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Measles Strikes North Korea

...has been hit by measles//. This disease has so far claimed four lives and at least three thousand people are said to be affected by this illness. The outbreak began in November 2006 and around thirty counties are reported to be suffering from this infection. There is a steady increase of fresh cases pointi...

Leading Polio Activist Doctor in Pakistan Killed

...als, referred to as Pakistani Taliban.No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, but local tribal militants are suspected to be behind the attack. Source-IANS...

Wyeth Pharma Wins Law Suit

...to lessen the menopausal symptoms in women. Rush claimed that she had taken premarin and premro believing in the cardiovascular benefits of the drug. Meanwhile the Women's Health Initiative by the National Institutes of Health is keen to probe the cardiovascular benefits of these drugs. Incidentally Wyeth ...

Enzyme Critical for Early Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

...sms kill about 15,000 Americans each year and have claimed the lives of such notables as Albert Einstein and Lucille Ball. The condition often goes undiagnosed because small aneurysms rarely cause symptoms. Typically, they are discovered by accident when patients have an X-ray or ultrasound for another medic...

Lack Of Sleep May Affect Brain Cells

...normal level of production of new cells. They also claimed that even after the sleep pattern was restored the cell production could not be restored back. But the scientists are still working on the reasons for lack of cell production –whether it is no sleep totally or if a little nap could have a different...

British Doctor of Indian Origin Saves Bihar Woman's Life

... A botched up family planning operation would have claimed one more woman's life in Bihar if a visiting British doctor of Indian origin// wasn't there to perform a lifesaving surgery. London-based doctor Ashok Vardhan's visit to Purnea district, 300 km from here, was a boon for Vijayanti Devi, who was coma...

AIIMS Official Files Complaint Against Venugopal

...onfronted by another group of about 4-5 people who claimed their proximity to the AIIMS director. They abused and threatened me for going against Venugopal's wishes. One of them hit me from the back... "On Monday, when I reached my office I was again restrained by the security guard in the presence of sev...

New Brain Cells Love to Learn: Study

...e, according to the researchers. The researchers claimed the study is the first to provide positive evidence that newly generated brain cells are more active than old ones. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that the adult brain needs a steady addition of new cells to maintain its mental fac...

A Young Girl Loses Her Leg Due to Surgeon’s Carelessnes

...h the leg was minor, he added. However, a doctor claimed the girl's arm and leg on the right side were affected by cerebral palsy. "We did what was essentially required," said S.L. Gupta, the surgeon who operated on the girl. Laxmipriya was operated in a free polio operative camp organised jointly by t...

Trans-fat Foods to Vacate Room from the World’s Leading Hotelier

...ision announced Thursday, Marriott International claimed the complete elimination of all trans-fat containing foods from its menu throughout all its 2300// hotels. The company had already declared its hotels smoke-free last year and had since phased out trans-fats; partially hydrogenated oils that are kn...

Women - More Likely to Die of Genital Nonmelanoma

...ed over a 32-year period from NMSCs, genital NMSCs claimed the lives of nearly 30,000 men and women. Of the nearly 30,000 deaths attributed to genital NMSC, women were three times more likely to die of this type of cancer than men – with 22,000 deaths occurring in women compared to 8,000 deaths in men. “A...

Researchers Make Strides in VCJD Detection

... numbers of brain cells. The disease has so far claimed the lives of 158 people in Britain, and seven more are known to be infected. But many scientists believe that thousands more may be harboring the disease but have yet to develop symptoms. Prion diseases are caused when abnormal forms of natural pro...

Operations Put Off Due to Dearth of Clean Equipments

...n them. Meanwhile Department of Health spokesman claimed that the number of cancelled surgeries has dramatically come down and 99% of operations have been carried out as per schedule. JYT...

Dengue Fever Hits Indonesia, 75 Dead

...n over 18,900 people were infected and the disease claimed 192 lives, said Erna Tresnaningsih, a health ministry official. The ministry had taken several measures to reduce the rate of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease that spreads during the rainy season through the aedes aegepti mosquito, she sa...

Drop Patent Petition, Activists Ask Novartis

...January 2006. The application was rejected as it claimed Gleevec to be only a new form of an old drug and not an invention. Unni Karunakara, medical director of the Medicins Sans Frontieres, a Netherlands-headquartered organisation, said that India is the main supplier of essential medicines for developi...

To Russia With Love-Bird Flu Strikes

...rom it. The deadly strain of bird flu, H5N1, has claimed dozens of human lives since it first appeared in Asia in 2003, and it has since spread worldwide. Scientists fear the virus could mutate into a form transmissible between humans, sparking a global pandemic, alike the Spanish Flu in 1918 that killed...

Dengue Claims 13 Lives In Malaysia This Month

Dengue fever has claimed 13 lives in barely one month in Malaysia this year, a senior health official said Wednesday//. Deputy Health Director-General Ramlee Rahma said five more dengue fever deaths were reported in Selangor state in the third week of this year, bringing t...

Seoul Lab Clones Poodle

...5 under the stewardship of Hwang, who fraudulently claimed to have established patient-specific stem cells. After the stem cells proved to be hoaxes early last year, all of his work came under suspicion but several tests vindicated Snuppy, which was found to be the real deal. In addition to Snuppy, the ...

Scientists Develop Antibodies from Plant Seeds

...chers from Ghent University of Belgium, on Tuesday claimed that they have successfully produced antibodies using plant seeds. // According to the reports, the Belgium scientists have used seeds of a plant called thale cress (also called mouse-ear cress) to produce antibodies against the Hepatitis A Virus. ...

Plum School Students Set the Trend in Healthy Eating

...ture have designed the additive and the product is claimed to maintain the pleasing texture of food while cutting down calories. The school becomes the first in the nation to use alternative food additives that help promote healthy food habits among children. Says Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman ,"A co...

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