would not know just how dangerous Dioxin really is until researchers try different ideas and change the way in...Detention, Uncertainty take their Toll on the Mental Health of Refugees
Refugees residing on temporary protection visas (TPVs) are more likely to suffer severe, persistent and wide-ranging mental health problems than those with permanent protection visas (PPVs) // , specialist trauma psychologists and psychiatrists have revealed. Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are much more severe for TPV holders than for PPV holders, mental...Uncertain Future For 24 More Persons
In a horrifying case of blood transfusions probably turning deadly, scientists have reported the chance of 24 more persons who had been given blood //transfusions in 2004, being affected with the variant form of Jakob Creutz disease (vCJD). This was after an analysis of the death of the third person that had received blood transfusions. Professor John Collinge reporting in...