Health Update

Hospitals may examine Patients for HIV/AIDS without Permission

Next time you go to the hospital for a routine check up, you may get examined for HIV too. Private hospitals have started out examining all patients for HIV/AIDS, without seeking their permission or providing them guidance.     

Medical specialists have named it a ‘violation of one’s fundamental rights’. Private hospitals have made the examinations mandatory, as they declared it defends their healthcare suppliers from catching such diseases.

Less Calories, Longer Life!

Fat KidBoston: It has been recognized that reducing calorie consumption can be helpful and increases life span, but it was not clear why, until now.

According to U.S. scientists, the calorie reduction benefits can be seen at a molecular level.

In a study revealed on Thursday, scientists suggested that the relation between calorie control and prolonged existence may be a molecular response to stresses from abbreviating calorie ingestion.

FDA issues Warning on Baby Tummy Pain Medication

Baby TummyWashington: The Federal health agency has cautioned parents not to give infants a liquid herbal supplement promoted as a curative for colic and teething pain because various bottles proved positive for a parasite, which may have sickened a 6-week-old baby in Minnesota.

Another Foot-And-Mouth Case Confirmed In Surrey Cattle Farm

Foot and MouthLondon: A recent report has showed that a new case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on a cattle farm in the Egham area of Surrey in Britain. This is the sixth case in Britain since early August.

Examinations were followed out after the animals indicated the disease signs.

Starchy Carbohydrates May Cause Fatty Liver - Study

Fatty LiverNew York: According to a new study carried out by the US researchers revealed that diets, which are high in starchy carbohydrates not only inflate waists but also lead to fatty liver that raises the chance of swelling that can cause hepatitis and even death.

Beijing HIV/AIDS Cases On Rise

A health functionary stated that the Beijing municipal administration recorded 563 new HIV/AIDS cases in the first six months of 2007, which is 50% up from the corresponding period of the last year.

Zhao Tao, head of the disease control and prevention section of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said among the new cases were 11 aliens, 120 Beijing occupants and 432 migrant Chinese from outside the city.

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