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Infant receives first bloodless liver transplant

...el Rush, whose parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses are prohibited by their religion to receive transfusions. The boy received 20% of his mother’s liver during the transplantation on February 7th at the children’s hospital in Los Angeles. To avoid complications during the surgery doctors recycled the blood lost fro...

Herbal Drug In Controversy

...nada says in a statement. Switzerland has already prohibited the sale of supplements containing kava, also known as kava kava, and Germany is considering a ban, as well. While the United States has yet to issue such a ban, the FDA is currently investigating claims of kava-induced disease. Christine Lewis Taylo...

Panel suggests selling allergy drugs OTC

...he period during which makers of generic drugs are prohibited from selling lower-priced versions of the drug. Claritin's patent is due to expire in 2002, but the company is waging a multi-million-dollar campaign to get it extended. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures Allegra, also expressed its disapp...

Banning the drug Valdecoxib In India

...National Pharmaco Vigilance Advisory Committee has prohibited the sale and manufacture of the drug// Valdecoxib, indicated for arthritis and acute pain in India under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Studies done abroad have indicated that the drug Valdecoxib is found to double the risk of heart attacks and strok...

Successful creation of human embryos from a single parent for the first time

...tes would never be implanted into a womb, which is prohibited by his research license in any case. Other scientists have produced parthenotes using eggs from monkeys and mice. In the latter case, the parthenotes were implanted and grew into clones of the original mouse. Further research would be directed towa...

Mizoram Prepares To Combat Bird Flu

...zoram the border state of the country has strictly prohibited the import of chicken and other birds from its neighboring country Myanmar to combat the ongoing was against Bird flu in India. // Mizoram has a long (404-kms) international border with Myanmar and there is frequently trade between the locals across...

ADB Report Warns of Bird-Flu Catastrophe

...ting on human volunteers. China and Vietnam have prohibited poultry imports from countries with bird flu outbreaks. Vietnam has suffered more than 40 of the 62 confirmed human deaths from bird flu in Asia since 2003, while China has had three outbreaks in birds in recent weeks but no human cases. Most of th...

Five People Treated For Anthrax In Indonesia

..., the South Sulawesi provincial administration has prohibited farmers from taking water buffaloes and cows out of the subdistrict. Similarly, animals from other areas have also been barred from entering the subdistrict to prevent them from being infected. A similar ban has also been imposed by the East Kalimant...

New Sexual Misconduct Rule Against Doctors In The US

... in about two months' time. The policy contains 11 prohibited acts, the violation of which would cost doctors their licenses. Besides sexual contact, the rules also forbid kissing in a romantic manner. Failure to allow privacy when the patient is undressing also comes under the rule. "This would create a bright...

Swimming With Dolphins Can Help Ease Depression

...the absence of dolphins. All the participants were prohibited from using anti-depressant medication during the entire duration of the study. At the completion of the study, the participants were evaluated for depression using a questionnaire. Analysis of the results revealed a reduction in the severity of the...

WHO Intensifies Anti-Tobacco war

...ouraged to quit smoking. Serving members will be prohibited from smoking at the premises of the WHO. The new people to be recruited will however be asked to if they will give up smoking if they were to be employed by the WHO. Tobacco related diseases kill almost 5 million people across the world every year, a...

Smoking Ban Believed To Enjoy Widespread Public Acceptance In Scotland

...f ￡50. Surprisingly, permitting passive smoking in prohibited places will carry a ￡200 fine. Helping someone else quit the smoking habit is indeed the greatest help that can be rendered to benefit not only the smoker but also their near and dear ones. ...

NY Health Dept Bans 3 Ayurveda Drugs

...substances or to be detrimental to human health is prohibited under New York City Health Code," the department said.It said in the past year there have been three confirmed cases of adult lead poisoning among New York City residents who used products they obtained from India. "These lead poisoning cases repo...

Officials In Turkey Confirm Deaths Due To Bird Flu

Turkey after the bird flu scare had prohibited the hunting and killing of any wild birds. Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe said that the prohibition would continue// till Turkey has completely worked out on the Bird flu issue. The Eastern part of Turkey has seen two deaths due...

Wild ducks infected with bird flu

...ms. Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe prohibited the hunting of all the birds in Turkey, as they might be a carrier of the disease. He also said that this ban is for an indefinite period and is imposed on all winged animals. They all fear that the disease, which as of now spreads fom birds to hu...

San Diego Zoo Prepares Itself Against Bird Flu

...d with appropriate agents. The visitors would be prohibited from any contact with the zoo in birds. The entry of any wild birds that could carry the deadly bird flu virus would be restricted. The zoo authorities have realized that all the above-mentioned tasks would demand a huge deal of money. ‘Ninety percen...

Muslim Leaders’ Help Sought To Discourage Smokin

...e before South Asian scholars rule that smoking is prohibited and these rulings percolate through the South Asian Muslim communities globally. These rulings need to be backed up by advertising bans and support to stop smoking if they are to have much effect on smoking rates, they concluded. Edited (IANS)...

Drug Makers Banned From Providing Gifts To Doctors

...ity of the medical profession. Drugmakers are also prohibited from providing financial assistance for medical education. Any collaboration between the pharmaceutical company and the physician is discouraged. In line with the above guideline, Kaiser Permanente, a California based concern banned any such gift/ ...

Second Hand Smoke Does No Harm

Smoking is reportedly being prohibited on the grounds of unscientific fears, according to a skier who is on a vacation at Utah. The British Medical Journal had already published a report which states that second hand smoke (SHS) does not raise the risk //of heart and lung diseases. Most s...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

...and cinemas was banned way back in 1970 and is now prohibited in schools, courts, buses, taxis and air-conditioned public places as well as pools, open-air stadiums, bus shelters and toilets. 'Any person caught smoking in these places is liable to be prosecuted in court for a fine of up to $618 (1,000 Singapo...

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