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Top China Official Pessimistic on Fixing Food Safety Woes

...ficial on Saturday announced new measures aimed at curbing an epidemic of dangerous Chinese-made food products but admitted success could prove elusive . China plans to set up comprehensive food safety evaluation systems in 31 cities by the end of the year and to implement other measures, the State Food an...

Two In One Drug For Smokers And Drinkers

...t studies in humans of the drug's effectiveness in curbing alcohol cravings and dependence, according to Bartlett. At the same time, several experts not involved in the study warn that there is no such thing as a magic cure-all for addiction and that varenicline and such drugs may find more immediate us...

UAE Plans to Implement Anti-smoking Law

...ement of the anti-tobacco law will greatly help in curbing smoking, Shukur said, urging public and private institutions to make more efforts in this regard. In addition, the ministry will implement recommendations of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which seeks to secu...

This 'Grass' is Not Green - Say, 'No Thanks, I Am Fine Without Drugs'

...centers and college campuses. The key challenge to curbing drug abuse in India hovers around controlling the use of party drugs like Ecstasy. Many synthetic drugs are abused at parties which cannot be overlooked. These drugs have hallucinogenic characters and are akin to other drugs of their genre, with the ...

India Records Substantial Decline in Polio Cases

New Delhi, India has made substantial progress in curbing the spread of polio with just 82 cases reported in the first half of this year compared to 676 last year, says WHO. Of the 82 polio cases till June 25, over 50 cases were from Uttar Pradesh and 17 from Bihar, it says. 'The total global cases o...

World Bank Loans Kenya 80 Million Dollars to Boost War on AIDS

...despread use of condoms had played a large part in curbing infections, whose prevalence Kenya aims to slash to a rate of 5.5 percent by 2010, said the agency. At least 1.3 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya, 65 percent of whom are women between the ages of 19 and 45, according to NA...

WHO to Call for More Progress on Tobacco Control at Bangkok Moot

...ty contains measures that have proven effective in curbing tobacco use and addressing supply issues, such as illicit trade and alternative crops to tobacco. Items on the agenda of the meeting include: Proposals for future protocols to the WHO FCTC on illicit trade in tobacco products and cross-border tob...

Kalam Stressed the Need for Stem Cell Research to Cure Neuro Disorder

.... Kalam said that scientifically the solution on curbing mental illness could be found out but it would be a challenging task. He said genetic research should be carried out to identify the location of dysfunction of the portion of the brain and then initiate direct intervention - physiologically or by m...

Man Contracts Deadly Bird Flu Virus in Vietnam

...applause for its transparency and effectiveness in curbing the epidemic. H5N1 has killed almost 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003. World Health Organization experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions of people across the globe....

New Drug to Help Kick Smoking Habit Cleared in UK

...e receptors, making smoking less satisfying and so curbing a persons desire to smoke. A spokesman for Nice said: "Having looked at all the evidence, our independent committee has concluded that varenicline appears to be a good way to help people who want to quit smoking. "The draft guidance also recommends...

Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine

...macy," he noted. On their part those involved in curbing drug trafficking pointed out that consequent on tighter controls in the U.S. on the sale and purchase of pseudoephedrine, crime gangs outsourced their supplies from Canada. In the process the Canadian meth lab industry too started to boom, and outl...

Chandigarh Councillors Tested for AIDS in Awareness Campaign

...ble for the deadly disease, the success stories in curbing AIDS in Thailand, Uganda and other countries showed that the disease could be prevented. Source-IANS/B...

500 Million US Dollars to Fight Childhood Obesity

...oblem. The foundation had played a major role in curbing tobacco use too, spending $446 million from 1991 to 2003 toward that goal, and it plans to use those experiences to shape its attack on childhood fat. Since 1995, the number of adult and teenage smokers has declined 12.6 percent and 18 percent, res...

Support Claims With Science Not Magic, Beverage Owners Warned

...litigation unit was set up in 2004 with the aim of curbing deceptive labeling, marketing campaigns or other practices that potentially harm consumers' health. In addition Richard Blumenthal the Attorney General for Connecticut has given a week to the company, which is an amalgamation of Coca-Cola and Nestl...

Is Excalia an Excellent Weight Losing Pill?

...eems to boost a hormone levels that play a role in curbing excessive appetite as well. With this combination of drugs in one pill the brain is not quick to switch over to an alternative pathway to make up for blocked appetite and thus a sustained weight loss can be achieved, opined Dr. Fujioka one of the re...

Is Excalia an Excellent Weight Losing Pill?

...eems to boost a hormone levels that play a role in curbing excessive appetite as well. With this combination of drugs in one pill the brain is not quick to switch over to an alternative pathway to make up for blocked appetite and thus a sustained weight loss can be achieved, opined Dr. Fujioka one of th...

Movement Of Counterfeit Drugs Should Be Curbed: Ramadoss

...nformation with all the stakeholders to facilitate curbing this menace," Ramadoss said. Inaugurating the 37th Drug Consultative Committee meeting here, the minister said the central government was taking certain initiatives to upgrade the regulatory system by trying to establish proper coordination with the...

Turmeric to prevent arthritis and osteoporosis

...jor cucurminoids was most effective in completely curbing the commencement of arthritis. Dr Funk in a statement explained that this study paved the way for effective clinical application based on accurate information to prevent rheumatoid arthritis. The results of the study show that cucurminoids acts e...

Its in your ‘hands’ to fight fatal nosocomial infectios

...Patient Safety Institute that one sure shot way of curbing nosocomial infections was the habit of regular handwashing. Instead of using soap and water most health care workers nowadays resort to rubbing their hands with alcohol which has been proven to cutdown the chances of infection to almost half. Cana...

Vitamin D Could Bring Sunshine to Breast Cancer Patients

...y tests have revealed that Vitamin D is capable of curbing the cell division in cancer cells or malignant cells. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon , France more than a million cases detected worldwide annually. Early detection is the key to successful intervention ...

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