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Diet & Exercise regime Not Harmful For Overweight, Lactating Mothers Or their Infants

...at, and food that contained starches and fat, they achieved the required reduction in the calories. The investigators had asked all the women to continue to exclusively breastfeed their babies during the study and they noted that none of the women complained of any signs of reduced milk volume or fussy infa...

India needs dental health leadership, says expert

... "We had set an ambitious target for ourselves and achieved it in England and would now like India and other countries to do the same," said Bedi, who is also co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre and Kings College London. Source:(IANS)...

Africa Set to Control Malaria Using Specialized Software

...gical modelling in a few months than we could have achieved on our own computer cluster in a few years." Malaria is responsible for about a million deaths every year in sub-Saharan Africa and is the single biggest killer of children under five. CERN, the world's leading laboratory for particle physics, ha...

Dental Health, a Much Overlooked Subject

...ion and co-operation is essential if this is to be achieved so that long term cost savings and efficiencies will enable the provision of services without a dramatic increase in the overall cost....

Bayer to Market Biocon Insulin in China

...airperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Insugen had already achieved critical mass in the Indian market, with substantial market share since its launch. "The marketing tie-up with Bayer reiterates our commitment to providing biotech solutions to diabetes, termed the 21st century pandemic. We believe Bayer is positio...

Malaria Truths Discovered By Einstein Researchers

...or four or five months whether we had successfully achieved a stable recombinant organism—and many experiments failed,” says Dr. Fidock. “But with this technique, recombinant parasites are typically produced within two to four weeks, and their identification and characterization has become far more streamline...

Thai Anti-Aids Initiatives Applauded

...on initiatives have been applauded, which has been achieved primarily through the extensive use of condoms.// Professor K. Satkunantham, the director of medical service at Singapore's Ministry of Health, said "The 100 per cent condom use programmes in Thailand and Cambodia are two prominent examples of succe...

Domino Transplants Creates new wave In the Field Of Kidney Transplantation

...am calculated that 583 transplants could have been achieved if the domino-donation model had been in place. Altruistic donor programs have come under recent attack by critics who argue that altruistic donors may be vulnerable to coercion and have suspect motivations. Montgomery says altruistic donors go thr...

Gene Therapy Technique for Inherited Heart Problems in The Pipeline

...hroughout the heart muscle at 200 times the levels achieved with AAV-1. In contrast, AAV-8 was taken up by heart muscle at 20 times the levels achieved with AAV-1, though it was less precise, also delivering a significant amount of its genetic payload ...

Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians

...pian study that evaluated whether ophthalmologists achieved better surgical outcomes than specially trained ophthalmic assistants found no significant differences in complications or recurrence of trichiasis. And a study in Gambia that compared outcomes for village-based and hospital-based surgery found that ...

Longer Needles Best for Infant Immunisation

...the longer needle was, however, comparable to that achieved with the shorter needle. Comparisons between the same length, different gauge needles showed little difference in local reaction or immune response suggesting that needle length, rather than gauge, is responsible. The results show a clear benefit...

Improvement in death rates of Aborigines

...enzies School of Health Research, says the success achieved is an evidence of the ceaseless efforts of indigenous health workers, which has made helped bridging the chasm in healthcare. Dr Thomas explained how a systematic approach to disease management that renders closer monitoring, efficient follow-up and ...

Four-Drug AIDS Treatment Regimen Deemed Of No Use

...hors write. "High rates of virologic suppression achieved in this study support current guidelines that recommend 2 nucleosides plus efavirenz among preferred regimens for the initial treatment of HIV-1 infection. Adding abacavir as a fourth drug to the standard initial 3-drug regimen did not change toxicit...

Weight loss given a thrust with e-counselling

...erall weight loss of 8 to 10 pounds and 34 percent achieved a weight loss of more than 5 percent of their init...tion, participants in the computer automated group achieved weight losses equivalent to human e-counselling for the first three months. "Further research is ne...

The Bovine DNA Sequence Unplugged

Scientists have achieved a very important milestone in the mapping of the bovine genome, which will make it possible to enhance the health and aid better disease// control in cattle. This research is slated to benefit the beef and diary industry immensely. Scientists firme...

Health Watchdog Advises a Rethink on NHS Cancer Services

...urvival rates, and waiting times have already been achieved more work is needed in several areas. For instance further information was needed on high-cost drugs, on future demand and supply of cancer services, on reducing regional inequalities as well as on moving towards treatment of cancer more in the c...

Replacing Old Mattress, Adding Ventilation Reduces Mites

...cing the level of dust mites in the bedroom can be achieved by replacing old mattresses and increasing a room’s ventilation, according to a new study.// In “Distribution and determinants of house dust mite allergen in Europe: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey II,” Jan-Paul Zock, PhD, Municipa...

Researchers Make a Major Strategic Breakthrough in Controlling the AIDS Virus

...ant discovery is a powerful example of what can be achieved through partnership,” added Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Canada is proud to have researchers of Dr. Sékaly’s calibre keeping our country at the forefront of the global fight against HIV-AIDS.” Dr...

From genes to alcoholism

...ons to alcoholism, but the resolution and coverage achieved in the present study are unprecedented. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr Uhl. "Ongoing and fut...

Study to Identify People at Risk of Alcoholism

...ons to alcoholism, but the resolution and coverage achieved in the present study are unprecedented. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr Uhl. "Ongoing and fut...

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