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AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent

...rious catastrophe in the offing, and if there's an enemy of India it's not Pakistan, it's not China, and it's not any of the other superpowers--the big threat to India is HIV/AIDS," said Dr. Ishawar Gilada, the secretary general of the People's Health Organisation (PHO) in India. With a population of over ...

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

...called "click reaction" that creates its own worst enemy -- its most potent inhibitor. "Think of this as a ...e blocks in place, the essential ingredient -- the enemy enzyme itself -- goes to work. The trick active spots on the acetylcholinesterase surface act like h...

Molecule aids fight E. Coli Infections

...ht such infectious agents, macrophages destroy the enemy by ingesting it in a process called phagocytosis. The researchers detailed these defensive maneuvers in fruitflies in an advance online publication of the British journal Nature. "The basic templates of how organisms protect themselves against infec...

Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits

Terming the disease as "virus enemy number one", the Indian armed forces will make tes... "Today the armed forces considers the HIV virus enemy number one// and, therefore, AIDS/HIV testing for all new recruits to the navy, army and the air for...

Earlier the better to start healthy diets

...bstantially discounted. Saturated fat is always an enemy to the arteries, at any age."...

Education, an Impetus to Combat HIV/AIDS

...is crucial, as ignorance is considered the biggest enemy of Aids. Executive Director of UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) Dr. Peter Piot, during a press conference, expressed happiness over the improvement in the rise of the pandemic in East AfricaThe United Nations team also had a me...

Misconceptions Put AIDS Patients In Tight-Spot

...losed society like India. Ignorance is the biggest enemy of any AIDS patient. "Even now there are thousands of women who have been suffering from discrimination and all due to ignorance." Her life can be an inspiration to India's 5.1 million HIV/AIDS patients, 40 percent of whom are women. "After rea...

Wake-up Call: Two-thirds of Briton Spend Many Sleeping Moments Awake!

...hrs of sleep each night and the most disconcerting enemy of a good night’s sleep happened to be a snoring partner ! Professor Fred Zijlstra, from Surrey University's Sleep Research Centre, said "People work ever-longer hours and then take files home or check their e-mails in the evening. New technology ...

Australian Medical Association Not Satisfied Obesity Initiatives

...ckle obesity, which is fast becoming public health enemy No.1, has failed to impress AMA President Mukesh// Haikerwal. The president wants the initiatives to be much more forceful so that problem can be tackled more effectively. The minister had announced a new ministerial taskforce for an anti-obesit...

Dogs aggravate asthma in kids

... man’s best friend, could turn out to be the worst enemy for asthmatic children.Having a dog at home may worsen asthmatic children’s response to air pollution says a recent study.// This study was carried out to analyze the connection between chronic cough, phlegm production (bronchitis) and dog & cat owne...

All in the Name of ‘Breast Cancer Awareness

...don shop. Critics have accused Peta ,self declared enemy of meat products, of using women as pieces of meat. Peta in its defense argued that its organization is mainly staffed by ‘feminist women’ and that it has run "naked" advertisements using men, too. Several other of Peta's campaigns has also given t...

The Big Issue About Abdominal Fat Tissue

...esearch group, warn that fat around the abdomen is enemy to the heart. According to researchers, a protein produced by fat cells has an adverse effect on the heart. The effect is especially grave for patients, recovering after a heart attack. Dr Sarah Rothwell explained that heart-attack sufferers portra...

Leading Polio Activist Doctor in Pakistan Killed

...ting the area. Some locals said: 'On one hand, our enemy (a reference to the US) is bombing us for no reason while on the other hand you are coming here disguised as polio campaigners to spread vulgarity'," he told Daily Times at the hospital. Bajaur Agency, on the troubled border with Afghanistan, is ...

Sleeping With The Enemy

...was quoted.This research shows that sometimes, the enemy lies within. AN/M...

Armed Forces Enroll Wives in Fighting HIV/AIDS

...gramme in the armed forces to combat HIV/AIDS, the enemy within the ranks. Underlining the role women could play in checking HIV spread, Admiral Singh motivated soldiers' wives to create awareness and combat the menace. "The youthful, exuberant and aggressive attitude of our troops combined with the long...

New Insights into Antimalarial Drug Resistance

...ers died from malaria in the Pacific than from all enemy fire, Roepe said. The Germans first invented chloroquine (CQ), a synthetic version of quinine, which quickly became the treatment of choice because it was inexpensive and needs no refrigeration. The drug works by preventing heme crystallization, w...

Fire Ants are Emerging Nuisance for Virginians

...d quickly by rushing forward and grasping onto the enemy with barbed mandibles. While still biting, these ants repeatedly sting their enemy, injecting toxic venom and leaving a small, acutely painful wound. A day or two later, small, blister-like pustules will develop on the victim, which may lead to secon...

US Army Opens Laboratory to Research Injuries

... worried. Apart from deaths and injuries under enemy fire, any number of soldiers are also hurt during training. They get sprained ankles, torn ligaments and stress fractures just like competitive athletes. So the army has opened a laboratory that applies the science of sports medicine to the battlef...

WTC Neighborhood Residents Misled on Extent of Contamination

...the Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Even the so-called enemy combatants seem to be doing better than those who selflessly cleaned up the debris was the message. Thus volunteers were left in the lurch. Even more insidious, residents of the WTC neighborhood have been lied to consistently. The Government Accoun...

War Stimulates Research Blitz in Prosthetics Industry

Soldiers losing limbs to enemy bombs are not new but today there is a growing industry catering to these soldiers who need artificial limbs . Minnesota National Guard Sgt. Darrell "J.R." Salzman has learned to tie delicate trout flies with his mangled left hand and the shiny met...

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