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Various Civil Society Groups Form Alliance to Fight HIV/AIDS
...n Assam to jointly fight HIV/AIDS that has assumed epidemic proportions in the region. "The need for a common platform of civil society groups, NGOs, media, trade unions, and people living with HIV, is to address various issues from removing stigma to accessing care and treatment, besides allowing people wit...Bihar Under the Grip of Kala Azar
...and West Champaran. Bihar last faced a kala azar epidemic in 1991 when 250,000 cases were reported. In 2000, the numbers were low but started rising from 2003. The disease occurs in 62 countries, primarily in the developing world. Around 90 percent of world cases are found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sud...Talking With Families may Help Prevent Childhood Obesity
...d a preliminary step to begin turning this obesity epidemic around," he said. "We are looking to develop more motivational strategies. The physicians and health care providers who participated in this study say it helped them talk with their patients more effectively. That's a win-win for everyone."...Number of Children Hospitalized With Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise: Research
The childhood obesity epidemic has caught the nations attention. This epidemic continues unabated, accompanied by a range of complicated and costly medical problems that threaten...Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US
One more indicator of the growing epidemic of diabetes in the US is out. Spending on diabetes drugs is spiraling by leaps and bounds . According to a drug trend report released by the Medico Health Solutions, diabetes treatments trailed only cholesterol medications in total prescription dr...Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India
... Gilead to work on a common platform and fight the epidemic of AIDS together." Currently, Gilead has signed agreements with Alkem Laboratories Ltd., Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Emcure Pharmaceuticals, FDC Ltd., Hetero Drugs, Matrix Laboratories Ltd., Medchem International, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Shasun Chemi...Rise in Cigarette Use may Elucidate Asthma Epidemic in Children
A recent research has found that the asthma epidemic in children may be explained by the rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century . The study, conducted by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health, is published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific...U.N. Secretary-General Ban Renews Goal To Reverse Spread of HIV by 2015
...litical will to address the factors that drive the epidemic -- including gender inequality, stigma and discrimination". According to a report submitted by Ban to the general assembly on Monday, progress has been made in moving toward universal access to antiretroviral drugs and in expanding care and prevent...Australia Contributes Additional Funds for HIV Prevention in North-East
...rug use, especially HIV, he added. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a serious cause of concern not only in India, but across the world. With this project, Australia hopes to contribute to the efforts of organisations such as the United Nations towards preventing the epidemic, said McCarthy. The project strategy...Stress of Deployment Increases Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect in Military Families, UNC Study Shows
...t is the probable cause. Rentz is currently an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Co-authors on the paper include: Stephen W. Marshall, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology at UNC School of Public Health and biostatistician at UNCs I...HIV Spreading Rapidly Among Gay Men in Hong Kong
...e among the gay community have eased since the HIV epidemic peaked in the 1980s and early 1990s....Hearing Loss Becoming an Epidemic in Canada
Hearing loss is becoming an epidemic in Canada, researchers warn."People are starting to lose their hearing 20 years earlier than in the past ," said Heather Ferguson, president of the Hearing Foundation of Canada in Toronto. "I believe we're on the verge of noise induced hearing loss b...Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years
...n we have for preventing a potentially massive new epidemic of drug-resistant TB", said Dr Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership. "Together with countries and partners, we are moving steadily towards our target of treating 50 million TB patients between 2006 and 2015," he added. T...More Than 270 Medicines in Testing for Heart Disease and Stroke
...e 1900. (The exception was 1918, when an influenza epidemic killed more than 450,000 Americans.) Stroke is the third leading cause of death. According to the American Heart Association, every 36 seconds, an American dies of cardiovascular disease, and nearly 80 million Americans have one or more types of card...World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Secondhand Smoke
...cy Foundation again calls attention to the health epidemic that tobacco causes for our nation. Two important new studies released last week call attention to ways the nation can address the deadly toll of tobacco -- especially secondhand smoke, which is the focus of this year's World No Tobacco Day. The In...Doctors Stress on Cardiac Emergency Units to Save Lives
...0. "Cardiac diseases have been spreading like an epidemic and have been affecting the young population too, prompting us to think of immediate hospitalisation facilities and special units," said Arijit Bose, a cardiologist at the Apollo Gleneagles Heart Centre. Speaking at the inauguration of a chest pain...Effects of 'starvation Hormone'-Newly Identified in Low-carb Diets
...t the rise in obesity has contributed to a growing epidemic of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Mammals survive periods of nutrient deprivation by shifting from carbohydrates to so-called ketone bodies as a primary fuel source. Ketone bodies are produced from fatty acids transferred from storage in fat tis...Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge
...-risk population of about 430 million. The largest epidemic wave ever recorded in history swept across the ent...January 1 to May 6, 2007 bring the fear that a new epidemic wave may have begun in sub-Saharan Africa....AIDS Incidence in India Far Lower Than Previously Estimated New Study
...dia would imply that India has managed to keep its epidemic more like that of the United States, in that the v...ghting agencies had such a stake in portraying the epidemic as an approaching Armageddon that they were hesitant to make revisions. Indias survey was finished l...... the 21 APEC economies, pointing out that the SARS epidemic cut East Asian economic growth by two percent in the second quarter of 2003 even though only 8,000 people were directly affected. "Any flu pandemic would have a vastly greater impact," he said. Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a...Other Tagsremoval 2removal 3removal 4removal 5removal 6removal 7removal 8removal 9removal 10preventive 2preventive 3preventive 4preventive 5preventive 6preventive 7preventive 8preventive 9preventive 10stomach 2stomach 3stomach 4stomach 5stomach 6stomach 7stomach 8stomach 9stomach 10lose 2lose 3lose 4lose 5lose 6lose 7lose 8lose 9lose 10demand 2demand 3demand 4demand 5demand 6demand 7demand 8demand 9demand 10affordable 2affordable 3affordable 4affordable 5affordable 6affordable 7affordable 8Other Contentsgymnospermshairpinhairpinhairpinhairpingametophytehaploidhaploidhaploidhaploidhaplotypehaplotypeheartheartheartheartheartheartheartheartheartheart
(Date:12/5/2009)NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5 Leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders are serious and often deadly blood cancers. Research presented today at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology int
(Date:12/5/2009)The MAMA campaign is a collaborative effort by the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Citizens for Midwifery (CfM), Internation
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(Date:12/4/2009)STANFORD, Calif. A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine,s ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat pa
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(Date:12/4/2009)The electroencephalogram (EEG) is widely used by physicians and scientists to study brain function and to diagnose neurological disorders. However, it has remained largely unknown whether the electrod
(Date:12/4/2009)Using a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical activity of h
(Date:12/3/2009)WALL, N.J., Dec. 3 BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in wireless public safety and finger-based biometric identification solutions, announced that a majority of its sha
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