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Lard, Have Mercy

...and very bad. Yet not only are today’s foods cheaper than ever, they are even more accessible than fresh fish, vegetables, whole grains and fruits- healthy foods of yore. People also work harder and play less. The poor often slump in front of the television after a hard day’s work, with a packet of che...

Drug Companies May Be Penalize For Overcharging NHS Tax Payers Money on Branded Drugs

...es are able to produce and sell copycat drugs much cheaper to the branded treatments. Branded companies argue that they need to make back returns on the hours and millions spent on research then trials before a drug can be successfully launched into the market. A reduction on profit margins could well hav...

Merck Cuts Price of Efavirenz for Developing Countries Again

...lly, it will make the branded version of efavirenz cheaper than a generic import in Thailand, where a compulsory license was recently issued to allow importation of efavirenz from India. For least developed countries and medium human development index countries with an adult HIV prevalence of 1% or more, ...

Need for Cost-effective Hearing Implants

...arket. Though its cost is a little high, yet it is cheaper than in other countries," said A.K. Lahiri, senior professor at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, at the function to mark the 1,000th cochlear implant surgery using the Australian device. Ash Adarkar, area manager south Asia of the Australian company, told ...

Scientists Boost Production of Cheap Malaria Drugs

...cial source of the compound. This could lead to cheaper drugs, as well as benefiting small-scale farmers w...ed new technologies to make extracting artemisinin cheaper and more environmentally friendly.The current process uses the solvent hexane, which is both highly ...

Bacteria Fighter Goes Where Antibiotics Can't

...s their prohibitive cost. Therefore, smaller means cheaper and in this case, more potent,” Mor said. Mor said the procedure might be used to create a variety of designer peptides that latch on different microbes, and that his lab will work on repeating the strategy with other peptide chains. The researcher...

Mercury can Kill

...ed mercury thermometer costs around Rs.100, though cheaper ones are available that are prone to breaking or l...tal thermometer costs around Rs.250, but there are cheaper models too. In a recent study, Toxics Link pointed out that mercury poisoning posed an occupationa...

Ranchi Hospital Gets the Nod to Perform Organ Transplantation

...nt would be around Rs.200,000, which would be much cheaper than the charges at other places," he said. The first kidney transplant at the hospital would be performed Tuesday, he added. Source-IANS...

Plastic Surgeons to the Rescue of Women

...es at an economical rate compared to the so called cheaper clinics. They also promise a follow up for entire ...st of the services amounts to ￡ 4250 which is much cheaper than the other clinics. YT...

Scientists Develop Antibodies from Plant Seeds

...that producing new antibodies from plants would be cheaper than using animals and that it would take another 10 years for this antibodies to be commercially available. SRI...

Madhya Pradesh Has India's Most Malnourished Kids

...costly' public healthcare are forcing tribals into cheaper 'options' like black magic and traditional cures. Superstition also contributes. 'If you want medical attention, you should bribe the doctor,' declared Madhuri Ben, leader of the Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan. 'Medicines meant for free distributi...

A Laboratory Filtration System Kills 100 Percent Of Dangerous Microbes In Water

...s in Environmental Pollution. The system--safer, cheaper and simpler to use than many other methods--breaks down a range of toxic chemicals. While the method cleans the water, it doesn't yet make the water drinkable. However, the method may eventually prove critical for limiting the spread of disease at di...

Now Vedic Mantras to Cure Diseases

...ssful then people would certainly get a better and cheaper treatment facility without any side-effects", said Ramdev Sharma, an Ayurvedic doctor. "The project is in a preliminary stage and will only take off in the next couple of months. We expect good results", Vinod Shastri of the University of Rajasthan...

Rajasthan Doctors to Prescribe Medicines by Generic Name

...eting expenses. "Generic medicines are sometimes cheaper than branded medicines, but the active ingredient ... here. The treatment could become 40-50 percent cheaper with the use of the generic medicines, a health department official noted. "Being a standard prod...

NRI Doctor's R&D Model in India to Slash Cost of Drugs

...e the monopoly of the big drug companies and bring cheaper drugs not only to poor countries but back to the UK," the newspaper reported. It added that Shaunak and Brocchini had linked up with an unnamed Indian biotech company, which will manufacture the first drug - for hepatitis C - if clinical trials in...

Scientists Come Up With A Powerful Weapon To Fight Drug Resistant Bacteria

...design as it would be both easier and economically cheaper to synthesize, less prone to resistance, and potentially modified to target a large range of bacterial and fungal infections. Source-Eurekalert PRI...

NHS Could Save 'Millions' Through Generic Drugs

... repeated its plea to doctors over prescription of cheaper drugs to fight cholesterol. NHS could save ￡85 millions in the coming year if GPs// prescribed cheaper cholesterol-busting statins. Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) can prescribe generic versions of the drug...

Poly-pill – A Single Drug For Multiple Complaint

...dicines into one pill will make it easier to take, cheaper and more effective in preventing strokes and heart attacks. According to World Heart Federation, the testing of the pill would first be done in Spain and then would be sold to markets like China, at a cost that is one-fifth of the presently availab...

Dr. Reddy's To Launch 'Polypill' For Treating Heart Disease

...ng and developed countries.' The new drug will be cheaper to administer and more effective in preventing strokes and heart attacks, said Anthony Rodgers, a researcher at Auckland University. The trial aims to confirm that the polypill is effective in lowering cholesterol and blood pressure - known causes ...

Tour Packages To Include Treatment And Check-up

...es in addition to a check-up or surgery, at a much cheaper price than what is presently offered by Bumrungrad Hospital, which is Thailand's most sought after medical services provider. The Bumrungrad International has recently procured a 40-percent share and also acquired the management of the 2year-old...

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