Archive: 31/03/2015
India suspends plans for warnings on cigarette packets
India has suspended plans for bigger health warnings on cigarette packets, the health minister told AFP on Tuesday, after a committee of lawmakers demanded local evidence that smoking causes cancer.
Mar 31, 2015
HIV patients experience better kidney transplant outcomes than Hepatitis C patients
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)-positive kidney transplant patients experienced superior outcomes when compared to kidney transplant patients with Hepatitis C and those infected with both HIV and Hepatitis C, according ...
Mar 31, 2015
Moving upstream to promote a healthier nation
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) proudly announces the publication of a Health Education & Behavior (HE&B) supplement devoted to the latest research and practice on policy and environmental approaches to foster ...
Mar 31, 2015
New resuscitation guidelines for severely hypothermic patients in cardiac arrest
The general rule for treatment of patients in cardiac arrest is that once resuscitation measures have begun, they must be continued uninterruptedly until the patient shows signs of life or is pronounced dead. A new study ...
Mar 31, 2015
Diet rich in methionine may promote memory loss
Memory loss has recently been associated with excessive silencing of genes through a process called methylation. Researchers at the University of Louisville investigated the effects of a diet rich in methionine—an amino ...
Mar 31, 2015