Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns
... clout of the industry with its lobbying, campaign contributions and specials events, Ibrahim said. One tactic also involves the industry producing its own ineffective campaigns in order to portray state programs as duplicative and a waste of public dollars. Campaigns designed by the tobacco companies patronize ...Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception
...ed into a computer model to determine the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences on sour taste sensitivity. The models estimated that genes played a more important role than environment in determining individual differences in sour taste sensitivity, accounting for 53 percent of the vari...Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients
...ional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc. The rate of cases of colitis (colon inflammation) caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile more than doubled among patients hospitalized in the United States between 1993 and 2003...Rare Womens Lung Disease May Yield Insights Into Common Diseases
...to recognize a women scientist or engineer for her contributions to womens health and encourage women to work on issues uniquely related to womens health. Henske is an oncologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Her work focuses on the genetic and cellular mechanisms leading to two diseases no...Taking Animals Out of Laboratory Research
...ervedly earned an international reputation for its contributions to the development and validation of non-animal procedures to replace animal tests on chemicals and products of various kinds. The new facility will enable our work to reach out in new directions, so that we will be able to maintain our position at t...Lets Care For Our Physicians A Salute to Them on Doctors Day!
...ant healthcare hub. India has made significant contributions in many medical specialties - cardiac care, orthopedic surgeries, cosmetic surgery, and dentistry, to name a few. Our eminent surgeons have performed successful surgeries on complex cases. Patients from neighboring countries have made a beeline to ou...Prof Samir K Brahmachari, Dr MRS Rao Jointly Win Bio-medical Research Award
...s the country to be honoured for their outstanding contributions in research work for 2004-2005. The awards will be presented by Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss later this week. Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Director Dr. Brahmachari is renowned for his contribution in molecular genetics...Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award
... citizens of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups, their ancestral countries and to the US. Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Eapen did his schooling at the Sainik School here. He got his medical degree from the Trivandrum Medical College in 1976 and paediatric training a...American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study
...able information we have is a direct result of the contributions of dedicated individuals over several generations, said Dr. Calle. We are once again looking to the dedication, compassion, and generosity of Americans to come through and help us provide answers that we know will save lives and improve the outlook f...Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence
...htingale, and is a glowing tribute to her valuable contributions to healthcare. To commemorate the day, The International Council of Nurses has released a complete kit that serves as a ready reckoner with educative and public information materials. Most importantly the kit underlines the significant contribution m...Number of Children Hospitalized With Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise: Research
...iminishes the quality of life and capacity to make contributions to the social capital that propels a nation such as ours for vast numbers of our nations children and young adults. One of the most troubling complications of childhood obesity is that it is pushing way up the numbers of children and young adults ...Yoga Session at North Carolina State University
...streets or castes instead of acknowledging Hindu's contributions to the world, such as yoga," said Nikunj Trivedi, 28, a Rutgers University MBA student who serves as president of the national organisation. A couple of weeks ago, graduating students of the University of Nevada were blessed with verses from the Bh...New TB Vaccines in Could Protect Against All Drug Resistant Strains
... modified BCG vaccine. Despite the very generous contributions from the Gates Foundation and others, considerably more funding is needed to create a vaccine and bring it to market, Dr. Sadoff said. The Global Plan to Stop TB puts the research and development costs of new vaccines, in 2006-20015, at $2.08 billi...Low Levels of Testosterone may Increase the Risk of Death in Older Men
... this would not be possible without the remarkable contributions of our loyal participants. They are really very special people."...Germany Pledges 5.4 Billion Dollars for AIDS Fund
...mmit communique. And she also promised more German contributions to a global fund for the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. US President George W. Bush asked lawmakers last week to set aside 30 billion dollars over five years to fight AIDS worldwide, doubling the funding for his President's Emergency...Autism Society of America Gives Top Honor to Treatment Pioneer in Phoenix
...-14 in Phoenix. The award recognizes significant contributions made by a psychologist, psychiatrist or other physician, educator, speech-language therapist, social worker, occupational therapist or researcher in the autism field. CARD, which earlier this year opened its newest office in Phoenix, is one of the wo...Life After Death: Organ Donation
...tworking) Foundation to felicitate the commendable contributions of a few selfless families who made life possible for a hapless few. The function was graced by the presence of the governor, Dr. Surjit Singh Barnala, and a few other dignitaries. Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing trustee of MOHAN Foundation, deliver...American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study
...able information we have is a direct result of the contributions of dedicated individuals over several generations,” said Dr. Calle. “We are once again looking to the dedication, compassion, and generosity of Americans to come through and help us provide answers that we know will save lives and improve the outlook...Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award
... citizens of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups, their ancestral countries and to the US. Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Eapen did his schooling at the Sainik School here. He got his medical degree from the Trivandrum Medical College in 1976 and paediatric training a......given more than $630 million in political campaign contributions since 2000, with nearly three-quarters of that money going to Republicans. Predictably the Bush administration has promised to address their concerns. Source-Medinda GPL/V...