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Circumcision Provides Protection Against STDs

It is hard for parents to decide about the circumcision of their baby boy, but this procedure reduces the risk of many infections later in life, a new study suggested. In the study, including 5,000 uncircumcised males, researchers found that after circumcision the events of infections of herpes and transmission of HPV, which is a Read more

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Risk of Blood Clotting Strongly Relates with Family History

A new Dutch study has revealed that, children and members of the family which have the history of blood clotting in the veins are more likely to develop the disease than the siblings without family history. Superficial and deep venous thrombosis, kinds of venous clotting, are lethal because it can travel to the pelvic arteries Read more

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Carbs Conversion Gene Identified

The specific gene that turns the carbohydrates into fats has been found by the U.S. researchers. This study has also provided the new approaches about the metabolism of the carbohydrates and their contribution in the obesity. The isolated gene, known as DNA-PK, is responsible for the various actions of liver which are responsible for the Read more

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Cochlear Implant Surgery not Risky for Elderly

A new study has demonstrated the safe implantation of a cochlear device in elderly patients with showing no serious complications as an outcome of general anesthesia. The researchers said there is no high ratio of complications to insert the device into older people to correct the hearing problem of deafness. Phenomenon of cochlear implants involves Read more

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Repeated Medical Errors – a Rising Problem in the ICUs

Errors in the administration of inject able drug are frequent in the intensive care units of hospital, a study involving 27 countries suggested. Out of 441 patients affected with blunders, seven got permanent disabilities and five were almost dead due to the errors, British Medical Journal reported. On the inquiry staff of ICU blamed the Read more

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Excessive Bleeding After Childbirth on the Rise: study explained

The case of childbirth complications are greatly increasing in the women due to continues bleeding after delivery, a new study conducted in Australia suggested. In the review of hospital data from 1999 to 2004 of more than 500,000 mothers, researchers came to know that the ratio of adverse maternal complications have risen up to four Read more

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Evolution of Emergency Care

The emergencies rooms of the modern hospitals are now fully developed. Gradual improvement had been noticed since 1960, when the emergency rooms were the most ignored place of the hospital. Authorities were least interested to preserve emergency care. The rooms were stuffed with the staff nurses and physicians with very little training. It was the Read more

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Grandparents Provide Comfort to Kids in Ambiguity

Grandparents are known to spoil children but a new study has ditched this perception by proving that, they have strong influence on the improvement of social child behavior and skills. Staying close to granny to grandpa appears to help children with one parent such as divorced according to the study findings. The results were published Read more

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Inadequate Home Healthcare Safety Conditions Noticed

Home healthcare is a formal, synchronized program of care delivered by a variety of healthcare experts at the patient’s residence. In the past decade, requirement of home healthcare has grown quickly. Journal of Patient Safety, a quarterly, has printed a paper “Household-Related Hazardous Conditions with Implications for Patient Safety in the Home Healthcare Sector” in Read more

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Medicine Patch Cause Skin Burns in MRI

The FDA has issued a warning that people should avoid the use of drug patches while undergoing the MRI as, this can cause the skin burns. Experiments have tested all kinds of brand and generic patches, which include painkiller, weight loss or steroid patches.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) Some patches are soled without Read more

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Healthcare and Increasing Legal Cost

Legal fees for different profession take a sufficient amount of our budget, especially health care professionals. Though a set up had been made for the healthcare system yet the fees and cost of private hospitals and professionals are unreasonably high and results in a considerable impact on the healthcare professionals and patients. It’s a right Read more

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Ethnicity Effects Liver and Insulin Conditions

Hepatology; a medical journal dedicated to the study of liver, published a fresh research studying its March issue, revealing close link between ethnicity, fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. This study was conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, headed by Jeffrey Browning. Research was aimed at finding out the relation Read more

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Bipolar Disorder Transfers from Parent to Offspring

Children of bipolar disorder patients are at high risk of mania episodes and depression. They may also develop bipolar disorders in relatively early age, researcher founded. The study participants were 388 kids of 233 couples with bipolar disorders and controlled group of 251 kids of 143 parents without any psychiatric diagnosis. Researchers noted, children of Read more