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IMA wants members not to do sex determination tests during pregnancy

...ram School, Chennai, lighted a traditional lamp to mark the inauguration. Dr. Sheela Ramani, treasurer, IMA, Tambaram, Dr. Sanjeev Malik, secretary, IMA, New Delhi, Dr. M. Balasubramanian, programme coordinator, and Mr. Thomas George, from UNICEF, Chennai, highlighted various aspects of the problem. Cour...

Hemopurifier may revolutionise AIDS treatment

...nd if found to be successful, this purifier, might mark the beginning of the end of HIV’s vicious grip on human race. According to researchers at Aethlon Medical, a biotechnology firm in La Jolla, California, trials of the filtration system, aptly named the HIV-Hemopurifier, began in February of this yea...

Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease

...ge of stubborn digestive disorders. The findings, mark the discovery of two naturally occurring human proteins, which the researchers have named prokineticins.How the proteins were //discovered is a tale of biological detective work mixing traditional comparisons with other animals and the latest compute...

The henna allergy

...chemical. Dr Hausen said: "It is possible that the mark from the tattoo will remain for several months, which is of course socially quite uncomfortable if it concerns parts of the body which are very visible such as the hands or the fingers. A spokeswoman said: "With the growing rate of allergies that a...

Vaccination to prevent strokes

...Paris, said if the results were confirmed it would mark a "major advance in stroke prevention". The theory suggest that they destabilise fatty deposits on the walls of arteries, helping to form clots. Strokes are caused by clots thwarting blood flow to the brain. The authors suggest that the vaccination...

Ultrasound test may detect heart condition early

...thout the condition. The researchers were able to mark between the healthy individuals and the HCM patients using two measures of the heart's relaxation ability. Solomon felt that presently, the diagnosis of HCM largely depends on the presence of hypertrophy, which a lot of patients don't develop until ...

Survival Of Colon Cancer Patients

... research finds the benefits seen at the five-year mark no longer exist after 10 years. However, the three chemotherapy drugs that were used during this study are no longer used for colon cancer patients. Thus researchers say because the study focuses on drugs no longer used for cancer, there is a need f...

Test for prenatal chromosomal abnormalities using cervical swab

... to free up the cell and fluorescent antibodies to mark the fetal cells. These cells are then checked for chromosomal abnormalities with the help of DNA identification. The abnormalities of chromosome may be giving rise to Down’s syndrome etc. early identification of which is essential. This test will be...

Drug Prices in India to be Monitored - NPPA to Tie up with ORG

... NGOs etc. NPPA says its tie-up with ORG-IMS would mark a major change from this system as they would have direct access to the actual retail price....

First Human Clone born

...l technique- and announced publicly. It would also mark the beginning of a new era in human reproduction - the first asexual birth, the first time a child was produced that was not the product of a genetic mix of mother and father, but the identical reproduction of one of its parents. In this case, Ms. B...

Glivec the hot cancer drug from Novartis

...re than 300% in 2002, and could hit the $1 billion mark by the end of this year. Although an annual course of Glivec can cost as much as $25,000, demand for the drug took off so quickly that Novartis was forced to run its production line around the clock. Since the year 2000 Novartis has launched 10 dru...

Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

...o identify 71 percent of them. The CAD was able to mark tumors as suspicious on mammograms taken one year before the diagnosis of cancer. Overall, the false-negative rate before the CAD screening was 31 percent compared to 19 percent after the CAD analysis. However researchers say that the CAD is not a r...

Terminally Ill Patients Could Be Offered A Better Life

... in time, Indian groups will join global bodies to mark Oct 8 as World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. "State governments need to replace ancient rules that cause some impediments in providing terminally ill people with analgesics and opiates that can make life easier in the last stages," said Dinesh Go...

Terminally Ill deserves a better quality of Life

... in time, Indian groups will join global bodies to mark Oct 8 as World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. "State governments need to replace ancient rules that cause some impediments in providing terminally ill people with analgesics and opiates that can make life easier in the last stages," said Dinesh Go...

Want Strong Bones: Exercise And Eat Right!

...ny by International Osteoporosis Foundation-IOF to mark World Osteoporosis Day – WOD 2005. 'This year's World Osteoporosis Day theme is the role of exercise, the first of a three-year 'lifestyle' campaign,' noted IOF Chief Executive Officer Daniel Navid. 'We hope that our positive message will encourage...

International Conference On Malaria - 'Laveran To Genomics'

International conference on malaria was held to mark the 125 years of discovery of Malarial parasite in Algeria on November 6th 1880 by Charles Louis Alphones Laveran for which he was awarded the Noble Prize in 1907.// The inauguration meeting was attended by various scientists, Union Health Minister A...

Vegetables And Fruits Cause More US Food Illnesses

... it poses no risk. And packers and shippers should mark packaging to ensure easy traceback when fruits and vegetables are implicated in an outbreak. CSPI's database includes reports mostly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other sources, including state health departments and medical j...

Organ Scandals Compensation And The Aftermath

...and the counter arguments apart it puts a question mark on the issue of Ethical principles, of “legal Organ donaton “...

India Marks World AIDS Day

...ong their men due to promiscuous sex. Marches to mark the World AIDS Day were also held in various parts...he Prime Minister said at a national convention to mark the World AIDS Day. The package of services, he said, should include 'preventive services, promotio...

China Unwilling To Share Bird Flu Samples, says WHO

...cial reports. "It means that there is a question mark that hangs over the progress of the virus in China. It's perhaps more significant to get animal viruses, because this virus is still something that is primarily in the animal sector. It's certainly a situation where the viruses need to be shared and ...

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