Malaria-curing Herb Must Be Carefully Farmed - WHO
...ween 300 million and 500 million people each year, killing over 1 million of them, according to WHO. About 90 percent of malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, with most victims children under the age of five. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...Using Morphine to Hasten Death Is a Myth, Says Doctor
... dilemma of controlling severe pain at the risk of killing the patient - they manage pain with drugs and doses adjusted to each individual patient, while at the same time helping fear, depression and spiritual distress, he adds. And he warns that doctors who act precipitously with high, often intravenous,......umans, and it has an unusually high fatality rate, killing half of those infected. Vietnam once had the highest number of human bird flu fatalities at 42 people dead since 2003. However, no human cases have been confirmed since October 2005. So far, none of the new poultry outbreaks have been accompanied...Higher Physical Activity Level Slows Lung Function Decline in Smokers
...ourth-leading cause of death in the United States, killing 122,283 Americans in 2003. It results from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two lung diseases which frequently co-exist and cause obstruction to airflow that interferes with normal breathing. Smoking is the primary cause of COPD. Over the course o...An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite
... is to vaccinate the stray dogs. Since the days of killing stray dogs in a cruel and futile exercise are over we can at best sterilise and vaccinate the dogs for our own well-being." A visit to the otherwise forbidden zone of the PFA-run dog pound off E.M. Bypass offers a pleasant sight. Rows of cages wher...XDR-TB: the Latest Global Terror
...ince spread further to 9 provinces of the country, killing hundreds. The disease is fatal to those infected with the virus HIV. Last year, 52 out of the 53 persons infected with XDR-TB died. Says Dr. Karin Weyer, director of tuberculosis research for the South Africa Medical Research Council, in Preto...Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Treatment of Children With Birth Defects
...n one of worst industrial accident in the country, killing more than 3,000 people and maiming thousands for life. More than 15,000 people affected by exposure to the toxic gas have died since then. The Chingari Trust set up by Golden Peacock Award winners Rashida Bee and Champa Devi have identified over 12...Unknown Sickness Kills US Honeybees
... struck the honeybee population across the country killing thousand of them//. At least twenty two states have been affected by this weird ailment. This has adversely affected the commercial bee keepers and honey production. Bee keepers have reported a loss of at least half of their bee population. Sometim...Pakistan: Authorities Plays Down Bird Flu Risk
...also been banned across the country to prevent the killing of infected migratory birds. In May 2006, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided Pakistan with avian flu detection equipment to help to speed up virus detection. The new equipment helps to identify particular strain...Turkey Confirms Return Of Bird Flu Among Chickens
...ould lack immunity, it could then sweep the world, killing millions, they say. Victims usually contract bird flu through direct exposure to diseased or dead poultry. Experts believe migratory birds originally brought the virus to Turkey and Europe from Asia and Russia, infecting domestic poultry. Turki...Scientists Develop a Harmless Multi-Tasking Reovirus
...ulating data that suggests in addition to directly killing tumor cells, the reovirus may prime the immune system to mount a separate, powerful and long lasting defence against cancer. Evidence for this theory has been mounting for the past year. On January 10, 2007, Dr. Sheila Fraser of St. James's Univer...Funds Increased for Treating Bhopal Gas Victims
...s spewed out of the Union Carbide pesticide plant, killing over 3,000 people instantly and maiming several thousand others for life. More than 15,000 people have since died from the after-effects of the poisonous gases and over 200,000 people are constantly suffering, activists say about the world's worst...Less-lethal Strains of Bird Flu Virus may Become the Biggest Killer
...ugh poultry flocks in Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, killing six people in Indonesia and claiming its first hum...known to have infected 270 people since late 2003, killing 164 of them. Experts fear the virus could kill millions once it learns how to pass efficiently amo...Garlic Hope in Infection Fight
...we may be able to render the germ harmless without killing it. If we use a conventional antibiotic, which kills the Pseudomonas, there will always be some survivors, some of which may develop antibiotic resistance. The trick is not to allow Pseudomonas to use natural selection as a weapon against us.” The...Not Just ‘Bird’ Flu Anymore- Avian Influenza Strikes Cas
...smitted from person to person and sweep the world, killing millions within weeks or months. The Indonesian surveys have added worry lines to scientists documenting the spread of bird flu, which has killed 164 people since late 2003 and has flared again with a string of human H5N1 cases. ANN...Researchers On The Path To Building Bone
...said. “Pten plays an important role in the body by killing cell lines that are proliferating out of control, as in tumors.” Source-Newsise SRM...Minister Calls for Action Plan To Solve Man-Animal Conflict
...estock depredation, predation on domestic dogs and killing and mauling of human beings. Perhaps, the most unfortunate part of the whole thing is the fear, dislike and the wider social insecurities it generates among the minds of people. The problem is acute in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Assam & Kashmir, M...Drawing Parallels to H5N1 Virus and a 1918 Flu Virus
...a viral strain brought havoc to human community by killing around 50 million people across the world. This strain of virus was highly lethal and the affected bodies exhibited a strange type of reaction //wherein the defense mechanism of the body itself proved counter productive to the person affected. Amer......ts, ABT-737 has been shown to be very effective in killing tumor cells. However, this agent is unable to block the actions of another anti-apoptotic family member, Mcl-1, and it has been found that increased expression of Mcl-1 in tumor cells significantly reduces the anti-tumor effectiveness of ABT-737. G...