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People seek reassurance in facemasks following threats of bird flu epidemic

... the media by acting as a destructive absorbent to kill virus and bacteria that come in contact with the filtration system. The comfortable two-piece facemask is completely adjustable and reusable. Manufacturers and distributors of the NanoMask say that with every report of bird flu concerns, sales spike...

Smokers blow up ￡90,000 in a Lifetim

...steful and addictive smoking is. Not only could it kill you but it costs you enormous amounts of money to feed the habit,” Clerical Medical Chief John Hiew said: “We all know about the health problems associated with smoking but we wanted to find the wealth implications associated with the habit. It’s a...

Dermaseptins: Potent vaginal contraceptives

...s study indicates that DS is an effective agent to kill sperm. In view of this fact, it is suggested that DS4 has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and potentially spermicidal activities and could be a potent vaginal contraceptive. However, the authors state that further studies are necessary to eluc...

Microscopic Nanobombs Blow Apart Breast Cancer Cells

...r since the shockwaves generated by the explosions kill "the cancerous cells as well as the biological pathways that carry instructions to generate additional cancerous cells." Panchapakesan said that they were working to direct these therapies towards treating breast cancer, prostate cancer and pancreat...

Home Based Rapid HIV Test Kit to be approved by US – OraQuick Test Ki

...sed fears that people who find out in this way may kill themselves and hence testing should be supervised and counseled face to face. The test kit should contain a leaflet containing written information about counseling would be included with the test. The US Food and Drugs Administration have already a...

India May not Face Bird Flu Outbreak

... affected by the deadly virus strain H5N1 that can kill human beings. So far the strain has killed 60 people due to the direct contact with affected and sick birds. This year the wild bird from China has decided to fly some other route and spare India from its destination. “It looks as if India has esca...

Novel drug holds promise for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

...urbs the immune system, which is then activated to kill and clear foreign pathogens in the body. This results in an enhanced immune response which is not possible otherwise. The drug would have to administered through the oral route as the immune set up in the gut has the potential to educate the body to ...

India Has No Case Of Avian Flu Says Health Minister

...ear of its mutating into a human strain that could kill millions, the WHO had warned. Asked to comment on reports that the country lacked the anti-avian flu drug, Tamiflu, the minister admitted that there were no emergency stocks. But he said: 'There is no cause for worry as WHO has around three million ...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

... affected by the deadly virus strain H5N1 that can kill human beings, but this the wild bird from China has decided to fly some other route and spare India from its destination. But, there are chances that these birds can reach India. This red alert is high in Kerala as this place is a very favored place ...

Hormone Treatment Before Radiation for Prostate Cancer

...l role in biochemical pathways that help radiation kill cancer cells by immobilizing their DNA repair process. If true, these oxygen-depleted tumors would be less likely to respond to radiation. Theodore DeWeese, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation S...

Sick Swedish seagull was drunk, not affected by bird flu

...ay. Experts fear that any resulting pandemic could kill millions, as there is no cure for the deadly disease if the H5N1 virus mutates and starts spreading easily from person to person. Currently, the bird flu does not spread through direct contact, but experts including those from the World Health Organi...

ADB Report Warns of Bird-Flu Catastrophe

An Avian flu pandemic could kill 3 million people in Asia, economically setting the...e between people and produce a pandemic that could kill millions. Vietnamese scientists said they were ready to begin testing a new flu vaccine on human v...

Doctors attacked for complacency against pandemic threat

...oyal colleges, to emphasize that the disease could kill between 50,000 and 750,000 people and should not be treated as a joke. He is planning to issue a “protect and survive” leaflet to every household in England and Wales and has instructed all hospitals, doctors’ practices and National Health Service...

Relief for HIV/AIDS patients: ART therapy now available in India

...ecently, said the therapy would control infection, kill the virus and increase the immunity system. ''There is tremendous stigma attached to this disease. People should seek counseling and avail ART therapy. This medicine would ensure a stress-free life,'' he observed. The disease generally reduces the ...

Man Bludgeons Friend, Gets Life Term

...ed act and demanded to know why Smith was freed to kill their brother. Stuart's brother Gordon Robertson,... to find out how he could be released and go on to kill our brother. "We have no confidence in the system. Our brother was let down by it. He was a happy-go...

Dengue Fever Claims Five Lives In Pakistan

...d to immediately carry out spraying in the city to kill mosquitoes. The National Institute of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization is preparing a long-term plan to control similar outbreaks in the future. (IANS)...

Anti-Microbial Coating For Use Over Biomedical Devices Developed

... of the use of these compounds is that they do not kill the bacteria. Therefore, the phenomenon of bacterial resistance would be virtually non-existent. The researchers next step is to work towards development of anti-microbial contact lenses and other anti-microbial biomedical devices. If fruitful, it ...

WHO Intensifies Anti-Tobacco war

...o be employed by the WHO. Tobacco related diseases kill almost 5 million people across the world every year, and this figure is expected to rise 10 million by 2020, with the developing nations accounting for most of the deaths. The application forms of the organization will make it mandatory for job appl...

Food packaging with Bisphenol A damages the brain

...uring certain periods of development oestrogen can kill specific subsets of neurons, but at a later developmental stage it actually appears to increase their viability.' Disruption of either of these actions of oestrogen could be considered potentially harmful, he added. 'We have now shown that environme...

US is unprepared for a bio-terrorist attack

...y to pass from one human being to another, and can kill several million people within a period of months. ...

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