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A journal’s report on stress, among pregnant wome

...ntal complications. Compsych a Chicago based firm provides employees assistance during crisis situation. It has served almost 6000 employers and has said that within two years they have received calls from pregnant women having difficulty due to increased stress. These calls have increas...

Copeman Healthcare May Face Government Fines

...through its large admission fee. The healthcare firm has been given time until end February 2006 to comply with the rules of the Government. Only those services which are not provided for by the state can be charged. The fee structure of the clinic has reportedly been changed to avoid complications wit...

Better Communication With FDA Could Speed Up Approval Of New Drugs

...phase of human testing. The report by consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, on behalf of the FDA said that 53 percent of drug makers who met with the FDA before conducting trials had their applications approved out of a total of 77 applications received between 2002 to 2004.Compared to this only 29 perce...

Sale Of Bird Flu Vaccine to US Planned: Australian Firm

... U.S, in the year 2004. Chiron, a California based firm and was one of only two major bird flu vaccine suppliers. This was soon joined by GlaxoSmithKline, a London based pharmaceutical company. Approximately 86 million doses of the drug were distributed last year. It is anticipated that at least 120 mil...

LG To Market Air Conditioner Capable of Fighting Bird Flu

South Korean firm LG Electronics has said that it will start to roll out an air conditioner that is equipped with a filter made from using an enzyme contained in the "the pungent national dish kimchi" Apparently, //this enzyme will confer protection against the dreade...

South Asians in Canada being wooed by chips now!

...etail goods and services, according to a marketing firm in Toronto. The desire for stronger flavours by the Asians was the reason for their launch. Frito Lay needed to strike a balance between authentic Asian flavours and the taste comfort levels of Canadians, according to Dale Hooper, vice president of...

Bio-functional Garments Gaining Popularity

...h has been focused on averting this and a Japanese firm has come up with a fibre containing a substance that turns to vitamin C after coming in contact with the skin, "It's been demonstrated that the substances can be absorbed through the skin," said Uta-Christina Hipler, director of the laboratory at the...

ICMR to Set up Laboratories to Combat Bird Flu

...y avian flu outbreak An international consultancy firm will be in charge of setting up the centers at costs beginning from Rs 15 crores to Rs 20 crores, with an action plan to make them operational in the current financial year. A centre of this type has already been operational in Bhopal. The Pune cen...

Singapore’s Healthcare To Outsource To Indian Firm For Faster X-Ray Result

...e has made an outsourcing agreement with an Indian firm for sending x-ray results that will save the costs and benefits patients and doctors// as well. Under the agreement the x-rays taken there will be sent electronically to India to get the results in a faster manner. Under the National Healthcare Gro...

More Doctors Suspended As Strike Enters Seventh Day

...g in some instances.// The government today took a firm stand and has terminated the registration of 200 more striking doctors. Currently with this decision over 350 doctors have been terminated from service. Over 2,500 doctors from 15 government-managed hospitals have stayed away from work since Feb ...

Drug Company Admits Knowledge Of Side Effects In Monkeys

TeGenero, a German based drug firm that had manufactured TGN-1412, has now admitted that the drug had showed adverse effects//, when tested on monkeys. Four out of the six who were admitted to the intensive care unit of a London based hospital following the drug administration are rec...

Parkinson's Drug Leads To Increase in Gamblers

...he patients obsessive pleasures. But till now no firm links have been established between dopamine enhancers and compulsive gambling. But this has not prevented some people to file lawsuits against drug manufacturers. They have mainly pointed out to various failures in their life such as lost jobs and g...

Pets As Disease Watchdogs

...MSYS Information Technology Services, a consulting firm located in Houston. Some of the findings of this study include . The number of cases of Lyme disease was clearly proportionate to the incidence of fleal and tick infestation in pets. With this information, unusual occurrences of this disea...

Potentially Dangerous levels of Platinum Found in Women with Silicone Gel Breast Implants

...harm. Lykissa, a forensic toxicologist with the firm ExperTox said, "Implant manufacturers have said for years that their platinum is not harmful, and when the device is manufactured, they are correct. But in the body, we know that the implants degrade and the platinum can disperse and take on a more r...

Drug Firm Disowns Liability

The German biotech firm TeGenero, the drugs company behind the clinical trial listed its potential side effects on its 12-page document prepared by Parexel. //This consent form listed a side effect which can seriously harm the immune system. The clinical trial left six vol...

Silicone Leaks Seen Among Women with Breast Implants

... study conducted by researchers at the Texas-based firm EperTox and the Centre for Research on Environmental Medicine it was found// that high levels of platinum in the hair, breast milk and other samples from women who had silicone gel-filled breast implants. US regulators are reviewing the results of th...

Antiviral Coating On Bank Notes, Photocopiers Could Help Check Epidemics

...in-based Qinetiq Nanomaterials and London research firm Retroscreen Virology, hopes to create a facemask impregnated with particles to destroy certain airborne viruses before people breathe them in. --Edited IANS...

Boca Recalls Insulin Syringe Product Due To Contamination

...solution entering the syringe chamber changed. The firm decision to recall the product lot is voluntary. The firm has placed all inventory of the product on hold. FDA has been apprised of this action. No serious ...

Orissa Confirms Bird’s Death In A Poultry Far

... The dead chickens were apparently buried near the firm and none of the district veterinary officials have so far visited the place. "Only the deaths of five birds have been reported," District Collector V.K. Pandian told IANS, adding that the numbers may have been exaggerated because farmers wanted com...

Indian Training Company To Train Children In Dubai, Sharjah

...people in five places in India and the UAE. The firm also has a training facility in Chennai and offices in Bangalore and the Knowledge Village in Dubai. OnlySuccess's first programme in UAE targeted Indian children and also local people and expatriates from the US, Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, Palesti...

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