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Medical Fraternity Criticizes Doctor’s Recruitment Proces

...as received huge flak from the medical society. To mark their protest, there would be a big rally// which will begin from the Royal College of Physicians, St Andrew’s Place, and will end at Royal College of Surgeons in Lincolns Inn Fields tomorrow. David Cameron will be addressing the rally of junior do...

Bone in Woolmer’s Neck Found Broken, Say Police Source

...s interrogated last night and there was a question mark over the players being allowed to leave Jamaica as initially scheduled on Saturday. Other reports said that the police had found traces of poison on the floor of Woolmer's hotel room. Woolmer, based in Cape Town, South Africa, was a diabetic and a...

Indian Pharma Authorized to Market New Anti-TB Drugs

...r three billion US dollars. The new approval could mark a significant stage in the fight against TB. The latest reports by the WHO itself have indicated that the drug-resistant strains are proving a great challenge to health administrators worldwide. XDR-TB is a "super bug" which resists three or mor...

Drugs Watchdog Faces A Judicial Review

...ed with medicines on the NHS. But Eisai and Pfizer mark such assumptions of Nice as ‘irrational’. Last year Nice declined an appeal over its pronouncement that sufferers with early or late-stage Alzheimer's should not have access to Aricept (donepezil), Reminyl galantamine) or Exelon (rivastigmine). Eb...

Indian Court Refers Novartis Plea for Patent on Anti-cancer Drug to a Separate Board

...'Should Novartis succeed in its challenge, it will mark the first time that the demands of a private multinational corporation have overridden a sovereign country’s right to protect the health of its people,' said Chan Park of the Lawyers’ Collective HIV/AIDS Unit in New Delhi, which has campaigned agains...

Bhutan Leads the World in Preserving the Environment

...her in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on O...P). The UNEP has planned year-long activities to mark the 20th anniversary of this crucial treaty, which has become one of the landmarks of the global fig...

Mental Distress Sufferers Loathe To Come Out In The Open

According to a survey, which was carried out to mark Mental Health Action Week, in Scotland, more than 80 percent of respondents know two friends// who have experienced mental distress at some time or the other. The survey also showed that almost 90 percent of those suffering from mental distresses w...

Ray of Hope for Women on Motherhood Day

... pregnant women in Badarpur area of south Delhi to mark National Safe Motherhood Day this year. Girls from the area will also stage street plays on the basic theme of safe motherhood. Source-IANS...

Parents To Blame For Soaring Counts Of Binge-Drinkers And Smokers

...raceptive industry that using contraception is the mark of sexual responsibility. "Sadly, many young people have found to their cost that using a condom does not guarantee protection against sexually transmitted infections. True sexual responsibility is a matter of saving sex for marriage - and keeping it...

Graphics- Helps Bridge Gaps in Patients’ Understanding of Medical Condition

...ial decisions about treatment choices could go off mark because of this gap in grasping the implications of the diagnosis and treatment. Researchers feel the use of certain graphics by doctors will help bridge these gaps in understanding, where pictures can support text or verbal information. Researcher...

UK Scientists to Reveal Genetic Secrets Behind Serious Illnesses

...is of whole human genomes.// Their findings will mark the biggest single leap in the understanding of how genes dictate our propensity to get ill, opening the door to a new wave of tailored therapies and tests to predict the likelihood that people will develop a serious illness. A coalition of 50 grou...

Computerized Attendance to Check Late Coming Teachers

...ave to press the button on the machine, which will mark their attendance along with the time. Source-IANS/V...

Bangkok Lures Visitors With Its Growing Gourmet Scene

...o in just five years. Ohri's group made its own mark on Bangkok's gastronomic scene -- and some patron's wallets -- when it organised a one-million-baht (29,000 dollar) per head dinner in February featuring six Michelin-star chefs from Europe. The so-called Epicurean Masters of the World event attra...

WHO Intensifies Work on Safe Blood for Mothers

To mark the World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is today launching a new initiative to improve the availability and use of safe blood to save the lives of women during and after childbirth. The initiative is the beginning of a broa...

US Court Asked to Decide Whether Childhood Vaccines can Cause Autism

... recommended by federal guidelines. "Monday will mark the first time ever that evidence of autistic harm from childhood vaccines is examined and cross-examined in a court of law," said activist David Kirby, who wrote a book about the purported vaccine and autism link. Families will try to convince the...

Philippine Nurses Re-sit Scandal-tainted Exams

...care. The scandal which followed placed a question mark over the 17,000 students who passed the exam in June 2006 and brought into question the quality of Filipino nurses, who are in huge demand overseas. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 15,000 Filipino nurses leave the country annua...

Titan may Produce Glucose Watches Soon

...th 3.5 crore. It is projected to cross the 5 crore mark easily by 2025. Diabetics must monitor their blood glucose levels. Strict control over blood glucose has been shown to decrease the risk of complications from diabetes including blindness and kidney disease. Rapid changes over an order of minutes ...

Delhi's Hottest Day at 44.1 Degrees Celsius

The mercury crossed the 44 degrees Celsius mark in Delhi Saturday, leaving millions of residents sweating it out in the hottest day of the season so far. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius, three de...

Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years

...be spread from person to person. The 10 million mark was reached with first-line treatments for people with drug-sensitive TB. Since late 2006, the Global Drug Facility has also been supplying countries with the second-line drugs needed to treat MDR-TB, after the Stop TB Partnership's Green Light Commi...

WHO Condemns Tobacco Industry for Misleading Public

...gative results for the economy. Omi said that to mark this year's World No Tobacco Day, the WHO is honouring individuals and organizations that have helped create smoke-free environments through policies and research. Among the recipients of the World No Tobacco Awards in the Western Pacific Region ar...

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