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Device For Improving Bone Mass In Osteoporosis

...al, although the machine will be marketed in other countries by the end of this year. Harvard Women’s Health Watch cautions that even if the device becomes available in the United State, you shouldn’t put away your walking shoes—exercise conveys many other health benefits besides keeping bones strong. But fo...

Blood Transfusion May Not Be Required For Thalassaemia

...ansfusion-dependent anemia. However, in many Asian countries people can inherit one ?-thalassaemia gene from one parent and a haemoglobin E gene from the other; a condition called haemoglobin E ? thalassaemia. Despite the high prevalence of this disease, little is known about the natural history, reasons for c...

Rich countries stock piling anti flu drugs with no stocks available for poor countries

... with the availability of the drug is more in rich countries with no drug available to the developing and under...s the stock piling of bird flu drugs by developing countries with little or no drugs available for poor countries. Jean Marc Olivier the WHO representative in ...

Indian hospitals require International Accreditation

...an increase in patients from neighboring and other countries for treatment in India and this new improvement requires maintenance of international standards, which requires international Accreditation for Indian healthcare industry. Due to increased number of health care hospitals, an accrediting system will h...

People warned against consumption of red meat due to risk of Flu epidemic

...ms in winter. The disease has already affected 11 countries in Asia and is spreading rapidly. Furthermore, the virus has already claimed 65 human lives at Indonesia. Following the alert by the WHO, a plan has been drawn to monitor 50 bird sanctuaries across the country for the bird flu virus. Mostly the Bar-...

Novartis MS Drug Shows Promising Results

...large Phase II study conducted at 32 centers in 11 countries (Europe and Canada). In the initial, placebo-controlled part of this study, 281 patients were randomized in equal numbers to receive either placebo, 1.25 mg or 5.0 mg FTY720 orally once-daily for six months. The study evaluated the effect of FTY720 o...

PM announces a new health care order for India

...hcare problems individually to improve the overall countries healthcare system. In the meeting held with the health care Minister Ambunoni Ramdoss , the Prime Minister announced that their would be a review on the health care strategies in the country, especially with reference to the National Rural Health ...

A Vaccine for the impending pandemic Avian Influenza

...alth Organization, of the 115 people in four Asian countries who have been infected with H5N1 from late 2003 through 2005, 59 have died. Vaccines are the principal medical intervention for protecting individuals against pandemic influenza. If available rapidly and in sufficient quantities, they can reduce the ...

Old is gold– proved yet another tim

... also ensure that it is made available the poorest countries where need is greatest. However, caution has to be taken because primaquine is not suitable for all patients, as it could trigger the break down of red blood cells in people with an enzyme deficiency. People would have to be tested for the same bef...

A new anti diabetic drug on the anvil

India leads the top 10 countries estimated to have the highest number of diabetics in 2000 and 2030, with China and the US following closely. Type II Diabetes, one of the most common chronic diseases globally, is fast gaining // epidemic proportions throughout the world, with pathol...

WHO reports 36 million deaths world wide due to chronic diseases

...ns. The incidence is more in low and middle-income countries working in government; private industries and also ordinary people are mostly affected, now measures has to be taken to reduce the number of deaths. The report looks at the impact of chronic diseases on Brazil, Canada, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan...

Terminally Ill Patients Could Be Offered A Better Life

...and development centre. People from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka come there for training. Earlier this year, Delhi-based CanSupport, an NGO providing palliative care to people with advanced cancer, was given the morphine licence after five years of efforts. "This is a valuable reso...

Speed up bird flu vaccine, Bush tells experts

...bat 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 the specter of millions of deaths if the pandemic does s...

New Hope For Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

...f the Phase II study conducted at 32 centers in 11 countries (Europe and Canada), Novartis is in discussions with regulatory authorities about the FTY720 Phase III program, which is expected to be launched by the end of 2005....

Terminally Ill deserves a better quality of Life

...and development centre. People from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka come there for training. Earlier this year, Delhi-based CanSupport, an NGO providing palliative care to people with advanced cancer, was given the morphine licence after five years of efforts. "This is a valuable reso...

More collaborations and strengthening of India’s AIDS control body require

...he Prime minister. Nafis sadik said that, “Most countries that were once resistant to the idea of making condoms accessible to youngsters and educating adolescents on sexuality are becoming more pragmatic whereas, sexual morals are changing whether we like it or not and the first message for them should be ...

Unsafe Injections and Unclean Hand hygiene major cause of hospital infections in India

... any time and the amount of people from developing countries is still more, with an estimated 40% or more patie... of healthcare associated infections in developing countries and these nosocomial infections can be controlled by proper management. The World Health Organizat...

Booster dose not required for Hepatitis B Vaccination

... are chronically infected. WHO recommends that all countries should have universal infant or adolescent hepatitis B vaccination integrated into their national immunization programs. The researchers conducted their trial in 1212 children’s and 446 Italian Air Force Recruits by vaccinating with Hepatitis B vacc...

Genetically modified rice faces strong protests in Asia

Farmers and different organizations from Asian countries are protesting against the introduction of genetic...ce diversity. Expert views from different Asian countries – ban on GE rice: South East Asia: Varoonvarn svangsopakul, Green Peace Southeast Asia on his st...

Poisoning by fruits similar to blackberries

...erature were analyzed: the cases occurred in three countries (Spain, France and Morocco); the mean delay of the symptom development was 150 min; the neurological disturbances were the most frequent signs and 11 patients died (6 children, 5 adults) mainly in old reports....

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