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Treaty With Japan may Legalize Dumping Toxic Waste in India

... expertise. Imports from Japan stand at about $4 billion a year. India has been one of the largest recipients of Japan's Overseas Development Assistance totalling about $1.2 billion. Activists here say that Japan, on the pretext of "expertise in recycling", is dumping its toxic waste into countries like ...

Bidi Workers Protest Against Using Skull and Crossbones Sign on Packets

...estimate that manufacturers have defaulted by Rs.1 billion in benefits due to workers and associated staff in the industry in these three districts alone. The federation has threatened an indefinite strike from June 1 if the government does not mediate and help bidi workers get their dues....

Majority of Herb Users Don't Follow Evidence-based Indications, Researchers Find

...anwhile, sales of herbal supplements reached $18.8 billion in 2003, up 100 percent from $8.8 billion in 1994. Those sales are subject to minimal federal regulations. Physicians are concerned, says Ad...

Studies Reveal Inappropriate Use Of Drug-Coated Stents

...of all stent sales by early 2006 and creating a $6 billion market. Yet studies reveal that off-label or untested use of drug-coated stents make up almost half of all uses of these devices for doctors treating blocked coronary arteries.However, even though the risk for complications is higher with off-labe...

Study Shows Continued Success for New HPV Vaccine Against Virus

...about seven percent are abnormal. We spend about 3 billion dollars each year to find and treat these pre-cancerous stages caused by some type of HPV." Researchers believe the vaccine will be effective in lowering a girl's lifetime risk of cervical cancer. To that end Merck launched the national "One Less" ...

Baby Aspirin Better for Your Health, University of Kentucky Study Says

... population in the United States, consume 10 to 20 billion aspirin tablets each year to protect their hearts from clots, which are the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. "Patients should check with their doctor to be sure, but there is almost no one who needs to take more than 81 mg of aspirin a d...

Biotechnology Will Dominate The 21st Century

...eds industries, the turnover has already crossed a billion mark and the growth rate is estimated as 40 per cent. Referring to the approval of transgenic crop Bt cotton and 20 recombinant therapeutic products in India, he said 62 hybrids of cotton have been approved for commercial cultivation across 9 cotton-...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...de. In 2006, Zyprexa, made by Eli Lilly, had $4.36 billion in sales, Risperdal $4.18 billion and Seroquel, made by AstraZeneca, $3.42 billion. Yet childhood bipolar disorder is an increasingl...

Anemia Drug Overused and Could Hasten Death in Some, Say Experts

...ription drugs in the United States. Last year, $10 billion worth was sold, an amount about half the value of the leading class, cholesterol-lowering drugs, whose sales were $21.6 billion, according to the market research firm IMS Health. What troubled the 17-member FDA advisory committee most was data from...

'Cocaine' Turns 'Censored' and Remains 'energy Drink'

...owing market for energy drinks worth more than 3.5 billion dollars in the United States alone. Redux claimed the drink had made inroads by taking market share from beverages including Red Bull, RockStar and Monster, which also are loaded with caffeine and other stimulants. But legal troubles for the fi...

Deforestation Plays a Critical Role in Climate Change: Study

...tivities. This will release an estimated 87 to 130 billion tonnes of carbon by 2100, which is greater than th...and found that tropical deforestation releases 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon each year into the atmosphere. The results showed that tropical forests continued...

Influenza Vaccine FluMist To Be Approved In Younger Children As Well

...lanning to self itself to UKs AstraZeneca for 15.6 billion dollars. AstraZeneca was behind MedImmune because it did not have its own flu vaccine business. Once the deal closes, MedImmune becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca. The vaccine FluMist has had more than its share of hurdles, such as t...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...50 percent over the same period, rising from $1.72 billion to $4.28 billion. The bulk of claims for PTSD compensation currently are coming from Vietnam War veterans who comprise the majority of living veterans, but claims also are being made by former service personnel of earlier conflicts as well as perso...

Saving Powers Of The Ocean On The Wane

...ased on estimates that humans have contributed 244 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide to Earth's atmosphere. Yet, one in a new generation of computer climate models that include the effects of Earth's carbon cycle indicates there are limits to the planet's ability to absorb increased emissions of carbo...

Quality Improvement Effort Pays Off in Diabetes Care

...abetes costs the U.S. health system an extra $22.9 billion a year in direct medical costs. Diabetic complications cost almost $10,000 per patient each year, concluded the author of that study, Willard Manning, PhD, a University of Chicago health economist. Multiple quality-improvement programs have been fo...

World Cities Join Hands to Combat Climate Change

... Bank, JPMorgan Chase and UBS to provide up to one billion dollars each to finance cities and private buildings to retrofit buildings. The amount to be provided by those five groups would double the market for energy retrofit in buildings. The five banks will work with energy efficiency specialists like Ha...

Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies

...alized four PSUs with an investment of over Rs. 10 billion and asked the hospitals under government, railways...ent hospitals in India purchase drugs worth Rs. 30 billion every year and their orders will certainly help the companies very well, said Satwant Reddy, secreta...

Naresh Trehan Removed from Escorts Hospital

...mier institute. He is now focussing on the Rs.10 billion Medicity, in which he is reported to have a personal stake. The healthcare hub, coming up along the lines of Dubai Health City, is expected to be the largest such centre in South Asia. However, Trehan continues to be a 10 percent shareholder in Es...

Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US

...nt. The U.S. sales of diabetes drugs reached $9.88 billion in 2005. Use is expected to increase by 8 percent to 10 percent each year, with patients more frequently using new drug combinations to reach target blood sugar levels, the Medco analysis of likely future prescription drug spending and utilization ...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

... to drop pounds often pushes people toward the $40 billion weight-loss industry, where they can get lost in the maze of programs and products that promise to melt away the extra fat. Overweight people are at high risk of dying from type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Obesity is now the No. 2 cause o...

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