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Hand hygiene reduces healthcareacquired infections

New Delhi The World Health Organisation WHO Friday said the number of infections acquired during medical or surgical procedures can be brought down by 50 percent if good hand hygiene is followed May 5 is observed as World Hand Hygiene Day There is clear evidence that hundreds of millions of patients are infected every year worldwide by healthcar... Read More

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Statins cut risk of bowel cancer Danger halved by cholesterolbusting pills

Pills taken by up to seven million Britons to combat high cholesterol could more than halve the risk of bowel cancer according to researchers Statins which cost as little as 40p a day slashed the chances of the disease developing by an average of 57 per cent And in patients taking higher doses of the cholesterolbusting drugs or were on them for ... Read More