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Distinguished Scientist Award Conferred on Manchester Dentist

...ibution in the field of public health and was even awarded an OBE around six months ago....

$2.4 Million Grant To Unravel The Mystery Of Language Recognition.

...the University of California, Irvine, was recently awarded a grant by The National Institute of //Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) which is part of The National Institute of Health ($2.4 million for 5 years). This will help in his research to understand how the brain converts sound waves ...

Skin Cancer Research To Go Global

...enomel consortium based in Leeds, England has been awarded a fund of ￡7 million. Dermatologist Professor Julia Newton-Bishop will lead the teams from around the world. All these teams are working on the genetics of melanoma and are engaged in identifying the risks for the same. The substantial fund has been ...

Visually impaired prefer specially enhanced TV

...by Peli and his colleagues. DigiVision, Inc. was awarded a "Connect 2005 Most Innovative New Product Award" for their Video Enhancement Cable. Though not part of the study results, Peli says that people with normal sight who have been exposed to these enhanced videos do not see them as interfering with t...

Dealing With Stress Results In Better Academic Performance

... skills. This has a direct bearing upon the grades awarded by the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) to 10th graders. Lower grades were on the other hand found to be directly related to aggressive and disruptive behavior, attention problems, and the negative example set by peers, in addition ...

Woodruff Foundation Grant To Support Doctorate Of Nursing Practice Program

...re students, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation has awarded // $995,000 to the Medical College of Georgia Scho... Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, has been awarded $500,000 through the same grant. By offering distance-training options, the partnership will allow E...

International Conference On Malaria - 'Laveran To Genomics'

...by Charles Louis Alphones Laveran for which he was awarded the Noble Prize in 1907.// The inauguration meeting was attended by various scientists, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister of state Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi and other delegates. The theme of the international conferen...

Judgment In Favor Of Merck For Vioxx Drug

...aid that Carol Ernst, Mr. Ernst’s widow, should be awarded $ 253.5 million which was later cut to $26 million. Over 5 years, about 20 million people worldwide took Vioxx before Merck stopped selling the drug in September 2004, after a clinical trial found irrefutable evidence that Vioxx had heart risks compa...

Merck to pay $ 253.5 million to Vioxx victim family

... that Carol Ernst, Mr. Ernst’s widow, // should be awarded $ 253.5 million. Over 5 years, about 20 million people worldwide took Vioxx before Merck stopped selling the drug in September 2004, after a clinical trial found irrefutable evidence that Vioxx had heart risks compared with a placebo. Mrs. Ernst’...

Nobel Prize for Medicine

...ert Howvitz and John. E. Sulston have been jointly awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. The prize has been awarded by the Nobel assembly at Karolinksa Institute for 2002 for their discoveries concerning genetic regu...

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...ners of the Ramon Magsaysay awards. Dr.Shanta was awarded the prize for public service and her "untiring lea...tudy and treatment of cancer// in India." She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1986. She has also won a number of national and international awards. On hearing a...

Protein in eye fights diseases

...tudy, the Schepens Eye Research Institute team was awarded a $330,000 grant by the Wadsworth Foundation to explore new therapies for multiple sclerosis....

Nobel laureates in chemistry

...ch Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. They were awarded the Prize for their development of catalytic asymmetric synthesis. The Laureates have developed chiral catalysts for two important classes of reactions in organic chemistry: hydrogenations and oxidations. The achievements are of great importance for ...

Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient

...e State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs. 3,00,000 to Chandrakala’s relatives who the Commission said died due to medical negligence and lack of proper post-operative care. Dr Sathy M.Pillai and Dr K G Madhavan Pillai of Samad Hospital, Attingal, have been ordered to p...

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