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Water - The silent killer!!!

...lion people draw their water from unsafe sources," according to the WHO. Improving drinking water supplies r...y, but the funds have not kept pace with the need, according to Terrance Thompson, regional advisor for water, sanitation and health at the WHO in New Delhi. ...

Cancer drugs in development nearly doubled since 1995

...ancer has nearlydoubled during the past six years, according to a new survey of pharmaceuticalcompanies.Currently, 170 pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms various CancerInstitutes are investigating 402 compounds for the treatment of variouscancers, up from 215 in 1995. Many of the drugs are alternatives to ...

Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos

...er fee of $30 million being sought by Chiron Corp, according to industry sources. The Union Department of Biotechnology (DBT), which received the proposal from Chiron Corp, invited four Indian biotech/pharma companies for discussions towards January-end. These were Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Serum Institu...

Drug saves heroin addicts

...ve naloxone with them for life saving emergencies, according to doctors at the National Addiction center at London. Naloxone, is routinely given by doctors, during emergency resuscitation following narcotic overdose. After giving 124 drug users in Berlin, Germany, training in emergency resuscitation with the...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

...and indirect effects on the rate of wound healing, according to the researchers. Depression and other psycholog... healing on time, they note. Another possibility, according to them, is that depressed people may not take care of themselves as well as non-depressed people. P...

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

...equences for India and other developing countries, according to leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The 39 companies had challenged a South African government order that legalized use and import of generic medicines free from patents. The pharmaceutical companies, which include some of the biggest ...

Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

... be more attractive to the AIDS positive patients, according to a new study. Among 191 HIV-positive outpatients surveyed about their use of complementary and alternative therapies, 67% said they had used alternative therapies at some point to control their HIV infection and 40% reported current use. The findin...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...rove speech, hearing or psychological development, according to new research. Currently there are two reasons ...e unlikely to be caused by a history of ear fluid, according to the study. But that doesn't mean that they should never get ear tube surgery. "The decision to u...

Diabetic testing gets easier

...oing through the daily blood tests. The worst part according to many diabetics is the finger stick. There are unfortunate patients who use the stick up to six times a day for more than ten to twenty years or so. The main obstacle of these tests is the pain and discomfort associated with them. But researchers a...

Ductal lavage may detect early breast cancer

...an has breast cancer or precancerous breast cells, according to her.Ductal lavage is a "very sensitive, relatively simple test," according to Sukumar. The procedure, which takes about half an hour to perform, eventually may become a part ...

Pesticide impairs male reproductive function

... may kill as many as 2.5 million across the globe, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO, along with hundreds of malaria and public health experts, supports the continued use of DDT for malaria control....

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

...nly in passengers who travel long distance flights according to Dr. Scurr. “This is really about a change in our habits. There has been a general realization recently that people get on planes, drink far too much and just sleep - all bent up. That's all we've been drawing attention to here,” Scurr said. So t...

Avoid sudden death by quick cooling

...hey have eight times the cooling ability of water, according to Becker. If things go according to the calculations of these doctors then a patient can be brought to the emergency room with sudden...

African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

...e difficult for the anti AIDS drugs to act on them according to researchers. This however does not mean that these drugs will be powerless against the virus but these drugs find it difficult to latch on to the protease, which is an enzyme useful in the replication of the virus inside the body. If the drug att...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...ansplanted organs without any of the side effects, according to Dr. James Eason of the Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center in New Orleans. In the largest study on steroid-free treatment of liver transplants, Dr. Eason found patients treated with ATG had lower rejection and severity rates than patients who re...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

...ey in countries strapped for healthcare resources, according to Dr. Jose Villar of WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues. The researchers studied nearly 25000 women in Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Cuba and Argentina. This report adds weight to the notion that if the pregnant woman has had safe deliveries in...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...ng services to infertile couples within 18 months, according to a US infertility specialist, Dr. Panayiotis Zavos. Dr. Zavos, a biologist at the Univeristy of Kentucky, is not medically qualified but holds a doctorate in reproductive physiology and is an owner and director of two USD infertility clinics, the ...

Doctors advice early anemia tests

...re likely to have deformities of the motor system, according to a study conducted by British scientists.Screening babies for iron deficiency with a simple blood test can prevent these problems, as they grow older. The Institute of Child Health at the University in Southwestern England has pioneered a research ...

Biotechnology industry expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002

... grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002 according to a Rabo India finance report. The big leap is expected to triple the industry's size from its 1999 value of one billion dollars. Biogenerics, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture, food and nutrition sectors are all poised for the big leap, both nation...

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

Many cancer patients, according to a recent study, are increasingly turning to the Internet for information about their disease. In this context physicians need to be aware of various Internet medical sites so they can guide the patients to the most reliable, accurate and updated ...

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