Tag: "assured" at medical news

Survey Finds Wide HIV Ignorance in the UK

... Only one in three people who were surveyed were assured about receiving good sex education at school. Nick Partridge, chief executive of Terrence Higgins Trust, insisted that lack of sex education is resulting in increased ignorance about HIV, which is the fastest growing health problem in UK. "The la...

Star Health Grants Boon To India's HIV-Affected

...ve 60 years and up to 69 years, at entry level and assured renewals thereafter. The premium would be fixed (Rs.5, 000 to Rs. 10,000) for a cover of Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh. There would be no pre-acceptance screening. The policy would cover even pre-existing diseases with a look-back period of 12 months....

Experts Need to Include Children in Research

...few. Professor Warner said that people should be assured that all research involving children would be carried out ethically and responsibly. We will of course be operating to the highest ethical standards and we will go to great lengths to ensure the safety of all the children in our care. If you think...

Health Insurance- Play It Safe And Reap The Benefits

.... In addition, for every claim-free year, the sum assured will be increased by 5-10% - that too without an increase in premiums. Yet says senior official from New India Assurance: Most people are unaware of such benefits and thats why they dont attach much importance to renewal, little realizing that all ...

India to Have 30 World-class Universities Across the Country: PM

...e country had extremely low college enrolments and assured that the central government would work with these states to support the expansion of colleges. "Each of these districts should strive to have at least one good college and the central government is considering ways of funding their establishment," ...

It is Men, and Not Women, to Be Blamed for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

...us and nuclear chromatin de-condensation - to stay assured about the competence of sperms leading to a healthy pregnancy." Misro claimed the new technology was unique and they were trying to patent it. "It would be of great help for sperm banks and clients going to fetch them. I think a man should test t...

Parents Boycott India School After HIV Kids Allowed Back

...ents turned up to attend class." Officials have assured parents that HIV is not transferred by sitting next to or touching an infected person, but suspicion remains. "I will not let my children attend classes with the HIV-positive children, come what may," an irate mother who had pulled her kids from th...

Successful Dads Have Not So Successful Daughters

Dads at the top of the pecking order can rest assured that their male offspring will take after them, but it's a very different story when it comes to the daughters, especially in the case of red deer. A new study on red deer has found that genes that may prove useful for their sons, may not have the...

IVF Tourism Marred by Ethical Differences in EU

...nt, so that IVF patients in every country could be assured of high-quality care....

Biotechnology Will Dominate The 21st Century

...ommittee will be able to work speedily. Shri Meena assured along with treating this field as a priority area with investments, priority would be given to proper risk assessment and appropriate measures to mitigate its adverse impacts. Before the presentation on living modified organisms- LMOs and Genetical...

Reddy Asks Stanford University to Open Hyderabad Campus

... principle to set up an institute in the state and assured to provide affordable healthcare to the poor, said a statement from the chief minister's office in Hyderabad. Satyam Computers' chairman B. Ramalinga Raju was also present. Under the MoU, Stanford University, one of the world's leading research a...

A Non-profit Drug Firms Injection to Fight Kala Azar Included in WHOs Model List

...ate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality and adequate information, and at a price the individual and the community can afford. Many international organizations, including UNICEF and the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), as well as other nongovernmental organizations and i...

WHO Intensifies Work on Safe Blood for Mothers

...if the testing is carried out according to quality assured procedures. Out of 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 28 countries have yet to establish national quality systems. Forty-one of 148 countries that provided data on screening for transfusion-transmissible infections were not able to screen the don...

South African Farmers Turn to Organic Farming

...ver the reasons for the shift, organic farmers are assured of a market for their output, with signs of South African, European and American importers all starting to vie for supply. Tired of being thrown low-grade fruit by producers who send the cream of their crop overseas, Pick 'n Pay is backing a scheme...

Delhi Hospital Medicos Calls Off Strike

...day after Delhi// Health Minister Yoganand Shastri assured them that their demand for security would be looked into. "We called off the protest after the health minister gave us a written assurance to provide better security as well as civic amenities," said Manish Nathani, vice president of the LNJP resid...

India Assures Help to Doctors of Indian Origin

The Indian government has assured assistance to doctors of Indian origin who are una...or doctors of Indian origin in Britain. Ramadoss assured BAPIO that the Indian government would provide assistance in finding appropriate jobs for doctors wh...

Patrons Of A Brisbane Restaurant Warned Of Hepatitis A

...ope Hutchinson, spokesperson for Queensland Health assured the people that the risk of infection is very low. Doctor Hutchinson also said that the infected person is not working in the restaurant anymore. Doctor also asserted that the health authorities have investigated the hotel and found them to be sat...

US Consulate to Start Hyderabad Operations Next Year

...ed land for setting up a permanent facility. Reddy assured to provide a suitable site for a permanent building keeping in mind available infrastructure and the required security. The state government has offered 10-acre sites near the Microsoft facility at Gacchibowli and near Wipro at Gopanpalli. US offi...

Too Much of Salt in Bread..

... Polson, the director of the Federation of Bakers, assured that the bakers had agreed to lessen salt levels further by 2010. Asda said it would meet the FSA's targets for salt in less than 12 months. "Although our members are happy to be working with the FSA on this issue, the reduction of salt in bread th...

The Philippine Government's Half-priced Medicine Program to Be Expanded

...edicine does not mean bad quality. The president assured that commonly used medicine such as those taken for colds and cough, hypertension and pulmonary diseases, will be sold at half-the-price of 2001 before her term ends in 2010. PRI...

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