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Use of antibiotics

Apr
08

Date: April 8th, 2013

Effect of antibiotics

The study results are trying to associate the use of antibiotics and their effects on a patient’s respiratory infection both in the short and long run.

Impact of antibiotics on patients

Researchers showed that patients given antibiotics for acute and non specific respiratory infections were not at a greater risk compared to those who were not given the right antibiotics for adverse respiratory conditions.

America’s seniors aging population

Apr
07

Date: April 7th, 2013

Beth Kallmyer says that major diseases death rate is going down for example in HIV/AIDS due to the federal government research, investment and commitment which has not been the same with Alzheimer’s. People with advanced form of dementia and Alzheimer’s have memory losses, problems with communication, loss of mobility and problems with consistence thus they need care which in turn is not cheap at all.

Health habits in the US

Apr
04

Date: April 4th, 2013

About the healthiest counties

The national survey of county health statistics released data about the healthiest counties and rate of premature deaths in the US on Wednesday March 2012. Implementation of the 2010 care law will be fully implemented next year. The law could improve overall health statistics.

Medical poisoning at home

Apr
03

Date: April 3rd, 2013

These current reports released shows that most pills taken by children at home are accessed from the parents’ purses, pills found lying carelessly on the floor, between cushions of seats and countertops, which are not out of their reach. Number of emergency children patients in most hospitals is on the rise because of the above reasons. At the same time, it can also be noted that most parents and nannies have never taken even a basic first aid course that they could apply in the eventuality of their kids taking drugs.

Zoll external defibrillator

Mar
22

Date: March 22nd, 2013

Well, the former semi-automated model seems to have been improved by the new device which is why Zoll feels lucky to have clinched that price.

According to released reports on this device, the new automated external defibrillator is reputed to allow emergency responders to help preprogram a scheduled shock instead of working to push the shock button.

FDA report tobacco violation

Mar
21

Date: March 21st, 2013

For anyone to be allowed to purchase such tobacco products, this all you need to know about new tobacco users?

Well, according to current reports, a new tobacco user may become addicted even before he or she gets older enough to fully understand the problems associated with tobacco including possible earlier deaths from tobacco related conditions.

Bilingual baby

Mar
20

Date: March 20th, 2013

The babies can also start learning the languages regardless of the set differences in grammar rules thus understanding both languages from both parents as they grow up.

According to what the authors were able to find, it was revealed that babies used pitch and that the duration of the spoken words increased at time went by.

CDC: Morning-after pill

Mar
19

Date: March 19th, 2013

The dramatic rise of morning-after pill has been observed over the last decade and is expected to continue if these women don’t get more responsible.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carried out a research to determine the allegations on the rising cases of contraceptive (morning pill) overuse among young women in the US. Back in 2002, about 4.2 percent of women had reported of having used the morning pill to ward off unwanted pregnancies.

Obesity problems

Mar
18

Date: March 18th, 2013

Reacting over stress is more likely to lead to obesity and thus children should try to take it easy from time to time.

Research on the Stressed children

According to the anticipated research results, children who are most likely at risk of becoming victims of obesity are similarly associated by their biological response on the account of stress.

television pose any problems?

Mar
17

Date: March 17th, 2013

According to recent research, it shows that there is progressive damage to the child that could lead to criminal activities in the near future.

The research study that was carried out to substantiate this fact involved random selection of children aged 26 years all the way from the time they were born. The comparison was undertaken to compare the participants television watching habits from the time they were young with their current behavioral practices where some of the behaviors would have been associated with criminal convictions.