The nursing sister being treated for an arenavirus is still in a serious condition at the Morningside Medi-Clinic, a spokesperson said on Monday.
“She is still serious, but stable,” said Melinda Pelser.
She was admitted earlier in October after developing symptoms of the virus which has been linked to the deaths of three other people treated at the clinic.
A paramedic and another nursing sister are believed to have contracted it initially from Read the rest of this entry »
In its latest report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the Netherlands is still the major producer of amphetamines and ecstasy. However, the amount of synthetic drugs manufactured in the country has fallen, with an increasing number of producers moving abroad.
The reasons given for the development include more intensive detective work. The report, however, says that the remaining illegal laboratories, most of which are in the west and south Read the rest of this entry »
The effectiveness of BANZEL as adjunctive treatment for the seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome was established in a single multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel-group study (n=138). Male and female patients (between 4 and 30 years of age) were included if they had a diagnosis of inadequately controlled seizures associated with LGS (including both atypical absence seizures and drop attacks) and were being Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK – On paper, New York City’s health commissioner looks like the kind of doctor an AIDS activist would love.
In his seven years on the job, Dr. Thomas Frieden has championed efforts to boost the number of New Yorkers getting HIV tests, promoted needle exchange programs, distributed millions of free condoms and earned praise for letting science _ not politics _ drive his agenda.
Yet on Tuesday, a group of AIDS activists gathered at City Read the rest of this entry »
The Mental Health Client Action Network of Santa Cruz County is hosting its first art show at the Louden Nelson Community Center through Dec. 26, showcasing artwork of seven of the center’s clients.
“Art is one of the things that really does have the power to heal people and help them to leave their mental illnesses,” said Andrew Shachat, network art teacher and recovery specialist. “It creates a community that clients can be a part of.”
Portraits, Read the rest of this entry »
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NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd
(
RANB.BO
), India’s top drugmaker by sales, reported a net loss
for the second consecutive quarter and also for 2008, hit by
forex and hedging losses, and problems in the U.S. market.
Ranbaxy, in which Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo (
4568.T
) owns about
64 percent, has been hit by allegations it sold misbranded or
adulterated drugs in the United States.
The U.S. Read the rest of this entry »
But one habit endures: Obama has gone to the gym, for about 90 minutes a day, for at least 48 days in a row. He always has treated exercise less as recreation than requirement, but his devotion has intensified during the past few months. Between workouts during his Hawaii vacation this week, he was photographed looking like the paradigm of a new kind of presidential fitness, one geared less toward preventing heart attacks than winning swimsuit competitions. Read the rest of this entry »
Seattle – The new Obama administration wants to reform the healthcare system. This is a very important task because many people in the United States of America do not have medical insurance. When President Elect Barack Obama campaigned for president he talked about developing a universal health care system.The health care system is a situation that needs to be dealt with right now because for many Americans, the situation is dire.
If Barack Obama Read the rest of this entry »
Many people believe that going to religious services may be good for the afterlife. But researchers have found that it may not be so bad in the here and now.
A new study, which followed the health of more than 90,000 women over an average of more than seven years each, found that those who attended services were one-fifth less likely to die than those who did not.
The subject has been controversial, and the authors of the study, which appears Read the rest of this entry »
“The Vancouver 2010 Olmpic torch relay will touch the soul of the nation and with SOGO Active, we hope to use the unique power of the Olympic Games to inspire the nation to get active,” Nicola Kettlitz, general manager of Coca-Cola’s Olympic project.
Coca-Cola, one of the Olympics’ top international sponsors, is also co-presenting the 2010 Olympic torch relay and commissioned the national active-living group ParticipACTION to design SOGO Active. Read the rest of this entry »