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Virus Causing Kaposi's Sarcoma Discovered

... its own receptor. "The advancement of knowledge achieved in this study highlights the outstanding intramural research that takes place here on the NIH campus," says Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., NIH director. "Understanding the mechanisms of cell entry of Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus is a landmark achievement ...

Promotion of Pneumococcal Vaccine Slow in Europe

...od IPD may be prevented. Herd protection cannot be achieved without broad vaccine coverage" says lead author Dr Mark Fletcher, Director of International Scientific and Clinical Affairs at Wyeth Vaccine Research, Paris. Most children hospitalised for IPD do not belong to a recognised at-risk group, he adds. Su...

Nicaraguan Doctors Strike To Be Continued For Five Months

...emanding an increase in pay. No agreement has been achieved so far amongst the protesters and concerned officials. Medical Federation Leader Elio Artola blamed the failure on President Enrique Bolanos' attitude, but talks will continue Monday on the demand for an additional 13 percent raise. Artola says the...

COPD Patients portray improved exercise performance after breathing a Special Gas

...re substantial, being at least comparable to those achieved with current bronchodilator therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation or even lung volume reduction surgery." Source: Eureka Alert...

Low-Intensity Exercise The Key To Losing More Pounds

Shedding more pounds may be better achieved through a brisk walk through the park rather than a fast run exercise regime, points out a new study //. Weight loss is all about burning more calories than what is consumed. The effect of intensity of an exercise in producing the difference in bod...

Leprosy Cured People In India To Be Trained By Japanese Trust

...to social rehabilitation." On Dec 31, 2005 India achieved the leprosy elimination tag with prevalence rate going down to less than one in every 10,000 population. --Edited IANS...

Research Throws Light On Regeneration of Hearing Cells

...g deactivation of a retinoblastoma protein (can be achieved through knock out of retinoblastoma gene) that is ...hown that vestibular hair cell regeneration may be achieved and may be less of an obstacle than auditory cell regeneration,' Chen says. 'Now we need to find way...

B-Cell Biologic Therapy Could Revolutionize Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

... arthritis (RA). Still, the frequency of remission achieved by these biologic agents remains below 50 percent....ects in the three rituximab 500 mg. X 2 groups had achieved the desired ACR20 response, compared with 28 percent of the subjects in the three placebo groups. Th...

Sertraline Can Prevent Recurrent Depressive Episodes In Diabetics

...ce and did not interfere with glycemic improvement achieved during the recovery phase. Treatment with sertraline is relatively simple, safe and widely available, and although it is not curative, it offers patients with diabetes a potentially viable method for ameliorating the suffering, incapacity and burden...

Understanding the History of HIV Infection Is Vital To Develop a Vaccine

...called the 'set point.' We know that people who've achieved a lower set point - that is, better control of their virus - are likely on average to live longer healthier lives and seem to be less likely to transmit the virus to their sexual partners." Cohen said that along with studying the virus and immunologi...

Review of Reversal of Spread of Diseases in Africa

...his week in Abuja, Nigeria, to review the progress achieved in reversing the spread of infectious diseases// like HIV/Aids, malaria, tuberculosis. Five years ago the leaders had set a target of increasing health spending to at least 15 per cent of national budgets in order to accelerate a continental respon...

Drug Zoloft May Prevent Recurring Depression In Diabetics

...ce and did not interfere with glycemic improvement achieved during the recovery phase. Treatment with sertraline is relatively simple, safe and widely available, and although it is not curative, it offers patients with diabetes a potentially viable method for ameliorating the suffering, incapacity and burden ...

Chancroid Vaccine Holds Promise In Reducing HIV Transmission

...fforts to develop a vaccine against the virus have achieved limited success. But what if a vaccine against another sexually transmitted infection found widely in that region of Africa – chancroid – was relatively easy to develop and could reduce transmission of HIV as much as 10-fold? That may be the case...

Abuja Challenges the Government

... because of the very little progress that has been achieved in implementing goals set in 2001. The African Union (AU) found that Nigeria, Burundi and Ethiopia were set aside only 4 %, 3 % and 2% of their annual budgets respectively for health. Less of one third of the African countries spends 10% of their b...

Shares Of AVI BioPharma Drops On Reports Of Disappointing Early Drug Trail

...causing proteins. Sadly the technology has not yet achieved great success despite high earlier hopes....

Red Wine May Reduce The Risk Of Age Related Deafness

... evidence suggested that a similar effect could be achieved by including more antioxidant rich foods in the diet, Schacht added, "I wouldn't say it is proof for antioxidants, the jury's still out on that. But it certainly can't hurt to increase the amount of green vegetables, red wine or green tea that you co...

Merciless Lathi Charge of our Meritorious Medicos

...e country; however they added that the same can be achieved by other means and a dialogue is required.Merit in this country should prevail. More so in professional colleges; especially if the country wishes to continue to enjoy this path of progress. There is no place for politics in this area. This argument ...

Breast-Feeding In Public – Will The Society Accept It

...employees. Dr. Raju reminds us that ‘Much can be achieved by educating employers and the public about the health and economic benefits from high rates of breastfeeding.’ Employers and mothers should discuss options that maintain an effective workplace environment while focusing on common sense, respect, fle...

Gene Therapy May Help Restore Sight In Congenital blindness

...editary form of childhood blindness after they had achieved a promising study on chickens with the same condition. They explained that the research, which delayed the onset of blindness in chickens, might one day protect children from becoming blind due to an inherited disease called Leber congenital amaurosi...

Breastfeeding Mothers Arrested For Public Indecency

...employees. Dr. Raju reminds us that ‘Much can be achieved by educating employers and the public about the health and economic benefits from high rates of breastfeeding.’ Employers and mothers should discuss options that maintain an effective workplace environment while focusing on common sense, respect, fle...

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