Health Update

Government Cancer Drug Trial Death due to Overdose

Government Cancer Drug Trial Death due to OverdoseGary Foster, aged 27-years, suffering from testicular cancer with a 60% survival ratio, was due to get married this month. He died after being given twice the amount of chemotherapy drugs prescribed by his doctor in a government-funded medical trial.  It is reported that his death was due to an error in setting up of the trial on University College London Hospital’s (UCLH) computer system.  A second patient survived a similar mistake; unfortunately Mr. Foster did not prove to be so lucky.

Home Tattoos can Be Risky

Home Tattoos can Be RiskyLondonWhile, tattoo parlours operate under stringent regulations and licensing is required for both operator and premises, police and public health authorities are investigating how a tattooist infected a bunch of Llanelli teenagers at a house party.  It is not clear whether safe practices were followed, moreover some of the affected youngsters have been found to be underage.

Study: Law Students Are More Stressful As Compared To Medical Students Or Other General Students

A recent Australian study has shown that profession of a lawyer can be stressful.

HIV infections jump in Australia

Sydney - HIV infection rates have crept up in Australia because funding for spreading the safe-sex message has fallen, a report released Wednesday said.

There were 27,331 HIV cases and 10,230 cases of full-blown AIDS reported in the year to December 2007 - a 50-per-cent increase on the rate eight years earlier, the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research report said.

While homosexual men still account for the bulk of new cases, the incidence among heterosexual men is rising. One reason given is that cashed-up miners in Western Australia and in Queensland on the opposite coast are holidaying abroad and returning with infections picked up in Asia.

Govt Keen To Review The Present MTP Act

It seems that the recent Nikita Mehta case has forced the government to review the outdated Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

AEP To Be Launched In Chandigarh Schools

AEP will be implemented in Chandigarh schools through red ribbon clubs in collaboration with the state AIDS Control Society. The aim is to equip every child between 10 and 19 years of age with scientific information, knowledge and life skills to protect HIV infection and manage reproductive and sexual health.

It will be launched in all senior secondary and secondary schools of UT. Sharing her concerns, Dr Vanita Gupta, project director, State AIDS Control Society, UT, said more than 22% of India's population was between 10 to 19 years of age, representing a vibrant human resource and adolescence was a period of formative dynamic transitions.

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