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South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants

...s year 39 of the biggest pharmaceutical firms were dealt a blow by a South African court when an attempt by the firms to strike down a law permitting South Africa to import cheap AIDS drugs was beaten off by the court. Health experts and AIDS activists say that this would lower the cost of medicines to or...

SARS reaches Russian Federation

...the casualties and practising evacuation were also dealt with....

SARS-Free Taiwan to Mark End Phase of Global Fight

...eaths over the past three months curbed travel and dealt a blow to the economy, are expected to give a warm welcome to the decision. But with some 200 people worldwide still in quarantine and a good chance that some cases may have slipped through the net, it is too soon to claim SARS has been beaten, heal...

Even mid-life diet change can extend life

A study on diet and life in the journal Science dealt only with laboratory fruit flies, but researchers said some of the same effects may apply to mammals, perhaps even humans.// In the study, British researchers compared the effects of different calorie-restricted diets on the mortality of fruit flie...

Magnetic Stimulation Found Effective for Parkinson’

...etic stimulation. For nearly 15 years, Criner has dealt with Parkinson’s disease. He says, “It affects me. It really does. I mean this is a disease of the brain, of the mind, and it plays very big games on your head.” Criner recently joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial mag...

Magnetic Stimulation For Parkinson’s Diseas

...etic stimulation. For nearly 15 years, Criner has dealt with Parkinson’s disease. He says, “It affects me. It really does. I mean this is a disease of the brain, of the mind, and it plays very big games on your head.” Criner recently joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial mag...

Over Six Million HIV Infected People In South Africa- Finds A Survey

... was "a triumph". "If this pandemic is to be dealt with effectively, it must be brought out into the open." However, department spokesman Sibane Mngadi denied the report had been released as a result of the DA's use of the act. "We wanted printed copies to be available before we published...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

...nformation. Subsequent offences would be seriously dealt with. The existing law provides for punishment for imprisonment not less than two years which may be extended to six years and with fine of not less than rupees ten thousand for manufacture and sale of any adulterated drug or manufacture and sale o...

Acupuncture May Be An Effective Treatment Against Tension-Headaches

...uring mid-day. Non-recurrent such headaches may be dealt with the over-the-counter painkillers, but recurrence in a severe form needs intervention from the physicians. www.medindia.net/alternativemedicine/ index.asp?Choice=Acupuncture...

Encephalitis Deaths Cross 220 in Uttar Pradesh

...country where Japanese encephalitis is still being dealt with so casually," he said. Dhole regretted that the government had not even cared to classify the outbreaks over the years as an epidemic, or at least a "notified disease". "The result is obvious - today, countries like China, Malaysia, Indonesia ...

A New Approach In Treatment Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity In Children

Many reports have dealt with the outcome of botulinum-a toxin (BTX-A) detrusor injections in patients with neurogenic or nonneurogenic detrusor overactivity. BTX-A detrusor injections have been described in adult// patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity due to spina...

Vermont Governor steps in with a new health insurance plan.

...mber of people who are not insured which has to be dealt soon. Vermont Medical Society commended that all the steps taken by the governor towards reducing the number of uninsured will be fruitful in the end. <br...

What Will Primary Care Look Like In England by 2015?

...peration supersede market forces, and patients are dealt with quickly and appropriately. For Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee, the future finds general practice under pressure. Political interference would leave the largely female profession feeling undervalued. The...

The AIDS Pandemic May Orphan 18 Million African Children By 2010

...of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS were other topics dealt with in the AIDS conference....

'Chikungunya' Epidemic On French Island Claims 52 lives

...osquitoes that spread the illness. The disease has dealt a severe blow to the island's tourism as well. Edited IANS...

Queensland : Call for improved mental health services

...ifferent approach in their treatment and cannot be dealt the way normal illnesses are. The police have said that this is perhaps the fourth shooting incident in Queensland that involves a mentally deranged person....

Referral Schemes Blamed By GPs For Treatment Delay

... to look at whether some referrals could be better dealt with in a primary care or some other local setting,' said a spokesperson for the Department of Health, in response to the above criticism....

Cyber Sex, No Longer A Fantasy Of The Mind

... sexual culture and beliefs are some of the topics dealt with in the dissertation. It has been found that Internet provides an easy access to reach people. It would not be possible to reach out to a diverse population using traditional methods. Furthermore, heterosexual men who have sex withy other men t...

Misconceptions Put AIDS Patients In Tight-Spot

...busy knitting dreams of life and love when destiny dealt a cruel blow - she was infected with AIDS through her husband at the age of 21. Now, 13 years later, she has not only put up a tough fight against the disease and society but has also been advocating economic independence for women like her. "Whe...

Needed, more space for women's sexual identity on marquees

...rto, made-in-India English and Hinglish films have dealt with cross cultures, arranged marriage and love as they explore the never ending struggle to reconcile eastern traditions with western influences. Debutant director Homi Adajania has cast Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan and Boman Ira...

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