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Work Less to Sustain Planet Earth, Say Activists

...one's talking about," regrets Conrad Schmidt, an internationally known social activist and founder of the Work Less Party, a Vancouver-based initiative aimed at moving to a 32-hour work week. "As a society, we're working exponentially hard to decrease sustainability and it's making us miserable -- just look at ...

Bihar Under the Grip of Kala Azar

...h centres and die a silent death," said Thakur, an internationally reputed expert of kala azar. He said the official figure of 30,000 kala azar cases is far from reality. "Those are only the reported cases of kala azar. What about those cases that go unreported in rural areas? There was no figure available about...

DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop Next Generation Vaccine Candidates

... Neutralizing Antibody Consortium (NAC), a team of internationally recognized scientists working on the neutralizing antibody challenge. Researchers believe an ideal AIDS vaccine must evoke an antibody response that can block HIV from entering healthy cells, as well as reduce the amount of viral dissemination throug...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

... child immunization programs. They assess that Hib internationally is to blame for 400,000 deaths each year in children under five years of age and around 3 million cases of serious illness resulting in long term consequences such as deafness, learning disabilities, paralysis and mental retardation. "This simple,...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Initiates Patient Enrollment In New Cotara(R) Brain Cancer Trial

...e new Cotara study is being conducted according to internationally accepted ICH GCP guidelines....

Fine Particulate Matter from Traffic may Reduce Unborn Babies Birth Weight

...ension of the GSFs successful cooperation with the internationally renowned French research institution, with the common objective of tracing the causes of environment-related health disorders. For the study, which has now been published online, data from the group study LISA were used, in which the influence of l...

World Wine Sales Brisk, but French Producers Hungover

...sumption. As Bordeaux wine producer and owner of internationally known Chateau Angelus, Hubert de Bouard, put it: "Not many people drive home drunk on Petrus." Much of the global wine and spirits industry remains wary that it may be taken down the same road as the tobacco industry and is in consequence keen to s...

Biggest Gay Pride Celebration in Toronto

...arade is Pride Week's signature event and is known internationally for its elaborate costumes and floats.It was the culmination of a week honoring diverse sexual and gender identities, histories and cultures. The parade followed a four-block route along the streets of Torontos bustling downtown gaybourhood. Music...

LifeCycle Pharma Forms Scientific Advisory Board in Solid Organ Transplantation

...d organ transplantation. The SAB consists of six internationally recognized thought leaders from the U.S. and Europ...dical Affairs Transplantation. Dr. Gordon is an internationally respected transplant surgeon who has spent more then 30 years in academia and industry. He was a mem...

Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN

...d markets and the trust of consumers if they apply internationally agreed food quality and safety standards," Ezzeddine Boutrif, Director of FAO's Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division was quoted. "Consumers have a right to be informed about potential hazards in food and to be protected against them", he adde...

Canadian Cancer Society Calls for Ban on Asbestos

...anada and around the world. Although asbestos is internationally recognized as one of the worst cancer-causing materials ever to have been in widespread use, the society's decision was controversial because it undermines Ottawa's long-standing contention asbestos can be used safely and should be promoted. Exposur...

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...ous and seek the collaboration of Dr. Thatcher, an internationally renowned veterinary nutritionist, on the innovative research project. Dr. Ray Geor, the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Ext...

China Bans Sales of Leukemia Drug in Latest Medicine Scare

...called into serious question both domestically and internationally due to incidents ranging from fake drugs to tainted food. The State Food and Drug Administration on Saturday suspended the sale of methotrexate after children being treated for acute leukemia reported feeling pain and had difficulty walking after b...

Mira Nair Launches AIDS Awareness Project

...pact of the disease during movie screenings. The internationally acclaimed filmmaker said that she had proposed the idea to get the message across to people. "I proposed that I would get together the most cutting-edge, commercial, populist film directors from different regions of India, who would each use iconic...

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