The judicial officials told that the famous Nadja Benaissa of No Angels admitted the fact that she already had the unprotected sex. She was charged for knowingly exposed three men to the risk of having HIV. She was detected positive for the virus in the year 1999.
She was now facing the charge of having bodily harmed three or four men by having the sex with them in between the year 2000 and 2004.
The state prosecutors told that even after knowing the fact that she had been found positive for this …
A man (aged 20) of Rhode Island was detected as positive for having infected with the deadly eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV). He is said to be in a critical condition and he is suspected for bites by mosquito that carries the EEE virus. He was identified on Sunday entered from Newport Country.
Health officials say that the individual had the bite most probably at southeastern Massachusetts which region is believed to be the region of high risk. Officials further added that his first symptoms occurred on August fifth and it …
NDM 1 enzyme is capable of intervening in other bacteria strains and may end in formation of another superbug. This may cause resistant to most last-resort drugs.
What is superbug ?
When a bacterium is exposed to one particular antibiotic, the antibiotic either kills or slows down the growth of the bacteria. In this process of killing the bacteria, the nature begins its war and tries to fight against the science. Natural selection is the mechanism by which some of the bacteria are trained to survive against the antibiotic and able to …
The world familiar British journal Lancet published the article on origination of superbug NDM-1 from India, India’s largest health community is in the worry. The Lancet identified and published about the superbug NDM -1 which the journal states to find in the foreign patients who came here for taking surgical treatments and transplants.
The confusing statement about antibiotics is that the more we use them, the more we lose them. Hence, the unofficially named New Delhi Metallo-1 (superbug NDM-1) born and it is due to misuse of antibiotic. Thus the …
Usually the menstrual pain or cramp is not taken serious but the new study reveals it is related with brain anatomy and function- researchers say.
Taiwan researchers used a specific scan to compare the brain changes of 32 women having menstrual pain in a regular pattern during their menstrual period and compared the same with other 32 women’s brain scan who have no the phenomena of pain during their menstrual cycle.
The gray matter of the brain of the women having pain showed abnormalities said Dr.Jen-Chuen Hsieh, the study author of Taiwan …
According to CDC report, antibiotic resistant bacteria are more commonly seen in Enterobacteriaceae and in Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States.
It further details that all facilities should be made for implementing contact precautions for patients colonized or infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. But so far there is no recommendation is made as to when to discontinue contact precautions.
Three US states were identified carrying a newly described antibiotic resistant bacteria (NDM 1) at the CDC antimicrobial laboratory and these isolates include Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobactercloacae carried NDM 1 …
The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared the swine flu pandemic over which made panic all over the world for the past 20 months. The human efforts are still on the progress to curb its spread.
Margaret Chan Director General told that the new swine flu virus has largely run its course. He further told that it doesn’t mean that the swine flu virus has gone. Now New Zealand is grappling with the outbreaks of swine flu. Chan told further that this virus also behaved like other influenza virus and yet …
The present summer is threatened for blood sucking pests and adds to that the threat of disease like fatal West Nile virus and everybody wants to be inside the home until winter.
Experts on pests say that this summer with high humidity facilitated the mosquitoes for a favorable breeding and created the high risk for west nile virus.
Mr. Green, the superintendent of mosquito control for Passaic County started his spraying pesticides in every town in the county. His schedule of spraying is in between 7 p.m and 2a.m. This schedule would …
British scientists began to emphasize that the new superbug which is resisting all powerful antibiotics have entered UK from India and this has been rejected by India. The health ministry of India said this statement as malicious propaganda. Several Indian MPS described it as a conspiracy.
But British scientists say that patients returned from India after having treatment at India had bacteria that make NDM 1 enzyme.
Health experts say already some of the bacterias like E.colli are having NDM 1 inside them and make resistant to antibiotics.
And the journal Lancet infectitious …
While Mumbai is badly affected by malaria, the resident associations and advanced locality managements (ALMS) have come forward to help civic body to curb the disease.
Resident groups from Khar, interacted with civic health officials on Wednesday in a meeting to create awareness among people about malaria and citizens part to check the growth of the larvae of malaria.
In the meanwhile, the civic health officials had talk with private practitioners as what procedure to be done and what treatment to be exactly used to treat the affected.
BMC also formed teams of …