World Haemophilia Day: For want of facilities, many cases go unreported – The Express Tribune

April 20, 2012

"The choice is yours; either get tested for thalassaemia before tying the knot or suffer the regrets and life-long traumas," Thalassaemia Awareness and Prevention in Pakistan’s President Ayesha Abid. ISLAMABAD:  There is a dearth of treatment facilities for haemophilia patients in public hospitals, said health experts here on World Haemophilia Day (Tuesday). In the government [...]

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HPV Vaccine Side Effects Are a Serious Safety Concern

April 20, 2012

Well, now I know for sure what my answer will be when my almost 11-year-old daughter‘s pediatrician asks if we want the HPV vaccine at her next check-up: An emphatic “NO.” I was leaning in that direction anyway, for various reasons (more on those in a minute), but the latest news on Gardisil pretty much [...]

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Study: Why Attention Deficit Disorder Is Over-Diagnosed

April 20, 2012

Researchers in Germany find that mental health practitioners tend to diagnose ADHD using their intuition and unclear rules of thumb, not recognized diagnostic criteria. PROBLEM: The rates of ADHD diagnosis in the developed world have become almost inflationary, increasing annually by an average of three percent from 1997 to 2006 and 5.5 percent from 2003 [...]

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Cerebral palsy drug may offer hope for treatment

April 20, 2012

It may be possible to treat cerebral palsy after birth with a new drug designed to target specific cells in the brain, a new study in animals suggests. In the study, rabbits with a cerebral palsy-like condition who were treated with the drug soon after birth showed substantial improvements in their ability move around, compared [...]

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Dr. Bill Elliott: Aspirin shows promise in fight against cancer

April 20, 2012

The average person has a 40 percent lifetime risk of developing cancer. your lifestyle has something to do with your risk, but many cancers just happen. Some of the worst — colon cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer and many others — have no symptoms and strike otherwise healthy people who have a generally healthy lifestyle. [...]

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5 Year-Old Harutyun: This Future Soldier Suffers From Cystic Fibrosis

April 19, 2012

23:45, April 2, 2012 Harutyun Sukiasyan is an active five year-old who wants to be a soldier when he grows up. The boy also suffers from CF (Cystic fibrosis).  Most kids so diagnosed in Armenia don’t make it past the age of twenty. It is a genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine. [...]

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ICE confines detainees with tuberculosis in ‘airborne infection isolation rooms’

April 19, 2012

Tuberculosisof the lungs Health care officials within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have established more than 50 “airborne infection isolation rooms” at more than a dozen different detention centers across the country to deal with those illegal aliens they suspect may already have – or might soon develop – active tuberculosis. Each year, ICE confronts [...]

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“It’s a blessing we have him”

April 19, 2012

Like other 14-year-olds, Austin Marine likes to play sports and make people laugh. He’s glued to his cell phone and plays the drums at school. he constantly makes funny faces and jokes with his two sisters and parents. “I’ve got a girlfriend,” Austin said, smiling. “What’s her name?” asked Renea, his mother, knowing the answer. [...]

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Special K Can Lead to Ongoing Bladder Problems in Its Users

April 19, 2012

Heavy use of the veterinary anesthetic turned club drug could have serious consequences.  People who use the club drug Special K or Vitamin K (ketamine) might be at higher risk for serious bladder problems in the future. In most cases, the symptoms go away after the drug is stopped, but not always. Ketamine also leads [...]

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In search for autism’s causes, experts see progress

April 18, 2012

ATLANTA – more than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade researching autism. in some ways, the search for its causes looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on everything from genetics to the age of the father, the weight of the mother, and how close a child lives to a [...]

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