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A Bird Flu Vaccine Produced In Vietnam

...se test on humans. Vietnam is one of the Asiatic nations worst hit by this virus. So far, 93 bird flu cases in humans have been reported in 32 localities, which include 42 fatalities, since December 2003,reports the Vietnamese Health Ministry.It also notes that no new cases of infections have been report...

Vaccine For Bird flu virus Discovered

...countries. It has caused maximum damage in Asiatic nations such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand where different strains have been reported. Dr Noel Barret, Vice President of Global R&D Vaccines, Baxter AGreports that the vaccine is working well even at low dosage level. A study conducted on mice foun...

High risk of mental illness linked to early parental separation

...eemed to surface 2.5 times more in whites of other nations six times more likely in Black Africans nine times in African Caribbean people than native Britons. Dr Paul Fearon, lead author of one of the studies told media that the team studied a section of ethnic groups staying in South east London .The data...

Vaccine against grass pollen allergy introduced by ALK-Abell

... vaccine will soon be introduced to other European nations as well, where the company has subsidiary units. MS...

Britain Faces Aids Epidemic

...Eastern Europe. Bulgaria and Romania are among the nations with the highest AIDS rates in Europe, according to the Sun. It has been found that almost none of these 'infectious' foreigners seek treatment and may infect the rest of the population, according to the medics. The problem is very serious because...

Two Day International Conclave on Traditional Medicine Inaugurated

...ant segment of population in most of the developed nations are used to traditional medicine products for generations. Hence erecting artificial non-tariff technical barriers to trade of Traditional Medicine products could infringe on their right to have products of their choice. The Minister said that Ind...

PM Stress the Need to Protect Health of Children

...mpaign, which will enable youth from participating nations to exchange ideas on better health practices. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the US, Russia, Argentina, Italy, France, Denmark, Ghana, Fiji, Iran and Zambia are among countries participating in the event. Source-IANS...

Diabetes- a Threat to Several Indigenous Populations

...pe 2 diabetes, the problem was worse in developing nations and among indigenous people, where up to one in two adults will have the disease. These results were announced at a gathering in Melbourne of diabetes experts from the United States, Australia, Canada and the Pacific islands. According to confere...

An Alarming Increase in Diabetic Cases in youth in Asia

...in the world. WHO predicts that by 2025, these two nations would have around 20 million diabetics. This is ... cars and snacks rich in calories. In developing nations like India, when an adult in a family with a low income has diabetes, much of it has to be spent on ...

Let Us All Join Government To Ban Child Labour

...al traumas and sexual abuse India is one among the nations where children are brutally vanquished under child labour due to various reasons like poverty, family expectations and traditions, abuse of the child, lack of education, lack of other services such as health care, public opinion that downplays the ri...

PM To Inaugurate World Youth Meet On Health

... Y4H will enable youths across the participating nations to interact and exchange ideas among themselves for better health practices. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the US, Russia, Argentina, Italy, France, Denmark, Ghana, Fiji, Iran and Zambia are among the countries that will participate in the event...

German Scientists Call For Review Of Stem Cell Act

...gging when compared to their counterparts in other nations like U.K. where therapeutic cloning is permitted. The Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft that was established in 1920 was the predecessor of the DFG. Counseling parliaments and public authorities on science and research is one of the tasks ...

Russians face the death trap laid by alcoholism

...s about 14 years lesser than other neighbouring EU nations ,the government health officials have been taking more interest in looking into issues which affect or decrease the life expectancy. Some Russians believe that the drive of the present government trying to impose near prohibition by tightening the ...

Massive expansion of Anti-AIDS programme in Southern Africa

... in Africa, agrees with him. He blamed the richest nations in the world for failing in keeping the promise to increase the funds.The G8 nations at a summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July 2005 promised to offer universal access to treatment fo...

Folate Fortification Now

... Canada, the United States and a number of other nations already have introduced mandatory requirements for folate fortification of flour – an effective and inexpensive way to ensure women of child-bearing age consume enough folic acid. The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council ne...

Videoconferencing, an impetus to Pediatric Oncology

...ries over the last several decades, but developing nations still have a long way to go before they catch up, notwithstanding the fact that nearly 85 percent of childhood malignancies occur in these countries. Impediments to progress in the development of pediatric oncology programs include poverty, malnutrit...

Flu Shots-Do we Really Need Them?

...ms have already been established in most developed nations with several developing countries also having influenza vaccination programs in place. The aim of the program is to reduce the number of cases of flu as well as related hospital admissions and deaths. In the United States, the flu vaccine is recomme...

Scourge of Obesity

...of the population in China, Japan and some African nations is obese, in some urban zones of Samoa, and 45% am...art to climb towards epidemic levels in developing nations as the sedentary lifestyles and rich diets - laden with sugar, fats and salt - common in many Wester...

Polio Back in Kenya: WHO

...orldwide would depend on eradicating it in endemic nations like Nigeria, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. WHO has reported 1,403 cases of polio this year around the world, including 1,300 from these four nations. Poliomyelitis is a viral infection that attacks the nervous system that may lead to temporar...

Effective Strategy Against Bird flu-Spainish Flu Vaccine Raises Hopes

... again.But the recent spate of bird flu in several nations has caused scientists to increase their efforts to prepare to combat the disease if it transmits into humans. <br?Dr.Gary Nabel,the lead researcher of the report on the vaccine,says that developing a vaccine against a particular strain of bird fl...

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