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Irregular Meals Could Be a Major Cause of Obesity

...son Medstat, a Michigan-based health-care research firm it was found that more than three-quarters// of Americans who are obese think their eating habits are healthy. About 11,000 people were contacted by phone and the participants said that they did vigorous exercise for times a week. About 28% of the ...

"DES Daughters" Have High Risk Of Breast Cancer

...n in their study group is, as yet, too small for a firm statistical comparison. "This is really unwelcome news because so many women worldwide were prenatally exposed to DES, and these women are just now approaching the age at which breast cancer becomes more common," said the study's lead author, Julie...

Scientists Working On Drug Trial Guidelines

...s are collaborating with scientists from the drugs firm AstraZeneca in a technique called "microdosing." This means that patients are exposed to a tiny amount of the drug and will not get the drastic side effects as seen in the earlier drug trial. "We can monitor at a local level if the tissue is react...

Pepsi Offers to Work with CSE for Maintaining Stricter Standards

Soft drink firm Pepsi Co Saturday offered to work with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) to "establish stricter science-based standards" following charges of pesticide content in its products.// A CSE report Aug 2 said that 11 soft drink brands of Pepsi ...

Experimental Drug Causes Cytokine Storm

...s. The drug made by made by German biotechnology firm TeGenero AG were given to six men who were paid volunteers in a study being run by U.S. drug research company Parexel International Corp on behalf of TeGenero. While two of the men involved in the trial got a dummy infusion, six others who got the ...

Two-thirds of outdoor pools in Montreal are closed

...s. The media outlets appointed BioMedco, a private firm to conduct the tests. One third of the pools failed this test while another third was unsuccessful in meeting the accepted standards. Between July 8 and Aug. 1, 3 samples were taken from each pool. Around 4,560 samples were examined. According to...

Cervical Cancer Deaths Increase In South Australian Women

...essor Roder said. "We are not sure whether it will firm up into a sustainable trend or if it's just a random fluctuation at this point. But we have to get better coverage of pap testing to women difficult to reach such as those from poorer, remote areas and indigenous communities." He added that cervical...

Hundreds of human tissue products been recalled

...erns about patient safety, FDA has worked with the firm that distributed the subject tissue to ensure that physicians are notified to inform patients and offer testing," Zawisza said an e-mail to The Associated Press. According to Tipton Ford, chief of a company whose tissue transplant business was rece...

Dutch Pharma Firm to Invest $500 mn in India

DSM Anti-Infectives, a $20 billion pharma firm based in the Netherlands, Wednesday said it would invest $500 million in India and hoped to capture a 10 percent share of the// country's antibiotics market. "We are continuously exploring opportunities to invest in India. Currently, our sales in I...

Pensioner wins over a US healthcare giant

...ny Blair's senior health policy adviser), said the firm would still provide primary care in another part of Derbyshire. "We believe that we can make a significant contribution in the region to reducing health inequalities." Ms Smith's lawyer, Richard Stein, said: "We are pleased that the court of appeal...

Britain's Longest Surviving Heart Transplant Patient Dead

...rld". The father of two worked for a construction firm after the transplant and also resumed playing golf and cycling after the surgery. The local Priest of Nairn, Rev Thomas Heggie, said: "He was a good family man and a man of faith. He took the gift of life and used it very well.” SA...

Mummy’s place is at home, reveals surve

...arning. The survey also revealed the subtle yet firm demarcations of male and female jobs, similar to the past, with household and child rearing still a woman’s domain, and jobs such as repairs, maintenance, and providing for the family, a man’s area. The survey also offered a peek into the requirement...

Many Medical Students Unprepared for Skilled Prescribing

...ave increased, they add. Tomorrow’s doctors need a firm grounding in the principles of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, linked to practical therapeutics, so that they can weigh up the potential benefits and harms of treatment; understand the sources of variability in drug response; base prescribing...

Burka Style Inter-faith Gowns For Muslim Patients In UK

...e NHS bosses in Lancashire have asked a Calderdale firm is to make a new burka-style head-to-toe hospital,... Trust. The gowns are to be manufactured by Elland firm Interweave Textiles and the managing director Tim Meadows and his team at Victoria Works, are hoping...

Heart Treatment from Vasogen Shows Promise

...although the heart treatment from Canadian biotech firm Vasogen Inc. failed a key clinical trial hurdle in June, has still helped more than 70 per cent of patients.// Vasogen chief executive officer David Elsley said that he was confident the detailed analysis presented at the World Congress of Cardiolo...

AIDS Sufferers Turn to British Doctor to Prolong their Survival

...free or even in subsidy. I work in a small private firm and my employer helped me initially. Now I would die but for the help of Preger," says Raja Mitra (name changed), a 47-year-old father of five daughters. Preger, 76, with resources generated by his own efforts from friends abroad, has taken up the...

US, India Firms Develop New Cure for Black Fever

... cure for a deadly parasitic disease, the American firm said. "With this approval, the Institute for OneWorld Health, with the vital support of our partners, has proven that it is possible to develop new medicines using an entrepreneurial, non-profit model," said OneWorld Health Founder and CEO Victoria...

Leeds Hospitals to Outsource Medical Transcription Work to India

...project and the trust is advertising for a private firm to coordinate it. A trust spokeswoman said: "Following successful pilots in a number of areas, we are now looking to introduce third party digital transcribing. "This is part of a wider initiative to increase efficiency and make the best use of o...

MedRP International Signs MoU with Kochi Based Info Vision

MedRP International, a medical staffing firm providing healthcare professionals to the medical community throughout the US, Monday entered into an agreement with// Kochi based InfoVision IELTS Training Center. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the company's Asia-Pacific...

Dabur Research to set up Drug Discovery Center in Oman

.... The company is in the process of formulating a firm proposal for submission to the Oman government for consideration and joining hands. In over two decades of its operations in India, the DRF has been focusing on a range of diverse areas including ayurveda, testing and developing drugs, researching ...

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