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Human Antibody That Can Block SARS

...eumonia.// The virus killed nearly 800 people in a global outbreak last year. Researchers now say that they’ve discovered a human antibody that blocks infection caused by the SARS virus. Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and elsewhere discovered an antibody -- called the 80R antibody -- t...

WHO acts to reduce the maternal death toll

...ity by three quarters by 2015. One key task of the global health community is to close the gap in services for women in rich areas, and those in poor ones." said Joy Phumaphi. "It is the duty of all governments to lead the fight against maternal and neonatal mortality," said First Lady of Kenya, Lucy Kibak...

WHO hopes to wipe away Iodine deficiency diseases by 2005

...oblem has halved according to a WHO Study on a new global report on iodine status.// The simple strategy to iodize common table salt has worked well. The number of countries where iodine deficiency is a public health problem was reduced to 54 in 2003, from 110 in 1993. "Iodine deficiency is a major threat ...

Who Board To Discuss Asian Tsunami Related Health Issues

... are protected from health threats by an effective global system of alert and response," said Dr Lee. "This transition from relief to reconstruction must take place smoothly, with sustained support. Otherwise, as we have seen with other disasters, communities can languish for many years in a state of depend...

Vitamin D May Help The Elderly With Osteoporosis

...ially in foods like wheat, milk and margarine, one global review says that on an average diets only supply about 6% to 47% of the recommended dietary allowance. Thus for the elderly people who are more at risk from osteoporosis will be required to take additional supplements of vitamin D to increase the bo...

WHO says damage to eco systems are affecting human health

...hich is the first of a series that will assess the global ecology in its present state and its long term benefit on human health is being compiled with the help of 1300 experts from 95 countries. One of the initial problems faced by the dwindling ecological resources will be difficulty in achieving the UN’s...

Chronic back pain may be relieved by special physiotherapy

...es. The physiotherapy method is called Souchard’s global postural re-education and consists of stretching, and strengthening of paraspinal and muscles of the abdominal wall that will lead to correction of posture and decompression of the spinal cord. Researchers are of the opinion these muscles become weak...

Music to help schizophrenic patients

...rapy helps people with schizophrenia improve their global state, mental state and social functioning. The Norwegian researchers said that the effectiveness of the music therapy were directly proportional to the number of sessions attended by the patients....

Alcohol linked to loss of memory

... the cognitive deficits seems to be that these are global deficits that affect all sorts of learning abilities. The results also show that the nature of cognitive impairments is not related to any sort of damages that happen due to nutritional deficits or neurological changes. The research proves that alco...

New diseases require holistic outlook to treatment

...tackled if the situations// are looked into from a global perspective. In an article in the journal Foreign...oss the globe with rapidity. People, transport and global animal trade are the reasons of spread of the virus that have started infecting the people from the ...

Scientists Unveil Mechanism Behind Resistance to Severe Malaria

...earch gives us a new insight into malaria, a major global killer that preys especially on young children and claims a life every 30 seconds,” notes Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, where the rese...

Obesity And Expanding Waistlines the next Epidemic in USA

...ve ideal body weight. Obesity is slowly becoming a global problem and // more so in developed countries. According to a recent report the number of obese adults in the U.S. is currently about 31 percent. In 1980 it was 23% and 15 percent in 1970. Obesity not only causes problems with heart but also many ...

Producing Vaccines from genetically modified crops

...al five years of funding will eventually boost the global supply of treatments. Current methods used include genetic modification of human cells and microorganisms such as bacteria. These techniques are labour intensive, expensive and often only produce relatively small amounts of pharmaceuticals. Researc...

Survey shows how bipolar disorder affects the quality of life for patients

A global survey on bipolar disorder conducted by the World ...ic-depressive illness that affects 3 to 4 5 of the global adult population. This is a chronic condition and most of the sufferers have multiple occurrences of...

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc awarded the prestigious outstanding supplier award received from Wal-Mart

...in the first quarter of 2005. Wal-Mart Stores is a global company with more than 1.3 million associates worldwide and nearly 5,000 stores and wholesale clubs across 10 countries. RPI is based in Jacksonville, Florida, USA and works as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories, India’s largest phar...

Single drug for bipolar disorder

...ic-depressive illness that affects 3 to 4 5 of the global adult population. This is a chronic condition and most of the sufferers have multiple occurrences of the condition for most of their lives. Researchers from University Hospitals of Cleveland and others have reported that antipsychotic medications a...

CoQ10 bioavailability increased by Nanotechnology

...y active in nanofood research and development on a global scale.The nanofood market, still in its infancy, is however expected to grow rapidly from $2.6 billion today to $7 billion next year and to $20.4bn in 2010. ...

Developing a new vaccine using a new technology

...e partnership such as this are essential to tackle global health challenges.Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for International Development has stressed on the need of an an AIDS vaccine in the fight against disease and extreme poverty in the developing world, particularly in Africa and also says that such...

A word of caution issued by the FDA for those using antipsychotic drugs for dementia

...elling drug of any class in 2003, making $4.3bn in global sales was the drug respiradone marketed by Johnson & Johnson’s which is ranked second among the atypical antipsychotic drugs, making $2.5bn in sales in the US in 2004. The FDA has also said that they are currently examining whether older antipsycho...

Testosterone patch for women Rejected For safety Reasons

...Drug Administration recently . Procter & Gamble, global manufacturer of household products, wants to market the patch to women who have become menopausal after ovarian surgery however due to the rejection by members of the FDA panel the drug is kept on hold until more data is available to assess the drug....

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