Pregnancy :: Care over taking iron supplements for non-anaemic pregnant women
Taking iron during pregnancy has been recommended in the past as a preventive treatment to help promote fetal and placental growth.
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HIV :: HIV Guidance tailored to different types of epidemics & health facilities
The new WHO/UNAIDS HIV guidance advises that health care providers globally should recommend HIV testing and counselling to all patients who present with conditions that might suggest underlying HIV disease.
Video Game :: Video game helps teens fight their cancer
HopeLab validated the benefits of their cancer-fighting video game by conducting a randomized, controlled trial with 375 male and female cancer patients aged 13 – 29, enrolled at 34 medical centers in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
HIV :: New HIV recommendations aim for wider knowledge of HIV status
Until recently, the primary model for providing HIV testing and counselling has been client-initiated HIV testing and counselling – also known as voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) – in which individuals must actively seek an HIV test at a health or community-based facility.
HIV :: WHO, UNAIDS’ new guidance on HIV testing & counselling in health facilities
WHO and UNAIDS issued new guidance on informed, voluntary HIV testing and counselling in the world’s health facilities, with a view to significantly increasing access to needed HIV treatment, care, support and prevention services.
Contact Lens :: Contact lens wearers – protect eyes against infection
In response to the CDC health alert about an outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but serious eye infection, the American Academy of Ophthalmology is offering advice to all contact lens wearers to reduce their risk of eye infections.
Chemotherapy :: Role of antioxidants in reducing chemotherapy toxicity
A new study showing a reduction in the toxic side effects of ROS-generating chemotherapies with concurrent antioxidant supplementation will be presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that takes place June 1-5 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Parenting :: Why kids need learning opportunities during the summer
As the school year ends, parents should provide high-quality learning opportunities for children during the summer months.
Dog :: Blind dogs can see after new treatment for sudden onset blinding disease
If two dogs are any indication, Iowa State University veterinary researchers may have found a cure for a previously incurable disease that causes dogs to go blind suddenly.
Eye :: New insights into visual disturbances accompanying skull deformations
Most children with a craniofacial deformity known as unicoronal synostosis have the eye-alignment abnormality strabismus, reports a study in the May Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.