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WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005

...ent and care. "The 3 by 5 framework is a plan for action by a broad alliance of nations, institutions, and committed people, including those living with HIV/AIDS,” said Dr. Jack Chow, Assistant Director-General of WHO for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “We urge all concerned to work to reach the 3 by ...

WHO acts to reduce the maternal death toll

...ime for all of us to turn technical knowledge into action to save the lives of the women who give life," said Dr. Luc de Bernis, one of the authors of Beyond the numbers from WHO...

Improving The Survival Of Lung Cancer Patients By Blocking The Effects Of Estrogen

...fects of three different treatments that block the action of estrogen in human lung tumors grafted in mice. They studied the effectiveness of an estrogen receptor-blocking drug (fulvestrant, also known as Faslodex), an epidermal growth factor receptor-blocking drug (gefitinib, also known as Iressa), and a c...

Mouth Infection better handled with new discovery

...hy people with enough saliva, but the mechanism of action of the drug was not known.It was discovered throug...o regulate its volume. It is said that the binding action of histatin acts like a foot in the door. Blocking the channel open allows a lethal unregulated flow...

Cell’s microenvironment linked to cancer

...ed that invasive cancers are more resistant to the action of this enzyme. This is due to the presence of rich mixture of molecules in the extracellular matrix of the cancer cells and these molecules manipulate the skeletal framework of the cell and the proteins that envelope the DNA. These proteins keep the...

To Reduce Risk Of Cancer Eat Grapes

... for the spread of cancer in the body. The synergy action of the flavnoids may help reduce the enzyme that is secreted more than 300 times by a malignant cell than a normal cell. Researchers are of the opinion that further studies will be able to confirm the correct dosage for taking grapes for their ther...

Study reveals that it is easy for people to learn from watching others learn

... was shown to a group, they learned to do the same action in less time than the people in the video. Moreover people who learned the same mechanical actions in a different setting performed in a worse manner. The researchers have concluded that learning to acquire a new skill is not based on conscious thin...

New Oral Rinse For Gingivitis Approved By FDA

...vice and not as a drug because its primary mode of action is to create a physical barrier, rather than to act chemically....

Burning energy and its impact on health during exercise can be of genetic origin

...0 weeks. They had prepared measurements of insulin action and glucose metabolism at the start of the program and then again after it were done. The results had shown that insulin sensitivity of the participants has improved but the results were dependent on the families they belong to. Reference: Diabetol...

Researchers discover receptor cells that can cause epilepsy

... slow the release of glutamate when there is brain action that’s associated with seizures. Researchers have found that treatment of epilepsy that will affect the protective glutamate receptors in increasing their potential to check the neural pathway that’s responsible for seizures can benefit the epilepsy ...

The Benefits of Strontium in the treatment for Osteoporosis Questioned

...or the treatment of osteoporosis. The mechanism of action of strontium ranelate is not yet fully understood, compared with other treatments, but it seems to have a unique effect in that it inhibits bone resorption as well as stimulating bone formation. Recent studies have shown its efficacy at preventing bo...

Need for better support for chronic pain in children’

... pain is similar in both children and adults, more action in the form of data is urgently required in the case of children to minimise societal cost. Mostly family doctors spend time and energy looking for severe conditions under lying pain, and they refer to specialists and the parents move from doctors t...

London Emergency Services Receive Wide Appreciation

...e India where most cities have no such coordinated action plan in place. br>...

Mercy killing for newborn with incurable disease in Netherlands

... protocol was agreed by Groningen doctors, but the action should be based on clinical grounds of the patients and the actions should be informed in public. The mercy killing is accepted only after the clear diagnosis and prognosis study of the child. The newborn baby should be examined for other treatment p...

Anthrax Scare In Tamil Nadu State of India

...animals. It sometimes can prove fatal if immediate action is not taken. Now a report of Anthrax among the farm animals of the state of Tamil Nadu has renewed anxiety about this disease among the health officials. Kerala has also imposed ban on farm animals from Tamil Nadu. The worst hit is Pollachi – a ma...

Anthrax Scare In Tamil Nadu State of India

...animals. It sometimes can prove fatal if immediate action is not taken. Now a report of Anthrax among the farm animals of the state of Tamil Nadu has renewed anxiety about this disease among the health officials. Kerala has also imposed ban on farm animals from Tamil Nadu. The worst hit is Pollachi – a ma...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...he heart and other organs of the body and prevents action of noradrenline and adrenaline. It also works as a modest vasodilator via enhanced release of nitric oxide,(2-3) which means it can widen the blood vessels, contributing to the maintenance of arterial pressure levels within the normal range. The comb...

Bihar High Court Intervenes To End Doctors Strike

...ed off. "We will decide about the future course of action in a meeting of junior doctors." Court officials said however that the striking doctors were asked in an oral order to end their strike before their demands could be considered sympathetically as the strike had brought healthcare to a stand still at...

New Supplement Found To Be Effective Against Sunburn

...Researchers claim that SOD has a different mode of action to vitamins. Also known as ‘the enzyme of life’ when first discovered in 1968, it is the first antioxidant mobilized by the cell for defence. It is thought to be more powerful than antioxidant vitamins as it activates the body's productions of its o...

Ban On Indian Ayurvedic Drugs In Canada

...lth Canada has also stated that it would soon take action to remove these products from the market and to prevent further imports into Canada. Canadians have also been advised by the drug regulatory agency not to use any Kerela, Safi, Maha Sudarshan Churna, Yograj Guggul, Sudarshan or Shilajit products a...

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