A community immunisation program has been axed by the Devonport City Council, based on dwindling numbers and the cost to run it. The aldermen voted at Monday’s council meeting to end the monthly immunisation sessions provided free to the community at the East Devonport Recreation Centre.
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Germany culls 48,000 turkeys after more bird flu found on farms
Germany completed the culling of 45,000 turkeys over the weekend and several thousand more are due to be destroyed after more cases of the contagious H5N8 strain of bird flu were identified on German farms, authorities said on Monday. The mass culling in the eastern state of Brandenburg was carried out after the virus was found on a farm in Dahme-Spreewald.
Japan looks to ancient precedents as it plans emperor’s abdication
Japanese Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Image via Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon.
Egg prices starting to stabilize after imports arrive
Egg prices that have been jumping for over a month from the avian influenza epidemic in the country are showing signs of calming down after imports started arriving, officials said Wednesday. The price for a set of 30 eggs fell for the first time in 37 days Friday, and again Tuesday.
Study reveals effects of heavy smoking on lower jaw dental implants
Smoking causes a range of negative effects, particularly in the smoker’s mouth. The effects that smoking has on dental implants, however, is unclear.
Schizophrenia US Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, January 17, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous behavioral and cognitive syndrome involving chronic or recurrent psychosis. The disorder is characterized by several symptom domains including positive symptoms , negative symptoms , and cognitive deficits .
Colic study stirs prickly debate on acupuncture
APRIL 02: A young Chinese cries as she waits for feeding at a foster care center on April 2, 2014 in Beijing, China. China’s orphanages and foster homes used to be filled with healthy girls, reflecting the country’s one-child policy and its preference for sons.
Veteran Singaporean journalist Seah Chiang Nee dies
Former newspaper editor Seah Chiang Nee during an interview with an AFP journalist at his home in Singapore, October 7, 2005. SINGAPORE: Veteran Singaporean journalist Seah Chiang Nee died on Sunday morning , at the Singapore General Hospital.
PHOTOS: ‘Forgotten victims of war’ to be highlighted in Hampshire photography exhibition
Internally displaced Afghans are living in “stone age conditions,” uprooted from their homes and villages after years of civil war and escape from Taliban fighting. The ex-Stroud School pupil who grew up on Northlands Road, Southampton, will be showing a selection of his work from the last eight years at city centre coffee shop Mettricks Guildhall.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, according to health authorities in central China’s Henan province on Saturday. The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on Jan. 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Stray cat Pickle has successful tumour operation
It is believed the cat’s owner died and Pickle, along with another cat, were left to fend for themselves on the street. She was taken in by Basildon Cat Rescue and donations flooded in to fund an operation to remove the growth and any other health costs.
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Beijing, Jan 13 : A new human H7N9 avian flu case has been reported in Foshan City in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said today. The patient, a 41-year-old poultry vendor, is in critical condition and receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Foshan, the city’s Health and Family Planning Bureau said.
Only 4% of Czech attempts to give up smoking succeed
The number of Czechs trying to give up smoking is one million a year but only 4 percent of them succeed, Eva Kralikova, from the Centre for tobacco addicts at the 1st Medical Faculty in Prague, has told Wednesday’s issue of daily Pravo. Most of those who try to quit smoking do so without consulting experts.
Penn Vet researchers identify potential target to fight against Ebola
Viruses and their hosts are in a eternal game of one-upmanship. If a host cell evolves a way to stop a virus from spreading, the virus will look for a new path.
‘Tree Man’ Becomes First Person Cured Of Epidermodysplasia…
After 16 surgeries spanning an entire year, Bangladesh’s “Tree Man” has been cured. Adul Bajandar, 27, has a rare disease called epidermodysplasia verruciformis that causes warts to grow uncontrollably on his hands and feet.
Inflammatory markers prognostic in primary sinonasal cancer
Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio can predict survival for patients with primary sinonasal cancers , according to a study published online Dec. 29 in Head & Neck . Mario Turri-Zanoni, M.D., from the University of Insubria in Varese, Italy, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of patients with SNC who had been treated using endoscopic approaches from 2002 to 2014.
New group researching Big Bang Theory named in memory of Kingswood eight-year-old
A NEW group formed to further research the Big Bang Theory has been named in memory of an eight-year-old who died from a rare form of cancer. Callands Community Primary School pupil Ava Scott, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in 2012 and died in September 2013 at the age of eight.
Unit helps South Yorkshire hepatitis C sufferers get crucial…
A mobile clinic unit which could help more people with hepatitis C live a disease-free future will be visiting Devonshire Green on Thursday January 26 and Hanfia Masjid mosque, 372 Sheffield Road, Tinsley on Friday January 27. Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. If untreated, it can cause serious and life-threatening damage to the liver, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Rhodiola crenulata extract counteracts the effect of hypobaric…
Rhodiola crenulata is traditionally used as a folk medicine in Tibet for preventing high-altitude illnesses, including sudden cardiac death . The cardio-protective effects of Rhodiola crenulata root extract against hypoxia in vivo have been recently confirmed.
Fitter launches compensation claim over asbestos-related cancer
David Bennett, 63, was one of thousands of people employed by Smart and Brown, in Spennymoor, during the 1960s and 70s David Bennett, who is now retired and lives in Croxdale, County Durham , was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2016 – a cancer of the lung’s linings usually caused by exposure to asbestos. The 63-year-old instructed lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to investigate how and where he was exposed to asbestos dust.
Experiment in suicide zone
New Delhi, Jan. 5: Depression levels and suicidal thoughts declined across rural households in 30 villages in Vidarbha, India’s epicentre for farm suicides, after a mental health experiment that its proponents say illustrates a new measure to curb suicides in rural communities. The experiment, called the Vidarbha Stress and Health Programme and implemented in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, appeared to pull down the prevalence of suicidal thoughts from 5.2 per cent to 2.5 per cent in 18 months, researchers said yesterday.
Cancer survivor Helen awards her own New Year’s honour
A Clitheroe cancer survivor is entering into the spirit of the New Year Honour’s list by awarding a special tribute of her own – to her husband and child. The official list celebrates the achievements of outstanding men and women.
Eight dead in suspected Sudan cholera outbreak: report
Eight people have died and 342 infected at several Sudanese states in a second wave of a suspected cholera outbreak within five months, said a report by the independent Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. The report, which was seen by Sudan Tribune on Monday, said the preliminary tests of diarrhea samples proved they were cholera cases, pointing such cases are usually confirmed by a reference laboratory and announced by the Department of Epidemiology at the Health Ministry.
US Scrambles to Clear Egg Exports to Bird Flu-hit South Korea
U.S. officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu. South Korea banned imports of U.S. table eggs last year after the United States grappled with its own bout of bird flu.
Tayebwa: An agricultural economist who inspired students
Tayebwa was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in addition to diabetes mellitus and hypertension, ailments he struggled with for about 15 years until he developed kidney failure that prompted a transplant surgery Mr Tayebwa held a Master’s Degree in Agriculture Economics and a Post-graduate diploma. He taught at Makerere University between 1987 to 2007 as a lecturer of economics and agriculture economics.
The long, strange odyssey of bringing Oscar fave ‘Toni Erdmann’ to the screen
But the upstart German filmmaker Maren Ade employed an especially unconventional technique in greeting the stars of her new picture “Toni Erdmann” for the Romanian portion of production. Ade showed up at the down-on-its-heels Bucharest airport as an over-the-top character – tricked out as a goofball mogul, pouring Champagne wearing bathroom slippers in the back of a white stretch limo.
The long, strange odyssey of bringing Oscar fave ‘Toni Erdmann’ to the screen
But the upstart German filmmaker Maren Ade employed an especially unconventional technique in greeting the stars of her new picture “Toni Erdmann” for the Romanian portion of production. Ade showed up at the down-on-its-heels Bucharest airport as an over-the-top character – tricked out as a goofball mogul, pouring Champagne wearing bathroom slippers in the back of a white stretch limo.
Recombinant type-5 vector-based ebola vaccine safe
For healthy adults from Sierra Leon, the recombinant type-5 vector-based Ebola vaccine is safe and immunogenic, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in The Lancet . Feng-Cai Zhu, from the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Nanjing, China, and colleagues recruited healthy HIV-negative adults aged 18 to 50 years, with no history of Ebola virus infection and no previous immunization with other Ebola candidate vaccines.
Routine drug screening should be done in primary care settings: Study
A new study by UCLA is calling for routine drug testing in primary care settings in areas where misuse of drugs is prevalent. Researchers found that 19.4 percent of people answering a computerized self-administered survey in community clinics in East Los Angeles admitted to moderate-to-high drug use.
Routine drug screening should be done in primary care settings: Study
A new study by UCLA is calling for routine drug testing in primary care settings in areas where misuse of drugs is prevalent. Researchers found that 19.4 percent of people answering a computerized self-administered survey in community clinics in East Los Angeles admitted to moderate-to-high drug use.
Regular use of aspirin could cut pancreatic cancer risk in half
Regular use of aspirin by people living in Shanghai, China, was associated with decreased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Data from the new study and meta-analysis of data from 18 other studies suggest that over the past two decades, as the general population’s use of aspirin has increased, the effect of aspirin in decreasing pancreatic cancer risk has become more pronounced.
Novel computer-aided image analysis techniques can provide detailed visualisation of blood vessels
Narrowed and blocked arteries can now be diagnosed faster and more accurately with the help of special computer-aided image analysis techniques. This advance was made possible by the development of innovative techniques for the detailed visualisation of blood vessels with the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF.
Under Aspen Life Lab program, experts shine spotlight on hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer
Hepatitis C is a “silent disease” and the costs it incurs for the state budget in the final stage tend “to explode”, says Aspen Romania Institute CEO Andrei Tarnea . “We have an idea of the iceberg costs concealed by such a silent disease, which is a killer that appears late in the system, with costs that tend to explode toward the end of its cycle.
Appeal launched to send ‘tokens for Faith’ to bring a smile to…
Faith Constance has been diagnosed with cancer. To raise her spirits her parents have launched an appeal on Facebook called “Tokens for Faith” and more than a hundred people have sent letters and gifts.