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Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits

...d forces free from the scourge and keep it fit for combat at all times," Singh said on the sidelines of a na...prone areas like the northeast and border areas to combat the disease. --IANS...

Self-Applied Acupressure May Reduce Sleepiness And Increase Alertness During Class Hours

...wake in class. Researchers have now found a way to combat the sleepiness // and to keep students awake during class, and it doesn't have anything to do with caffeine or high-sugar snacks. Students can increase alertness by applying acupressure at stimulation points to keep themselves active. Students in a...

AIDS Generic Drugs Approved by FDA for Sale in US

...in combination with other anti-retroviral drugs to combat HIV infection. Generic drugs of Zidovudine was not available in US market due to strict patent laws, so the people can use only branded Zidovudine drugs, as branded drugs are very costly, treatment using AZT has been very costly in the US. Due to exp...

Abdul Kalam Confident of AIDS vaccine on Indian market soon

...accine” . India today has produced cheap drugs to combat AIDS that is now being exported around the globe and the AIDS vaccine will be the next major research initiative that will help not only India but also other developing countries. India is now recognized for its advance research programme and many ge...

Scientists Find Way To Stop Infection Of Implants

... developing stable, bacteria-resistant implants to combat infection. Infections associated with orthopedic implants are one of the major causes of implant failure. If bacteria grow on an implant, it can't knit properly with bone. The researchers report their results in the current issue of the journal Che...

A Vaccine for the impending pandemic Avian Influenza

...be a strong resolve in the scientific community to combat this impending and much dreaded pandemic. ...

A new anti diabetic drug on the anvil

... vascular complications, new drugs are required to combat it. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has recently filed for Phase I clinical trials for GRC 8200, its leading DPP-IV inhibitor compound, with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency [MHRA] in the U.K. The dipeptidylpeptidase IV [DPP-IV] targ...

Amoxicillin use in infancy linked to dental fluorosis in later life

...bility of administering antibiotics to children to combat minor infections has always been a contentious poi... These researchers found that using amoxicillin to combat infant ear infections caused sever damage to the developing permanent teeth. Overall, they tracked 5...

Complete Robotic Surgery To Revolutionize Surgical Treatment of Prostate Cancer

...y towards developing new treatment options to help combat this threatening disease. Radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, brachythearpy and cryosurgery are some of the treatment options available in the current clinical scenario. Erectile dysfunction and Urinary incontinence are the most ...

Strategies to prevent the rising tide of the epidemic of chronic diseases

...article talks at length about the interventions to combat the rising tide of the burden of chronic diseases, suggesting comprehensive strategy to integrate actions, minimizing exposure to risk factors at the population level, and reduce risk in individuals at high risk, and also complains that “the health s...

Speed up bird flu vaccine, Bush tells experts

...to speed up the process of developing a vaccine to combat the same. // Representatives of more than 80 countries and international organizations met in Washington on Thursday to discuss ways to prevent bird flu pandemic. Health officials including those from the World Health Organization (WHO) have raised...

People seek reassurance in facemasks following threats of bird flu epidemic

...be a strong resolve in the scientific community to combat this impending and much // dreaded pandemic. Concern about bird flu has risen since October 5 when scientists from the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported finding similarities between the bird flu strain in Asia, c...

Calls to combat deafness after chemotherapy

...ent cisplatin, which has been successfully used to combat a variety of cancers in adults as well as children. Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy, which has successfully cured 30 percent of cancers in children and about 25 percent of adult cancers. But it has a major flaw in that it causes tinnitus o...

Malaria To Be Tackled By Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

...ld soon be released into the wild in an attempt to combat malaria that is currently responsible for thousands of deaths every year in India. A similar attempt was made in India in 1970s and had collapsed following accusation of biological warfare. Andrea Crisanti, the research leader writing an article i...

Resilin Protein from Flea can be used for cardiovascular disease

...restoring elasticity to arteries could potentially combat two forms of cardiovascular disease and expressed that though the research is in infant stage, but exploring the elasticity property from flea can benefit humans. Professor Greenhalgh said drug therapies, such as using non-steroidal anti-inflammato...

Non-Communicable Diseases Mounting Up At An Alarming Rate in India

...vernment would soon launch a national programme to combat ailments like diabetes and stroke. Proposals have also been considered towards launching a national programme for speech and hearing therapies. The Central Government is expected to table a Bill for establishing a National Disaster Management Cell (...

Novel Strategy To Combat Alzheimer’s Disease

... the search for more efficient combined weapons to combat AD. Drug discovery paradigm is now shifting from one-drug–one-target strategy to one-drug-multiple-targets strategy. The diverse targets can be hit not only by multiple components but also by one compound or even by a single pharmacophore. To hit th...

Promotion Of Medical Research In India Is The Need Of The Hour: ICMR

... to improve production of anti-viral drugs to help combat diseases like avian bird flu....

A New Initiative To Fight Childhood Obesity

In a novel initiative to combat the spread of childhood obesity, The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative// of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Nickelodeon's award-winn...

Mizoram Prepares To Combat Bird Flu

...ther birds from its neighboring country Myanmar to combat the ongoing was against Bird flu in India. // Mizoram has a long (404-kms) international border with Myanmar and there is frequently trade between the locals across the border. Mr. C Sangnghina, The Director of State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary ...

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