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Cancer – Flushes Flesh and Fund

...s, like the United States. Though the decision was embroiled in controversy, yet it seemed to be the best thing at that point in time. The issue which is hotting up currently is the inaction on the part of the government to remedy the process of funding for newer cancer drugs. Amid the simmering issue, it is...

Proposal to offer free surgery for obese children

...and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which is presently embroiled in the Alzheimer’s drugs controversy, is slated to give the finishing touches to the treatment plan, targeting obesity in adults and children. The organization is seriously contemplating the idea of enabling overweight teens the prospect of stomach...

North Korea Under the Threat of Scarlet Fever

... Impoverished, isolated North Korea, which is now embroiled in an international dispute over its nuclear-weapons programme, has depended for years on aid from abroad. According to the UN's World Food Programme, about 37 percent of its children under 6 years and about a third of its mothers are malnourished....

Male Students Entry in Women's College Creates Furore in Pakistan Assembly

...men-only Fatima Jinnah University in Rawalpindi is embroiled in a controversy over the enrolment of male students. // Opposition members in the National Assembly protested allowing male students into the university, named after the sister of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. The university's vi...

South African Died By A HIV Shunned Drug

A politician's daughter in South Africa was embroiled in a fresh HIV/Aids yesterday and killed by an anti-retroviral drugs in favour of a diet containing// garlic, olive oil and lemons. ‘Anti-retroviral drugs is believed to increase the lifetime of HIV victims’, said Treatment activists. Mark Heyw...

Eye Hygiene Crucial To Keep Fungus at Bay

... April when their contact lens solution, ReNu, got embroiled in the eye of a storm, after reports got// wind that the solution was spurring a fungus infection called Fusarium keratitis , known to affect the cornea. There were nearly 109 cases reported, and this led to the company withdrawing the solution from ...

Future of Canadian Medical Association Journal Threatened

...an Medical Association journal appears to be still embroiled in controversies//. The February firing of Dr. Hoey and senior deputy editor Anne Marie Todkill had resulted in an international controversy regarding the editorial independence of medical journals. Dr Hoey was dismissed after the journal ran sever...

Generic Products Compete With GlaxoSmithKline

... suffer as a result of this.// The company is also embroiled in a tax related dispute with the Government in the US. The sales of the company for the year rose by13% at ￡21.6 billion, while its earnings were at ￡6.7 billion. The sales of Advair, an asthma drug rose to ￡851 million during the 2005 last quar...

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