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Biovac, Hepatitis A Vaccine Marketed By Wockhardt

...2) used for the preparation of the vaccine is been marked as Biovac and will be available in India cities by Thursday. The vaccine is available as a single dose, given subcutaneously for both adults and children and confers immunity for fifteen years. The prototype of this vaccine (Zhepu) was formulated in...

New Plastic Surgery Unit Set Up In Kolkata To Meet Ever-Increasing Consumer Demand

...don has announced that the expansion plan would be marked by diversification of the clinic into the arena of eye care. Arvind Eye Care Hospital based at Madurai would assist the clinic in the expansion plan, the main target of which is to promote surgery. It is notable that the eye clinic has already won th...

Boost of Memory Can Be Achieved Through Physical Activity

...their regime. The latter group members displayed a marked reduction in the accuracy of their responses as expected. "What changed was the number of mistakes. The runners who had taken the six-week jogging course made fewer mistakes. They could complete the tests much more precisely than the non-runners co...

Short Glasses Make You Drink More

...rrow glasses or ones on which the alcohol level is marked should be used. And to realize that when alcoholic drinks are served in a short, wide glass, two drinks are actually equal to two and a half, said the researchers. Edited (ANI)...

Apollo And Stanford Team To Train Emergency Medical Technicians

...ord Emergency Medicine International, US, would be marked by a launch of a first-ever international programme for training of emergency medical technicians in India//. The one-year full time programme would be conducted at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. Candidates who have passed Intermediate or an equivale...

Gujarat Records Fall In AIDS Cases

...he fact that HIV positive cases have not shown any marked increase. According to the last survey of the high-risk conducted in 2003, only 13.2% of the female sex workers were found positive. "Compared to the high numbers of infected persons in Mumbai's sex industry, the situation in Ahmedabad is less al...

Inhaling Concentrated Saline Could Benefit Cystic Fibrosis Patients

...was better. Lung function in general also showed a marked improvement. The study titled "Sustained Improvement in Mucus Clearance and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis with Hypertonic Saline" will appear in the January 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The National Heart, Lung, and Bloo...

Anti-cholinesterase drugs for treating Alzheimer's not worth the price

...lity to reason, remember, imagine and learn. It is marked by abnormal clumps (plaques) and irregular knots (neurofibrillary tangles) of brain cells. For reasons not well understood, these plaques and tangles take over healthy brain tissues, devastating the areas of the brain associated with intellectual fun...

Raw Vegan Diet Promises Lightweight, Healthy Bones

...cant. This observation in the raw food vegans is marked contrast to that observed in menopausal women who have reduced bone mass, increased fracture, osteoporosis risk and high levels of inflammatory markers in their blood (cytokines). More studies are clearly indicated to better understand the risk-benef...

Link between Old Cells and Ageing probed

...re present in large numbers in aged animals. This marked the beginning of a study by Brown’s team which involved Baboons from the research preserve aged between 5 and 30 comparable to human age from 15 to 90. Skin samples were extracted from the monkey’s forearms. They were further tested by scientists in ...

Placing a Finger on Responses to Placebo Types

... a placebo pill for 2 weeks. The results showed no marked difference between the effects of the pill vs. the device, in this phase. The second phase began after shuffling the groups, to test half the patients with a pseudo acupuncture treatment and half with the placebo pill, duration extended to 4 week...

Alzheimer’s: Blame it On the Genes; Lifestyle changes the only Saving Grac

..., over the age of 60 succumb to it. The disease is marked by apparent confusion, memory problems and marked behavior changes. The study's findings have found a place in the Archives of General PsychiatryHowev...

Food Grains Project To Tackle Malnutrition In India

...hese plants species could be natural, selected and marked for higher content of iron and zinc or vitamins. They could be through the import of germ plasm from a member nation. They could be transgenic too. After the project was approved in 2003, the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation gave a grant of $50 mi...

Hormonal Changes in Girls Increase Their Risk of Insomnia

...nia had higher rates of depression, which is often marked by sleep disturbances. About 88 % showed such symptoms at the time of the study. Hence the research team concluded by saying that Insomnia is a common and chronic problem among adolescents. This results in blunted mental acuity, poor performance...

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Affects Kids Physically and Emotionally

February is being marked as the National Children's Dental Health Month and the focus is on preventing tooth decay. Despite the widespread use of fluorides and school water // fluoridation projects, preschoolers are developing cavities at an alarming rate. However, it must b...

Child Health: Orphanage vs. Foster Care, A Study

...dren’s overall well being. The children portrayed marked improvement in their physical, emotional and intellectual growth. They began to gain weight and symptoms of anxiety and depression began to vanish. "An orphanage is a bad place for a child to grow up in," Dr Dana Johnson, a pediatrician and adoptio...

India Awaits Test Results To Confirm The Bird Flu Virus In Humans

...Nandurbar, with the authorities extending the area marked for the exercise as a "precautionary measure". Earlier, the government had decided to cull all birds within a radius of three kilometres of the area where the infected birds were found. The area has now been extended to 10 km. Over 60 teams of doc...

Bone Density Can Be Beefed Up With Twice-a-year shots

...lumbar portion of the spine by 3.0 % to 6.7%, also marked by overall improvement in density of other bones. After 2 years of treatment, the increase was anywhere from 4.3 percent to 9.0 percent.Those who had received Fosamax also showed a 4.6 percent increase after a year’s treatment. The placebo administer...

Retinal Hemorrhage: No More a Sure Sign of Child Abuse

...child abuse. The result of the study is however in marked contrast to the above statement. May be it is time for pathologists and forensic experts to look more closely into other possibilities before a child abuse diagnosis is established. 'Many doctors have been taught to look for the hemorrhages when th...

Biota Initiates Drug Testing War against Common Cold

...f the first, independent clinical trial in Britain marked an important milestone in the company history. The results of the much-awaited trial would be released by December....

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