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Degree Course In Ayurveda

...urvedic medicine-manufacturing centre as well as a medicinal plant garden. Speaking on the occasion the CEO of BIPS, Subir Pal said that the institute would train graduates in the preparation of ayurvedic drugs. In the first year, 60 students would be selected through the joint entrance examination for the n...

Counterfeiter Packs Health Problems: Study

...Drug Administration to make tight security against medicinal prescriptions now paves way to reduce the use of counterfeits. Due to intake of counterfeit containing acetaminophen and artesunate, which labeled as made by Guilin, a 23-year-old man was died in eastern Burma last year. Thus needs more security ...

'Fishy' Medicine Stirs Controversy

...ors argued that the so-called fish medicine had no medicinal value and warned that the drug could result in mor...e informing people that the medicine had no proven medicinal value. However, the tests conducted on the court's directions did not reveal any harmful ingredien...

Prostate cancer risk pronounced with selenium-protein deficiency

...of urology; Steven Swanson, associate professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy; Lynn Birch, research specialist in urology; Vera Ray, clinical assistant professor of pathology; Sadam Hedayat, distinguished professor of statistics; and Daniel Lantvit, research specialist in pharmaceutical sciences. ...

Indian And Chinese Doctors Join Together To Prove The Efficacy Of Herbal Drugs

...ting or rejecting the claims of traditional herbal medicinal cures, a large team of specialists, including V.S Mathur, a professor of pharmacology and advisor to Chaudhury, and PGI Director K.K. Talwar, will make efforts to scientifically test the efficacy and safety of herbal drugs. Non-insulin dependent Di...

UK Computer Grid In Bird Flu Fight

... the Academia Sinica in Taipei. "This will free up medicinal chemists' time to better respond to instant, large-scale threats. Moreover, we can concentrate our biological assays in the laboratory on the most promising components, the ones we expect to have the greatest impact." Taking advantage of the experi...

Ramdev’s Medicines Questioned By Indian Medical Associatio

... He further demanded testing of the controversial medicinal preparations. 'Are his (Ramdev's) magic concocti...ist leader) accused him of contaminating ayurvedic medicinal preparations with animal and human skulls. ...

Africa: Traditional Knowledge of Medicine Needs To Be Protected With Due Legislation

...an countries, protect the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. The WHO's regional director for Africa, Luis Sambo, has said that envisaged policies should include the parties from whom the traditional knowledge is sourced and the beneficiaries of the knowledge. The document, entitled 'Policy and legisl...

Call To Protect Traditional Knowledge Of African Medicinal Plants

...draft a model law so that traditional knowledge of medicinal plants// can be preserved in African countries. This request was made at a conference held at Brazzaville, Congo, last week. It is widely known that almost 80- percent of the African population relies on traditional medicine men for their health n...

Pain-killer Drug Can Help Fight Breast Cancer

...de too quickly. Robert Brueggemeier, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy and dean of the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State University, and the co-author of the study states that many women with estrogen-dependent breast cancer take aromatase inhibitors to control their disease, the problem is t...

Detox theory under the medical scanner!!!

...4 to issue an advertisement relating to a relevant medicinal product without a licence. "Licenses will only be granted after the safety and efficacy of products have been shown in clinical trials. Any product making a medical claim has to prove that quality standard. The consumer has to be able to trust what t...

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Favours Herbal Farming

...al farming. It would also encourage cultivation of medicinal plants. Nitish Kumar said the idea of setting up the centre came to his mind during a visit of agriculture scientists to his bungalow a few days ago. --Edited IANS...

Number of Allergic Anaphylaxis Episodes Are Far More Than Those Recorded

...eurotic edema, unspecified adverse effect of drug, medicinal or biological substances when properly administered, unspecified allergy, and anaphylactic shock, food allergy, and other anaphylactic shocks. They found that acute allergic reactions account for more than one million emergency department visits each...

Bio-functional Garments Gaining Popularity

...an textile research centre in Krefeld. Aloe vera's medicinal uses are well known and the fact that it is used as a moisturizer in cosmetics has also prompted textile makers to try it out on clothes as well. However there is a danger that too many washings could sweep away these protective ingredients, "Therefo...

Health Minister Promises Strict Quality Control On Herbal Medicines

...he added. Patenting problems for Indian herbs and medicinal plants and products occur "because NRIs (non-resident Indians) in the US are patenting these as their own and not as India's". Worldwide research was on to integrate modern systems of medicine with the local systems like ayurveda, yunani, yoga and n...

Jharkhand Govt Tie Up With Ramdev To Preserve Rare Herbal Plants

...he herbarium will have precious herbal plants with medicinal values. We will approach the traditional medical practitioners who treat people with these herbs and also those having knowledge of the herbal plants, which are vanishing gradually," she said. The Patanjali Yoga Peeth also plans to open an Ayurvedi...

Yoga Guru Ramdev Invited to Tap Ayurveda Potential by Jharkhand Govt

...e preparations using the abundant state reserve of medicinal plants. The government is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ramdev next week when he arrives here for a yoga camp at the invitation of the state government, according to official sources. The land will be used by Ramdev's Div...

Children Being Given "Adult" Medications, Report Says

...rced to do so, "It is worrying that so many of the medicinal products used by our children have not been properly tested to ensure the appropriateness of their use," Lady Thomas of Walliswood, the committee's chairperson. "This will be a concern for all parents. Babies are being treated, really, by guess and b...

Aqua-Fire Treatment Burns Away Fat

...a thin mud-like solution - a concoction of Chinese medicinal herbs. The area is then wrapped in a cellophane wrap, covered with two wet towels and doused with alcohol and set alight. The patients are told to put up with the flames till it becomes unbearable. The longer a patient endures the treatment, the be...

Indian Herbal beer for Britons

...rbs phyllanthus niruri and ashwagandha, which have medicinal qualities. Reports said the beer is already a massive hit in India, where it was launched last year. Inventor of the bio beer is very happy with his product as it has better taste, smell and ingredients than the normal beer and is found to prevent...

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