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Ostracized AIDS Patient Commits Suicide in Bihar

...en border with Nepal were some of the factors that contributed to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar. The unofficial figures are much higher with some saying that there are over 40,000 HIV positive cases and over 100 people have died of AIDS. There are 5.2 million HIV/AIDS cases in the country. (Source:...

HPV Vaccine Effective Against Cervical Cancer

...lular, molecular and immunologic technologies have contributed to the discovery of the link between HPV and cervical cancer. Two types, HPV 16 and HPV 18 account for the development of 70% of all cervical cancer cases. Other types of HPV cause other types of cancers, including some vulvar and vaginal cancers in ...

Older Adults could be Benefited from Chinese Martial-Arts

...gth and stance width, a subset of participants who contributed responses in the qualitative study provided dramatic evidence of how Tai Chi and Qigong practice had also enhanced their lives from a mental, emotional and spiritual perspective. ‘Seniors said, 'Now I can put my socks and jeans on just like I alway...

Advantage India: Growth Pills Abound For Pharma Companies

...the span of a week. Merck's patent for Zocor that contributed USD 4.4 billion in the company's 2005 sales expired on June 23, while Pfizer loses its patent for Zoloft, which totalled USD 3.3 billion in 2005 sales, on June 30. When a company loses its exclusive patent for a branded drug, market opens to a host ...

Effect of ADHD Drugs on the Brain - Study Finds

...enhance cognitive ability. Other researchers who contributed to the study include UW-Madison co-authors David Devilbiss, Matthew Andrzejewski, Ann Kelley, Brooke Schmeichel, Christina Hamilton and Robert Spencer, and Yale Medical School researcher Amy Arnsten. (Source: Eurekalert)...

Bihar Legislators Join Hands to Fight Against AIDS

...pen border with Nepal are some of the factors that contributed to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar. However, unconfirmed sources say that HIV positive cases in the state are not fewer than 40,000 and over 100 people have died from AIDS. According to official figures, there were just 192 cases in 2001 bu...

Grumpy Women: Society Not Hormones At Fault

...s health, Prof Ussher said that, the medical world contributed to the creation of the 'myth' that menopausal women required hormone replacement therapy to check their 'psychological turmoil'. "The rates of depression in women actually fall with age, with only seven per cent of women aged 45-54 experiencing dep...

Outbreak of Malaria to Lead to Loss in Tourist Industry

...ally easy because of the geography of the area has contributed to the outbreak of this disease. Director of Public Health, Dr Baldwin Carey has however categorically denied the claim that anyone with malaria had died. Nonetheless, residents are alarmed over the emergence of this potentially deadly disease that...

Gauging efficacy of SSRI class of anti-depressants

...rtainly suggest that the introduction of SSRIs has contributed to reduction of suicide rates in the United States. However, the findings do not preclude the possibility of increased risk of suicide among small populations of individuals.” He further added,” Much of the psychiatric community fears that the abse...

Coca Cola To Enhance Production Of Diet Coke

...g a 58 per cent market share. The softdrink Fanta, contributed 40 per cent of the total sales of the company, with a huge demand for the drink in Tamil Nadu, he said. Coca Cola also topped in the orange flavoured category, with a market share of 45 per cent, he added. (Source:PTI News)...

Tamil Nadu Emerging As Model State In Public Health Care: Governor

...on and research institutes and health care centres contributed to the success of the health care industry in the state. The cost of health care had come down considerably and the quality and commitment of our doctors had gained recognition worldwide,' he said. In this context, he said 16 patients from Guyana ha...

Treatment of Bacterial Infection Paves the Way to Treat CF Infection

...al Laboratory (ANL) provided one of the clues that contributed to the HMS discovery. Working through a number of pathogenic proteins, ANL protein crystallographer Marianne Cuff saw a bagel-shaped pore that might be involved in transferring toxins into cells. She deposited the structure of the protein, called H...

United Nations draws flak Due to Lukewarm AIDS Prevention Measures

... individuals in charge of prevention programs, has contributed to the slackened pace of improvements. Conservatives have always had difference of opinion with the so called preventive programs. In their opinion, there is often undue emphasis on condoms, rather than on the principles of fidelity and abstinence....

Number of Children, Teens Being Treated for Mental Disorders is on Rise

...chotics with fewer side effects in adults may have contributed to the increase. In addition, fewer inpatient care options are available for children with mental illnesses, requiring physicians to treat more seriously ill children in an outpatient setting. These severely ill patients are more likely to require po...

To Ape or Not To Ape? Bridging Missing Links in Medical Research

...cientists opine that specific primate research has contributed in great measure towards protecting human health. Having said that, it is also evident that after decades of experiments on primates, scientists have not made path breaking strides in certain human diseases like HIV or AIDS, Sudden Infant Death Sy...

Viagra vitalizes sex life of diabetic women

...oris, it was found that Viagra and not the placebo contributed to an increase in the sexual pleasure....

Nepali Rhesus May be Used as an Alternate for HIV/AIDS Research

...ical and behavioral research. Rhesus macaques have contributed to the discovery of vaccines to prevent diseases such as polio and yellow fever, and represent one of the most widely used primate models for AIDS-related research. India, however, banned the export of all macaques in 1978, thus leading to the curren...

Consultant Bungles A Kidney Surgery

...tors; including confusion on the theatre list that contributed to the wrong organ being removed the panel was told, but, Ms Barnfather added that the mistake would never have been made if Dr Blanchard had been carrying out his own duties with regard to getting an informed consent. It was explained that althoug...

From Excitement To Health - Coke To Serve All

...beverages but says no to snacks, a factor that has contributed to good showing by its competitor. ‘We are currently an impulse driven brand, focussed around excitement. Now we would like to enlarge this and appeal on health factors as well,’ Singh said. On the timing of the new launches, he said it could be ...

Importance of Gene in Eye Development

...ctually test our hypothesis. ‘Other authors that contributed to the study are members of the UNC Neuroscience Center and department of genetics: Dr. Olena Taranova, a former UNC graduate student in neurobiology, now a postdoctoral scientist in the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Scott T. Magnes...

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