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COPD A Little Known Killer Disease

...r heard of the disease. COPD is UK’s fifth-biggest killer disease as it affects 3 million people in the UK and causes around 30,000 deaths a year. The medical charity organization called the Developing Patient Partnerships said that about 72% of people were unaware of the disease. COPD kills more number o...

Africa Set to Control Malaria Using Specialized Software

...ar in sub-Saharan Africa and is the single biggest killer of children under five. CERN, the world's leading laboratory for particle physics, has its headquarters in Geneva. India is one of the countries with observer status at CERN. (Source: IANS...

Indian doctor's new stem cells technique for kidney transplant

...idney failure has emerged as the third most common killer across the world after cancer and heart diseases. The technique used by Trivedi and his team of doctors comprising Vineet Mishra, Aruna Vanikar, Pranjal Modi and Veena Shah has given a new lease of life to 20 patients not only from India but also N...

Three-year-old AIDS Patient Awaits Death

...nts and elder sister have already succumbed to the killer disease. Her father, Indra Jangre, 34, died in 2004. Her mother Gayatri, 30, passed away in 2005 and her elder sister Arti, 4, died in April this year. Doctors confirmed that all the three had died due to AIDS and that Pooja too had got the disea...

Researchers Warn That Whooping Cough Is Still Very Prevalent

...ssis’. This bacterial infection was once a serious killer with reports of almost 100,000 cases a year, before the vaccine was introduced in the 1950s. The immunization for the children against the disease is given as babies and before school. The research team in their study that was reported in the British...

Air Pollution Not Given Due Importance

...dly public health emergency crisis. It is a rising killer in the 21st century//. Statistics show that eve...people. The Hamilton Spectator addressed smog as a killer and definitely not a source of irritant....

Vice President Launches AIDS Awareness Campaign for Youth

... unchecked, it is going to be the most frightening killer in this century," Shekhawat said. He said there was a need to prevent the killer disease by creating mass awareness. "Our special focus should be on the 260 million people living ...

UN Sending Aid To Angola To Counter Cholera

...upcoming immunization campaign aimed at preventing killer child diseases. (Source:PTI News)...

Two Public Health Schools In Delhi & T.N.

... of Salem N Madhivanan explained that it was not a killer disease, and at the maximum a person would suffer for around 12 days before it subsides. K K S S R Ramachandran, Health Minister, Tamil Nadu, has explained that they are doing their best to stop the spread of the disease. Urging the people to remai...

Russell Killer Bids To Halt Publication Of Mental Health Report

Michael Stone, the killer of Lin and Megan Russell has petitioned the High Court to deny an application to make his mental health report// public since it would be misused by the press. The 45-year-old Stone is is serving life for the two murders committed a decade ago. Sto...

Over Two-dozen Children Succumbs to Encephalitis in Bihar

...as sounded a high alert to check the spread of the killer disease. The children reported sudden light fever in the early morning, which was followed by bouts of unconsciousness and convulsion leading to their death. Civil surgeon Ramnagina Prasad Singh confirmed the deaths of the children due to suspected...

Diabetes On A Steady Alarming Rise From The Past 20 Years

...ely. Stating that diabetes is the fourth largest killer in the world, the IDF feels that there is a three-part reason for this mainly diet, lifestyle, and genetics. They explain that with the increased population in the world and better availability of non-nutritious foods, people have developed poor eati...

Govt to Shift its Focus From Curative to Preventive Mode of Healthcare

...en every year, thus emerging as the second largest killer in the country after respiratory diseases. The new centre has come up in collaboration with the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Japanese government has extended ...

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project Soon In The Country

...adoss said diarrhoeal diseases, the second biggest killer after respiratory diseases, claimed 0.7 million children's lives annually in the country. 'We have switched gears from the curative mode of health care to the preventive mode. We want some very viable vaccines for all communicable diseases to be giv...

Indian Scientist who Enthralls Public With Magic Tricks

...ia has also gained renown for his work against the killer streptococci bacteria. 'It is no problem for me to cook even for 100 people,' says Chhatwal, who pursues magic as a hobby and is a cooking enthusiast. But by profession, he is a trained microbiologist specialising in research on bacteria. Since 1...

Autoimmune Diseases – Newer Preventive Measure

... diabetes to alopecia, from which the imbalance of killer cells and immune regulating system, autoimmune disease can be understood//. By age 5, out of three problems – an underactive parathyroid, yeast infection of the skin and/or mucous membrane and adrenal gland insufficiency, two will result in a condi...

Gates Foundation to donate USD 104 million to TB Alliance

...rms of TB can emerge. In addition, TB is a leading killer of people liv ing with HIV/AIDS, but current TB treatment cannot easily be combined with the anti-retrovirals used to treat HIV. 'We are very grateful for this support that quadruples the initial funding the Gates Foundation provided to the TB Allia...

The Price Paid for New Lifestyle

...g, late-nights, pubs,smoking and alcohol. The new killer diseases such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease,diabetes and asthma, are all preventable. China also has problem withtobacco and smoking. This habit is not new and tobacco consumption hasbeen prevalent for many centuries in different forms. "Wit...

Researchers Develop Potent Cancer Killer From Vitamin E Derivative

Researchers have now developed a potent cancer killer based on the finding that alpha tocopheryl succinate or Vitamin E succinate// (derivative of Vitamin E) is capable of inducing death of cancer cells. Infamous for its anti-oxidant properties, many take the substance as a nutritional supplement. The...

Highly Pure Form Of heroin Proving To be lethal Killer

...i-drugs campaigners have called for those peddling killer deals to be charged with culpable homicide....

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