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Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

... "Prince Charles has been at the forefront of the campaign for integrated medicine. It will be good news if more money is now forthcoming," a spokesman for Charles was quoted as saying...

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

... by ACTSA (Action for South Africa), which led the campaign against drug companies in Britain. The development holds promise for all developing countries, a spokeswoman said. NGOs are now preparing to fight the fundamental WTO rules. "The fight to change the WTO rules is far from over," said Forsyth. "Brazil...

HIV did not arise from polio vaccine

...from the Wistar vaccine used in a 1950s anti-polio campaign in Africa. These vaccines were allegedly cultured in chimpanzee kidney cells. These chimp cells, some say, may have been contaminated with the virus that became HIV-1, the strain responsible for most of the world's HIV infections. The Wistar Institut...

Doctors not to accept gifts from drug companies

...A says it makes sense to involve the industry in a campaign that's also designed to inform drug makers about w... includes a list of the drug-company sponsors. The campaign also includes a new Web site about the guidelines....

Sleeping sickness - a silent killer

...are expected to attend, will launch an Africa-wide campaign to eradicate the Tsetse fly under the political um...ly known as the Organisation of African Unity. The campaign has received a boost, in the form of free drugs donated by the pharmaceutical giant Aventis. But sci...

Risk Of Developing Arthritis

...t later,” Logan says. The charity has launched a campaign to raise ￡ 250,000 to fund its sports injuries-related work. The charity is currently financing work into a new type of cartilage transplant surgery aimed specifically at younger people with sports injuries. It is also funding extensive work into imp...

Campaign aims to simplify OTC drug labels

...cil on Patient Information and Education started a campaign with help from the Food and Drug Administration an...ns. Boldly printed drug labels and a new education campaign are the issues to be considered by consumer advocates and the government to make OTC drugs more user...

Meningitis C vaccine a cost-effective success

...ssessed the cost-effectiveness of the meningitis C campaign in young people up to the age of 19. Before the ...around ￡4.88 million. The team calculated that the campaign would prevent 9,980 cases of meningitis C and 666 deaths over the cohort’s lifetime, resulting in al...

Panel suggests selling allergy drugs OTC

..., but the company is waging a multi-million-dollar campaign to get it extended. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures Allegra, also expressed its disappointment. According to WellPoint, sales of Allegra, Claritin and Zyrtec exceeded $5 billion last year....

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

...dence is "persuasive enough for a public awareness campaign about homocysteine levels, especially in those at risk for coronary artery disease, stroke and dementia." He noted that folic acid supplements can return homocysteine levels to normal. The studies "provide important leads but no proof" that high hom...

Canine Painkiller unveiled by Novartis

...s and its manufacturing facilities. The marketing campaign for the drug was launched in late September and veterinarian offices were the primary focus. Novartis expects to spend $25 million to market Deramaxx with a goal of reaching every veterinarian in the country in the first year. The company is banking ...

Imitating celebrity mums may prove unsafe for mom and child

...at risk. A marketing company, which has started a campaign to help reduce the pressure that ordinary moms are feeling, reveals that it has been receiving hundreds of mails from women who are worrying they don't look like the celebrity mums did, when they were pregnant or that they are not able to get into th...

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

... errors in children.// The effort, an educational campaign is aimed at pediatricians and parents, and includes a fact sheet that offers 20 tips on how to prevent medical errors in children. The tip sheet provides useful and practical, evidence-based tips on how to avoid medical errors related to prescription...

Few Parents Help Kids Fight Acne

...iddle son Peter Brady on "The Brady Bunch."The ACA campaign includes information on the cause and prevalence of acne, as well as treatment options. Acne is the most commonly diagnosed skin disorder in the United States. More than 40 percent of adolescents have acne that's severe enough to require medical tre...

Smoking Linked to Blindness

...pact of smoking on eyesight. They also recommend a campaign to raise awareness of the link between smoking and blindness. Specialists say that smoking has been associated with several other eye diseases including nuclear cataract and thyroid eye disease. They also say that professionals, as well as the public...

Drop in Worldwide Measles deaths by 40%

...ntions at once. The report noted that the landmark campaign reached over 95% of the children under-five with vaccines to prevent measles and polio, mosquito nets to prevent malaria and de-worming tablets. The WHO strategy seeks to achieve routine measles immunization coverage of at least 90% in every distric...

Men tend to deny being overweight

...h risks along with their bulging body weighs. The campaign is designed to make men aware of the risks associated with being overweight or obese. The results also brought out that men are also not very careful of their diet and often do not follow the recommended dietary allowance for healthy living. Only 22%...

Over Six Million HIV Infected People In South Africa- Finds A Survey

...S is higher in South Africa and the World AIDS Day campaign (December 1st) is aimed to raise awareness about AIDS. AIDS is the clinical manifestations or disease symptoms occurring due to HIV infection. Immune compromised stage of the infected person manifests this end stage. For more information read: h...

New Drug To Fight AIDS

...S is higher in South Africa and the World AIDS Day campaign (December 1st) is aimed to raise awareness about AIDS. AIDS is the clinical manifestations or disease symptoms occurring due to HIV infection. Immune compromised stage of the infected person manifests this end stage. For more information more: ww...

Prime Minister Manmohan Against Incentive-Based Population Control

... girl child and women, there has to be a concerted campaign to improve the health and educational status of the entire population in general," Manmohan Singh said. "We have to pursue a more balanced policy of regional development so that adequate employment opportunities are made available in the more popula...

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