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Memory-Aid To Help HIV Patients

...memory due to their health condition, a new memory aid can now help them to remember taking their medications on time. In a study from Johns Hopkins University Division of // Infectious Diseases, a pocketsize device giving electronic-voice reminders to “take your medicine” proves to be a success for peo...

Molecule Behind Multiple Sclerosis Discovered

...emyelinating disorders, such as TM and MS, and may aid in the development of effective therapies against these disorders, the researchers say. The researchers began investigating the protein IL-6 when they became aware that TM patients suffered from memory impairment and depression. IL-6 has been implic...

Specialized Clinics For Manipur's AIDS Patients

...in Manipur have hope at hand with an international aid agency deciding to set up specialised clinics for ...dpur is the worst hit by HIV/AIDS in Manipur. The aid organisation would open a treatment facility for general diseases, including sexual transmitted dise...

New Study Offers Hope For Balding Men

...uiding the re-growth of hair. This, in turn, could aid the development of potential treatments for baldness. --IANS...

Monoclonal antibodies show promise in treatment of blood cancer

...nclude, "In addition, this treatment could greatly aid transplant patients who require multiple organ transplants because they develop a humoral antibody response to their transplanted organs, or they already have preformed antibodies that prevent them from accepting some donor grafts."...

Top Pharmaceuticals Influence Doctors Prescriptions

...ewed journal to compulsorily declare any financial aid or link. The survey undertaken by Nature looked at the panels that write ‘clinical practice guidelines’ for doctors. The survey found that more than a third of authors declared financial links to the relevant drug companies, with nearly 70 percent of...

Government Takes Tough Stand Against Falling Sex Ratio

...es (PNDT) Act make it possible to punish those who aid and abet the practice of female foeticide including doctors and parents alike. The surveillance cells will have senior retired police, legal and medical consultants so that all the areas of the situation are adequately covered. Sting operation to nab...

U.N. Official Doubts India On AIDS Data

...n 2004, down from 520,000 in 2003. International aid groups have expressed skepticism about those figures. Peter Piot, the executive director of United Nations AIDS program said in an interview that he also questioned the figures. "India having only 28,000 new infections is plainly impossible," Mr. P...

Supercomputer Grid Enlists PCs To Combat AIDS

...ividual and business computers around the world to aid research and identify drugs used to combat the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).// The Internet-based initiative, called FightAIDS@Home, aims to enlist about 100,000 computer users to donate the use of their machines via a secure website when th...

Pneumonia Claims 30 Lives In Pakistan

...ave been reported dead because of pneumonia by the aid agencies and hospitals working in the earthquake-hit areas,' Geo television said quoting its correspondents from Kashmir and NWFP. Pneumonia and other cold related diseases are fairly common in the winter in these areas but this year the number of p...

Legalization Of Euthanasia Would Not Affect Patient’s Trus

... was designed to measure attitudes about physician aid in dying. The participants were required to rate their level of agreement or disagreement using a five-point scale. The participants were questioned if they would trust their doctors less if they helped patients die. However, the question did not d...

African Conference to Combat AIDS

...e Continent receives billions of dollars by way of aid from foreign donors towards education campaigns and life-prolonging drugs. The Continent is facing an unprecedented AIDS crisis as 50% of the new infections are accounted by the younger generation. African countries like Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe ...

Health bonds to immunize the poor

...countries with predictable, stable and coordinated aid flows to finance the investments needed to reduce mortality related to poverty. If countries achieve the health goals set for 2015, more than 70 million children who live in the world's poorest countries will receive each year life-saving vaccines ...

WHO checks on health system in quake-hit areas

.... 'WHO will continue to help Pakistan and assist aid agencies to provide medical treatment to the survivors,' Lee told reporters. 'Luckily there has not been any outbreak of diseases, mainly because the plans were implemented swiftly.' Pakistani officials say the earthquake destroyed 50 percent of th...

Action Plan Against Drug Deaths Launched

...brought down through training with regard to first aid techniques and raising the awareness regarding important issues connected to an overdose. There has been a 12% increase in drug related deaths in 2004 when compared to 2003, at 356, with Greater Glasgow alone accounting for 120 deaths. The action p...

Cabbage, cauliflower might contribute to cancer prevention

...er have a potent chemical glucosinolates which can aid in cancer prevention. This chemical works very much like anti oxidants and can be used for cancer.// Research on this aspect is taking place across the globe and at present a feasible extraction method and thereby use in therapeutic nutrition is und...

Poor Andhra Women Enable Bypass Surgery Paying 50 Paise Each

...nd lauded the women's determination to come to the aid of someone in distress. Rao told IANS here: "Fifty paise cannot buy a cup of tea. But it is remarkable that 50 paise given by each woman has helped to save the life of a young mother. The women are proud of what they have done, and so are we." SHGs...

More Drug Addicts In Scotland Seek Treatment

...vels with regard to a overdose, and teaching first aid techniques to service providers. The training is being provided by the Scottish Drugs Forum. The issue connected to delays in contacting emergency services immediately after an overdose is also being addressed....

Nicotine Vaccine May Help Smokers To Quit Smoking

...e a safe, well tolerated and potentially effective aid in helping people quit smoking, the report said. Researchers studied 68 current smokers for 38 weeks who received one of three different doses of the vaccine. They found that 38 percent of the people taking the high dose of vaccine quit smoking for ...

Type 2 Diabetes Is Linked To High-Fat Diet

...insulin production offers new information that may aid in the development of treatments that target the early stages of type 2 diabetes. In its earliest phases, the disease causes failure of insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas, which leads to elevated blood glucose levels. As the disease progres...

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