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Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...national and international journals. This annual awards is Asia's version of the Nobel Prize. It will be presented to six winners from Thailand, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Laos and Bangladesh on August 31.She did her MD in OG and specialised as cancer specialist at Cancer Institute. Muthulakshmi Re...

Aussie Nobel Prize Winners Receive Their Awards

...an Nobel Prize winners for medicine received their awards from the King of Sweden in a glitzy ceremony at Stockholm yesterday. // The Nobel Committe was unequivocal in praising the team for their belief in their concept. Professor Marshall and Dr Warren were of the opinion that stomach ulcers are caused ...

Catherine Zeta wants to give up nicotine cravings

...she had recently demanded she be flown to a recent awards bash by private jet, so she could enjoy a cigarette while flying. (Source:ANI)...

US Academy honors 15 for major contributions to science

...Sciences (NAS) has chosen 15 scientists to receive awards for their outstanding scientific achievements. The awards will be presented on April 23 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., // during the Academy's 143rd annua...

New Treat And Teach Program To Modernize Dental Services in Scotland

... above-mentioned strategy. The provision of cash awards to dentists is anticipated to improve the health care access for patients under the national health services in the opinion of Lewis Macdonald, Deputy Health Minister. Furthermore, it would help in the revamping of the NHS boards and relocation of t...

Free HIV Tests Brings Crowd to the Testing Centers

...es, part of the National Institutes of Health; and awards from the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program to Nathan Thielman and Helen Chu. The researchers said that by providing free HIV tests and by testing a large number of people it is easy to make HIV prevention more cost-effective. The Duke ...

Free HIV Tests far more cost effective than small fee

...es, part of the National Institutes of Health. The awards were from the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program to Nathan Thielman and Helen Chu. Thielman, an associate professor of infectious diseases and medicine at Duke University Medical Centre said, "I think there is an important policy message he...

Oscar Winners Live Longer Than Co-Competitors

A new study has found that awards and accomplishments could have a profound impact on the survival rate of an individual. Oscar winners have been on an average found to live for four years longer // than nominees who had lost the race and went home and empty-handed. The interesting...

John Mendelsohn M.D, chosen for an International Award

...t the Tel Aviv University distributed these annual awards which consist of three prizes of $1 million each to laureates chosen in areas where the contribution is immense and path breaking. "It is a tremendous honor to be awarded the Dan David Prize," Mendelsohn says. "It's especially gratifying to be honore...

Oral Human Insulin to Soon Go on Trial

...ai by Madras Diabetes Research Foundation(MDRF) on awards for innovation and R&D.// There are close to 34 million diabetics in India and any research related to diabetes should always bear this in mind and develop products accordingly. Ms.Shaw said” “India has a tremendous potential to leverage her intel...

Prestigious Gairdner Awards for medical research in 2006 Goes To Two Yale biologists

...International Awards, 2006, among the most coveted awards in science, for their exemplary// research on RNAs, cell motility and hormones. The awards will be presented on October 26, in Toronto. John Dirks, president of the Gairdner Foundation said...

Vioxx Not Safe Even For Short Term Use

...lawsuits. The company has been hit with three jury awards totaling $298.3 million, two of which involved short-term use of the painkiller. It is also associated with the death of a man who took the drug for a period of 30 days. Linda Levesque, assistant professor of epidemiology at Queen's University in ...

Inventor of DNA fingerprinting Wins Accolades

...rize for Medicine in 2004. Amongst a host of other awards are a number of honorary degrees and the Freedom of the City of Leicester. Sir Alec studied biochemistry and received his PhD in 1975 at Oxford University. He then joined the laboratory of Piet Borst for a post-doctoral research at the Department ...

‘Gourmand World Cookbook Award' won by British India

...n the running for this year's prestigious Gourmand awards and were judged by a panel of high profile judges. To be a 'best in the world' cookbook, usually entails a strong author, excellent publishing standards and user-friendliness//. 'So the best books have a balance between the author(s), publisher a...

Tooth Deccay is Still The Most Common Human Disease

...ivities. After some Australian entertainment, many awards and fellowships, including the 2006 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards (goldenrod section), will be presented. Refreshments at the Welcome Reception are generously sponsored by Oral-B. (For more information on awards, please see the green section of...

Health Minister Ramadoss Honoured for his Exemplary Work

...he 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, the awards recognised outstanding worldwide achievement in the field of tobacco control in five categories -- Distinguished Career Award, Exemplary Leadership by a Government Ministry, Outstanding Individual Leadership, Outstanding Organisation, and Outstanding...

SNM recognizes exemplary contributors in nuclear medicine

... A number of individuals received recognition and awards during SNM’s 53rd Annual Meeting June 3–7 in San Diego Source :EurekaAlert...

Chennai Students Protest Against Aamir Khan for Endorsing Coke

...ndorsing the cola. The protest took place at an awards ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of G...at the function. "We do not want to disrupt the awards ceremony. We wish to not just mourn the dead but also fight for the living," a student said. "Coca...

A sty in Actress Konkona Sharma Disrupts the Shooting of Bi- Lingual movie 'Sunglass'

... for the Dada Saheb Phalke award, Ritu thinks that awards stopped mattering to her long ago. "Once she retired from cinema she was completely out of it. It doesn't matter to her whether she got it earlier or now. We're very happy for her. We're all proud of her." With speculations ripe about whether she...

Teachers are Creators of Enlightened Citizens in the Country- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

... in integrated/inclusive education in schools. The awards carry a medal, certificate and Rs. 25000/- as cash award. Shri M.A.A. Fatmi, MOS, HRD, Smt. D. Purandeswari, MOS, HRD and Secretary, School Education & Literacy also graced the occasion. <B...

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