Archive - July 2006

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Pratyush | Jul 31 2006
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According to the World Health Organization Report, Global Burden of Disease of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, the exposure to ultraviolet rays causes the death of about sixty thousand lives every year. According to the report, by malignant melanomas...
Pratyush | Jul 29 2006
botox injection
Malaysia's National Fatwa Council has notified that the injections for cosmetic purposes contain some of the substances that are banned. It said Muslims in Malaysia not to take those injections. However, the council enjoys no legal power but Muslims...
Pratyush | Jul 28 2006
ibc
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare type of breast cancer. Most women have never heard of this type of cancer. Some people refer to inflammatory breast cancer as a stealth cancer. IBC invades the skin and clogs breast tissue vessels. It can...
Pratyush | Jul 27 2006
 torcetrapib
Pfizer Inc. is planning to get approval for a new pill to treat heart problems. The pill, torcetrapib in the combination with Lipitor, treats cholesterol problems. The clinical trials are going on and it will take at least eighteen months to get US...
Pratyush | Jul 22 2006
ai pollution
Fatal heart attacks may be more likely among people who spend decades living in heavily polluted areas, Swedish researchers report. Living in heavy polluted area may be the cause of heart attacks. According to Swedish researchers, earlier there was...
Pratyush | Jul 21 2006
boy smoking
Indirect smoking affects teenagers badly in the developing worlds. According to a study conducted in 131 countries, about fifty-six percent of the teenagers of the 13-15 age groups suffer badly from second hand smoking. The study conducted by the US..
Pratyush | Jul 20 2006
q fever
A flu-like atypical illness, Q-fever has found in the meat factory workers at the Scotbeef meat processing company in Bridge of Allan. According to NHS Forth Valley, blood tests of some eleven workers has given positive result and confirmed about the..
Pratyush | Jul 19 2006
vaccine
A vaccine for protecting cervical cancer has got the final approval by Health Canada and ready to be sold in Canada under the brand name Gardasil by Merck Frosst Canada. It shields against infection from four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that.
Rajnish | Jul 19 2006
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While cancer is the biggest cause of death for middle-aged people in the European Union, transport accidents and suicide top the list for young adults. However, circulatory disease remains the biggest cause of death for all age groups taken together,...
Pratyush | Jul 17 2006
asthma
If asthma patients quit smoking habit, the lung functions may improve within two months. The researchers found during a study that, after just seven days of without cigarettes, the lung functions in asthma patients improved by fifteen percent. Dr....