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Surge in Cancer Incidence in Asia Feared

...e. China alone, with its booming economy and 1.3 billion people, is home to about one-fifth of the world's new cases, compared to about 13 percent in the U.S. and 26 percent in Europe. Heart disease remains the top killer in China, but cancer is a close second. Interestingly cancer deaths are slowly drop...

Bush Seeks Doubling of AIDS-fighting Funds

... Bush on Wednesday urged lawmakers to set aside 30 billion dollars over five years to fight AIDS worldwide , ...ncy Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has 15 billion dollars and is due to expire in September 2008. "The generosity of the American people is one of t...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

...blic about. 'At least one-third of the world-two billion people-is infected with TB. Here in the U.S. we barely hear about these diseases ... we're [just] starting to feel their impact,' says Dr. Kanti. Tuberculosis has been dubbed 'Captain of the Men of Death,' an apt sobriquet as the disease kills two ...

India Main Source of Counterfeit Medicines Seized in Europe

... arrives at the Hamburg port. An estimated $200 billion worth of counterfeit goods are floating around the world. Close cooperation between customs in the EU has inevitably played a role in the increase in seizures made during 2006. A good example of the fruitful results of this cooperation is the s...

Long Island Seniors Rally for Rx Affordable Prescription Drugs and Cell Phone Protections

...eptable". Pharmaceutical companies spend over $7 billion a year on gifts, such as meals, trips and entertainment, to doctors to persuade them to prescribe newer and, in many cases, more expensive drugs when generic and less expensive alternatives are just as effective. According to a report in the April 20...

G8 Members To Announce Plans To Increase HIV/AIDS Spending at Summit

...ng for HIV/AIDS efforts will increase to about $10 billion in 2007 from about $8.9 billion last year. The agency said that $18.1 billion is needed to fight HIV/AIDS this year, and it estimate...

Astrazeneca's Investigational Cancer Therapies Revealed at ASCO

...ceutical companies with healthcare sales of $26.47 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal...ndex.In the United States, AstraZeneca is a $12.44 billion healthcare business with more than 12,000 employees. For nearly three decades, AstraZeneca has off...

Mylan Wins Its Amlodipine Case With Pfizer

...ablets, which had U.S. sales of approximately $2.7 billion for the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2006, according to IMS Health. Mylan Laboratories Inc. is a leading pharmaceutical company with three principal subsidiaries, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Technologies Inc. and UDL Laboratories Inc., and...

Study Finds No Correlation Between Number of Pills and Adherence to It

...cal problem in the U.S., costing an estimated $100 billion a year.(I) Previous studies have found that issues contributing to poor adherence to medication are multifactorial.(II) According to the study's lead author, Diana Brixner, Ph.D., University of Utah Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center, these new...

Taiwan Skincare Empire Built on 'Natural Beauty'

...a company spokesperson, NB's revenues totalled 1.6 billion Taiwan dollars (48 million US), 62 percent from China and 37 percent from Taiwan. A true pioneer of the beauty industry in Taiwan, Tsai was the first beautician here to dispense advice, through newspaper columns and appearances on radio and televis...

Largest Ever Study of Genetics Behind Common Diseases Published

...7,000 people across the UK, and analysed almost 10 billion pieces of genetic information. "Many of the most common diseases are very complex, part 'nature' and 'nurture', with genes interacting with our environment and lifestyles," says Professor Peter Donnelly, Chair of the Consortium, who is based at the...

Germany Pledges 5.4 Billion Dollars for AIDS Fund

Germany will give four billion euros (5.4 billion dollars) over the next eight years to the global fight against AIDS, its development minister said i...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

...productivity due to depression is estimated at $83 billion a year....

Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

...nce. It also cost the US government a loss of $150 billion in lost productivity. The research indicates that workplace stress causes about 1 million Americans to miss work each day, and that 75 per cent of employees who seek care see substantial improvement in work performance. Ben Willmott, CIPD employee ...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...ts and medicines has the potential to reach Rs.120 billion by 2012 from the current Rs.30 billion with the creation of exclusive export promotion zones (EPZ) across India, says a study. Herbal p...

Titan may Produce Glucose Watches Soon

...edicine. In 2005, the US Government spent nearly 1 billion dollars on nanotechnology initiative strategic plan. The sensors could be of single-walled carbon nanotubes tiny cylinders made from single sheets of carbon. Robust, nanotubes don't degrade under high temperatures. For this reason, they have long...

AIDS Incidence in India Far Lower Than Previously Estimated New Study

...ni Ramadoss noted that the country was spending $2 billion to fight the disease and had 75,000 people on free antiretroviral treatment so far, 2,000 centers giving sex education and condoms to sex workers and clients, and 3,600 free testing centers. Indian government workers hand out condoms outside porn t...

Flush Water Pipes to Reduce Lead Contamination Risk, Schools Told

...ome residents do so. Lead levels of 10 parts per billion are considered acceptable. Of the 160 homes the city voluntarily tested, 7.5 per cent exceeded the recommended level, with all but one of the elevated readings in the teens. But those tests have also been criticized because they were done on househol...

FAO Says Biofuels Threatening Food Security

... world cereal production is expected to exceed two billion tonnes, six percent more than 2006, but will barely meet demand, it said. The FAO Genetic Resource Commission during their June 11-15 meeting is scheduled to discuss the state of animal, vegetable and aquatic genetics and develop long-term strategi...

India Has a Million Less AIDS Cases Than Believed: Study

...bumani Ramadoss said the government is spending $2 billion to fight the disease. "India is glaringly not in a denial phase," Ramadoss said, adding that he was grateful for the pressure from critics because it had forced the country to move faster. "We need to work with the Global Fund, not contradict each ...

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