Annual Budget 2006: Health And Education Sector Receive A Boost
...he prebudget discussions. The provision of seed fund for R&D activities on an annual basis, the extension of weighted deduction benefit to a period of 10 years, the increase in weight from the current 150% to 200% to widen the scope in the drug and pharmaceutical industry, ban on price control impositi...Switching Off Protein Could Play Key Role In Success Of Radiation Therapy For Cancer
...ught // to be a "watchman" for DNA, but it is now fund to be a "repairman" for DNA that fixes any breaks in the master molecule. That is why reserachers are now looking at Rad9 with renewed interest. Turning off the protein could make the radiation treatments more effective, the reserachers say in th...Mental Health Court Established
...Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) allowed a $250,000 fund to help with administration of Kane County Treatment Alternative Court. Kane Chief Judge Donald Hudson said the mental health court has been planned on the lines of parallel programs in Cook, DuPage and Winnebago Counties. This program, according to...Art Attack: Doodling For a Cause!
...tional Doodle Day on March 3. // This event is a fund raiser for the Epilepsy Action and The Neurofibromatosis Association, and is growing popular each year, attracting wide participation. Scribblers, can use this forum to scribble seriously to assorted themes ranging from Puzzles and portraits, to pet...Biotechnology Initiatives Planned In Hyderabad
...tate had also set up India's first biotech venture fund with a corpus of $30 million, launched as a joint ...enture Capital Ltd and Dynam Venture East, USA, to fund start-up biotech companies. The ICICI Knowledge Park, which offers wet labs for research and devel...Terry Fox Run To Be Held On 6 February
...he Canadian officials said. In India, the run will fund cancer research projects at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital. Commemorative t-shirts and raffle tickets, with attractive prizes, have also been organized for the event. Edited (IANS)...Yale University guidelines for Physicians and Pharmaceutical industry
...of the University should not be compromised by the fund or personal relationship with the pharmaceutical industry without compromising the ethical relationship with the industry....Expert Patient Program saves Hospital fund
...tal should concentrate more on cutting unnecessary fund wastage. The health secretary as said that the standard tariff for all the NHS hospitals will be followed and finance management would be a priority in these hospitals than the clinical objectives. Now patients have the freedom to decide to visit ...Fund being raised for treatment to HIV positive Libyan kid
...nated blood will have his disease treated from the fund which is pouring in from Bulgaria and European Uni... the Libyan Supreme court and has accepted raising fund for the treatment of the child. Mr. Ivan Chomakov, Mayor of Plovdiv, Bulgaria is also responsible fo...WHO warns that Asia is at high risk of Bird flu
...has urged the European Union and rich countries to fund generously to fight bird flu as it is estimated that more than $ 1.5 billion is required to fight bird flu....NHS financial crisis may lead to roll back of flexi-work scheme and private acquisition
Deficit in NHS fund has lead to cancellation of subsidized flexible working for NHS doctors, the part-time flexible working scheme which was introduced four years back by the Government is being rolled back// due to financial crisis in the NHS fund. The Private hospital...India set to become the global knowledge hub
...ell research, the US Department of Health wants to fund two Indian institutions - Reliance Life Sciences, backed by the country's largest private sector group, and the Bangalore-based National Center for Biological Sciences. India is the only country from the developing world and the sixth globally to f...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Be Prevented?
...gh is trying to convince the federal government to fund for further studies. Meanwhile Brunet and Pitman are conducting experiments in Montréal including participants who were traumatized as long as 20 or 30 years ago by child abuse, sexual assault or a serious accident. Such memories don’t decay and re...Breast Cancer Drug Should Be Made Widely Available
... drug, while Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and B.C fund the drug. "Any drug that assists someone in achieving a longer life and better life, no question, should be covered. But there are so many sides to the issue. Maybe it shouldn't be only provincial, it should be federal, as well," Ms Orr told the Calg...Medical Journals should create awareness on Child survival
...-5 wants a reduction in maternal mortality. Global fund for child welfare should be created from funding from economically rich countries which would be very useful for reducing the mortality rate in children...Indonesia urges a grant of $1 billion for bird flu
...l Bakrie, has urged the international community to fund $ 1 billion as a grant to Indonesia to help them fight bird flu which has killed eleven people in their country//. Recently, the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched the “Village Preparedness” project which involves more than millio...Gujarat Seeks To Scale Down Infant Mortality Rate
...ecided to spend Rs.93.5 million from its emergency fund for the purpose. As a part of the program, it plans to make its infrastructure and skilled labor available in the far remote tribal areas, and distant seashore settlements where the mortality rate is high. Maternal mortality is considered to be ver...Slash In Medi-Cal Coverage Makes Medical Care For The Poor Questionable
...next to education. It takes about 15% of the state fund budget. He said that the population covered by the state is second greatest next to New York. But so far the patient’s eligibility and the benefits are not affected. If these cuts were extended till the next year then it would make a profit of $...Rehabilitate Sex Workers - Mata Amritanandamayi
... efforts in India and Sri Lanka. Though the relief fund earmarked for Sri Lanka is a mere 30 million rupees, her followers have undertaken projects for nearly 2 billion rupees. Her hermitage is a place for people from all religions -- Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. All get the motherly hug of Am...Anti-smoking advertisements to be funded by Cigarette manufacturers
.... The ACCC has asked the cigarette manufactures to fund $9 million for this anti-smoking advertising campaign....