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Plan to Contain Drug Resistant TB Launched-WHO

...world implements the two-year strategy to stop the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis. The new initiative lays out steps to prevent, treat and control drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). If fully implemented, the plan, which sets out measures to a...

Researchers Identify New Risk Marker for Obese Children

...at cause CVD," Proctor said. "This study adds to a growing body of evidence we've collected that indicates measuring apoB48 levels as a means to measure chylomicron levels may be an important piece to the puzzle in understanding just who is and who isn't at risk of CVD." Proctor believes testing for apoB48...

Now, It's Possible to Trace Marijuana to Its Roots

.... From an evidentiary standpoint, it could tie a growing operation to marijuana seized on the street, he said, and offer evidence of both the production of marijuana and its distribution. It could also help the state's drug enforcement officials track the trafficking patterns of marijuana by comparing wh...

Stem Cell Licensing Deal Positions Toronto as World Leader in Technology

...tioned above and more. What excites me is that our growing stem cell company in Canada is now offering its services to the U.S., which is essentially half the world market, Turner says. We are now currently looking to expand into the Middle Eastern and Australian markets. The HUCPVC breakthrough was announ...

Drug Addiction Slowing Down: UN Report

...ituation in some of the worlds biggest and fastest growing countries because of a lack of data," he added. "...to society, he said. "It is encouraging to see a growing realization that drug addiction is an illness that can be prevented and treated," he said, adding h...

Dengue Fever Deaths Up in Vietnam

...ever will increasingly spread with global warming, growing urbanisation and more international travel....

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...much of the capital the only thing that keeps this growing number of orphans off the streets is the kindness of strangers. In Sadr City, a vast Shiite slum in northeast Baghdad controlled by the political movement of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Husham Hassan, 37, cares for around 30 orphans in a home fu...

Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming

...oxide down toward ground level in the summer, when growing trees and other plants take in the gas, and not enough carbon dioxide up from ground level in the winter. As a result, scientists believed that there was less carbon in the air above mid-latitude and upper-latitude forests, presumably because trees...

Doctors Feared That Young Rihanna Had Brain Tumour

...inger Rihanna had such severe headaches during her growing years that doctors thought she had brain tumour . The Unfaithful star underwent several CAT scans since she was eight till she was 13, when her parents separated. It was later discovered that the headaches were due to the stress of her parents tro...

A New Survey -Anxiety Students Dont Seek Help

...s socioeconomic background---students who reported growing up in poor families were almost twice as likely not to seek help. Poor students were also much more prone to symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. Other factors associated with not seeking treatment included lack of perceived need, being un...

Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West

...e use of food crops as fuel. On the one hand the growing affluence of millions of people in China and India is creating a surge in demand for food - the rising populations are not content with their parents' diet and demand more meat. On the other, is the use of food crops as a source of energy in place of...

Intake of Potatoes Boosts the Immune System

... The scientists carried out a study where they fed growing pigs large quantities of raw potato starch (RPS) for over 14 weeks and found that they had healthier bowels. They also found that these pigs had decreased levels of white blood cells - such as leucocytes and lymphocytes in their blood. White blood...

Norwegians Take in the Sun in Spain on Doctors' Orders

...ocial security net. This is a rare exception to a growing health tourism that officials say is putting a strain on facilities as residents from other EU states -- seeking to circumvent long waits or higher costs at home -- come to Spain knowing they are entitled to benefit from the country's free healthcare...

US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

...y're hoping the invention will soon be part of the growing market for eco-friendly products. Bringing the i...d equipment and a better work space. "We've been growing the material under our beds," said McIntyre, adding that they've applied for a grant from the Nation...

Meditation Increases Attention - A Brain Scan Report

...nosed western scientific terms." And, he adds, a growing body of "hard-nosed neuroscience research" is attracting attention to the profound effects of meditation. "This deserves serious scientific attention," he says. "It also explains why people spend time sitting on the meditation cushion, because of t...

Organic Farms Provide a Clue for India's Struggling Farms

...s to farming are showing that money can be made by growing specialty products that consumers are willing to p...luctant to encourage its farmers to move away from growing staples like rice and wheat. As incomes and food consumption have gone up, wheat reserves fell las...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

...tal. Babies born before their eyes have finished growing run the risk of contracting the disease, which inhibits the development of vessels and thus deprives the retina of oxygen. The more premature the baby, the higher the risk and the more severe the symptoms. In extreme cases, it can lead to total bli...

Concern in Mizoram Over Growing Tobacco-related Diseases

...According to doctors, the endeavour would curb the growing menace of cancer in the State. Jeemy L.Pautu, an oncologist, said: "Over the years, I have seen a number of cancer patients which include youngsters with lung cancer. And most of them have been smokers. In the urban areas, it is the youth emulating...

Galapagos on UN Endangered List

...planet. "They are threatened by invasive species, growing tourism and immigration," the UNESCO's world herit...or's most popular tourist attraction. The islands' growing tourism has lured thousands of workers' from the poor mainland to work in construction, restaurants ...

Replidyne Announces Positive Phase I Results for Topical Antibiotic REP8839

...gainst drug-resistant infections including MRSA, a growing public health concern," said Kenneth J. Collins, Replidyne's President and Chief Executive Officer. "With these safety data, we intend to move forward into Phase II trials to study the safety and efficacy of REP8839 in patients with impetigo and othe...

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