Over Five Million Illegal Abortions In India Every Year
... the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, will launch campaigns to create awareness about oral contraceptive pills and would take up with the health ministry the issue of introducing injectable contraception. "India must expand the number of contraceptive methods to stop unwanted pregnancies and illeg...Ranbaxy Acquires Glaxosmithkline's Generic Unit in Spain
...o rapidly expand its product portfolio through the launch of the product In its pipeline and through the Mundogen acquisition. As per IMS, March 2006, the value of the Spanish generic market was approximately 750 million dollars, with an annual growth rate of 25 per cent while the total pharmaceutical mark...New Preventive Strategy to Fight Childhood Obesity
...d of 12-weeks. Now the researchers are planning to launch the new program among the fifth-graders. The obesity intervention program is the creation of Megan Canavera, a registered dietician and master's degree candidate in the program of health promotion and education, UC College of Education, Criminal Just...Bayer to Market Biocon Insulin in China
...esday. The Bangalore-based biotech firm plans to launch Insugen in China by 2007-08 after completing the registration trials and seeking the regulatory approvals. "The marketing tie-up with Bayer will be extended to other countries in the Asia-Pacific region later. The incidence of diabetes is rapidly s...Lupin Gets USFDA Approval for Meloxicam
... in time. Our thorough execution has enabled us to launch the product immediately," Lupin Managing Director Kamal K Sharma said. Meloxicam is a generic equivalent of Boehringer Ingelheim's non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), Mobic. Its sales in the US were approximately 1.1 billion dollars for th...Gates Foundation Adopts Fight against Encephalitis
... received $25 million from the Gates Foundation to launch an immunization improvement project in Andhra Prad...West Bengal. Nepal has also recently decided to launch its own Japanese encephalitis vaccination campaign, Jacobson noted. She said that the ultimate goal ...Google-Like Model Used To Diagnose Suspicious Breast Masses Quickly
...han 3 seconds per query. The researchers expect to launch a larger study in a year to evaluate the clinical impact of this new approach. Source: Eurekalert...Kerala Medical College Demanding NRI Quota Admission Fees
... by the Kochi Medical College authorities. We will launch an inquiry into it," he said. M. Swaraj, Left wi...ty fees, and our policies are quite clear. We will launch an agitation against this action." There are 70 engineering and eight medical colleges in the self...Innovation Needed In The Field Of Diagnostics: Nair
...eases. Mr Nair was speaking on the occasion of the launch of the 64-slice CT scanner at Narayana Hrudayalaya at Bangalore. "Almost all problems begin with the heart and it is in this context that early detection of heart disease gains importance," he said, adding that no machine could be compared to the hu...IVF Price To Be Reduced If Women Opt For Egg Sharing Scheme
... and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for permission to launch an egg-sharing scheme. It is already known that many clinics run egg-sharing schemes currently in which the women would get cheaper treatment if they donate their leftover eggs to others so as to help them become pregnant. But the new scheme from N...Chikungunya Disease Hits Maharashtra
...e health minister Vimal Mundada said that he would launch an awareness program so that people could be sensitized by this new disease and take necessary steps to prevent and protect themselves against the disease. It is characterized by high fever, severe rashes, body ache, loss of appetite, joint pains and...Gene Therapy Technique for Inherited Heart Problems in The Pipeline
...dren,’ he said, adding that UF researchers hope to launch a trial in patients with Pompe disease early next year. ‘Many of the inborn errors have their most feared effects early in life, so we're pushing toward being able to do prevent disease as opposed to trying to correct later. We keep trying to get clo...Three New Contraceptives Introduced by HLL
...m manufacturing unit in the country, is all set to launch three new contraceptives.// "It includes a vibrating ring plus a condom, a three-in-one dotted ribbed condom and an injectable contraceptive for women," said HLL chairman cum managing director M. Ayyappan to reporters here, Friday. Initially all ...Risk of Silent AIDS epidemic in Middle East and North Africa
...ood transfusion," and added, "it shows the need to launch information campaigns and raise awareness, and to eliminate stigma. We shouldn't wait until the prevalence becomes higher." Dr. Samir Anouti of the UNAIDS regional support team said that it was time for visible and vocal initiatives against HIV/AIDS...A Princely Assistance to the Nepal Heritage
...ncheon at Clarence House, his London residence, to launch an international campaign to restore the Patan royal palace complex in Kathmandu Valley, a chain of palaces and temples built by Nepal's Malla kings, who ruled between 12th and 17th century. The event, attended by 120 guests, including the creme de ......ith medial workers and government policy makers to launch their ‘games for health’ project in September at M...eiving 30,000 orders, from 55 countries, since the launch of 're-mission' in April this year. The company is now working on games designed to treat other di...Scientists Claim Encouraging Progress On Hereditary Diseases
...sease Foundation and its scientists also helped to launch the Human Genome Project. Collectively, they have created a vast, international, collaborative effort that is markedly shortening the journey towards a cure. The Hereditary Disease Foundation's research programs include grants and John J. Wasmuth p...Max Healthcare Launches Outpatient Health Plans
...chairman of Max Healthcare Institute at the formal launch of the new product by film actor Juhi Chawla. On offer is a standalone Max Healthcare outpatient healthcare plan for family with the option of taking an additional in-patient health insurance plan from the United India Insurance that can be availed......d curb the menace," said an official source. The launch of the first such club Aug 22 by the Madhya Pradesh AIDS Control Society (MPSACS) in partnership with the National Service Scheme (NSS) and UNICEF is a first step in that direction, the official added. The red ribbon is the global symbol created i......on about the avian influenza will be shared. The launch of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) was announced in a letter published online on August 24 by Nature that was signed by 70 scientists and health officials. Dr. Nancy Cox, head of the Influenza Division at the US Cente...