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AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death

...er. If we don't improve access to treatment in the next 10-15 years we could have as many as 65 million deaths from this disease," said Peter Lamptey, president of the Family Health International AIDS Institute a non-governmental agency based in Arlington, Virginia. The illness has decreased life expect...

Drugs control and industry departments to share a common e-platform

...agreed to allow TCS to maintain the portal for the next seven years. The revenue model for the portal is b... will be facilitated through the portal within the next one-year. All license renewals, fresh applications, queries relating to inspections, punitive action...

Alcohol decreases risk of dementia

...ol were matched to those who did not and, over the next six years, it was found that the moderate drinkers had a 70 per cent reduction in the risk of vascular dementia - which is caused by an impairment of blood flow to the brain. For all kinds of dementia, the risk was decreased by 40 per cent. It may ...

Knowing how weight loss aids in diabetes

...d the chance to attend a support group. Over the next 10 years, the researchers will look at how weight loss impacts on cardiovascular risk factors, the incidence of diabetes complications, general health and quality of life. The result will be of great significance to people with diabetes....

New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

...f clotting, which can lead to ischemic stroke. The next version, released in the 1970s, contained markedly less estrogen and only the progestogen levonorgestrel. This combination also raised the risk of stroke, especially in smokers and women with high blood pressure. In addition, women complained of si...

NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad

...vernment has made it compulsory from //the 15th of next month official sources said today. The new regulations, which were published in the Indian Gazzette yesterday, specify that students who want to enrol in MBBS course abroad will have to take an ‘eligibility certificate’ from the Medical Counci...

Staying mentally energitic prevents Alzheimer's

...ints for each activity and its frequency. Over the next few years, on average, 100 people went on to develop Alzheimer's disease. Those with higher points on the mental activity scale seemed to have a lower risk of dementia. It's an encouraging result, for everyone can find some mental activity that giv...

Northfield Labs Receives FDA Comments

...BER's initial response, and believe that while the next few months will be busy, there is good reason to e...from this feedback will help us to progress to the next stage of the application process. The regulatory review will be a multi-stage process. There now wil...

Reducing Lung Cancer Risk

...of the number of deaths caused by tobacco over the next few decades....

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...e pill, named Seasonale, could be on the market by next year....

Pharmacia may take 51.5 percent Abbott stake

...ed, said Pharmacia could reach an agreement in the next few days to buy the stake in Abbott Laboratories India. // "If all goes well, senior Abbott officials from the company’s regional office in singapore will be soon in india," he said. The source did not mention the amount Pharmacia will pay for the...

Glenmark’s new molecule to go through trial

...r the molecule are expected to be completed in the next six months and then the Phase I clinical studies w... might be in a position to announce the CRO in the next three months," Mr Saldanha said. The clinical trials will cost around $1 millin....

Stent shows promise in keeping arteries open

...r testing. They could be on the market as early as next year. This is a very hot issue, surprisingly revolutionary in the treatment of coronary artery disease. During angioplasty, doctors guiding tiny balloons through clogged heart arteries, then inflate them briefly to open up blood flow. Frequently, th...

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

...ld by the target enzyme -- acetylcholinesterase -- next to each other, not when they happen to bump into each other in solution.In other words, the disease-causing enzyme welds the bars of its own prison....

Pig cloning for organs

...piglets without either copy of the GATA1 gene. The next step will be to test the organs by transplanting them into non-human primates. "We think if everything is successful with what we think are the major issues, in two to three years we'll be able to develop a program to test the organs in small numbers...

Liver key to extending life

...rticle due to appear in medical journal The Lancet next month, Professor Le Couteur argues that the age-related increase in atherosclerosis is due to these age-related changes in the liver. Previous research has shown that toxins such as alcohol and bacteria-derived toxins damage the holes in the blood ve...

Dietary cure for fighting Helicobacter pylori

... can kill even resistant strains of H. pylori .The next stage is to see if broccoli itself can have such a powerful effect, rather than just the extracted compound, and to progress to studies in animals and human subjects....

Men happy to take contraception

...on the market, and it is unlikely to appear in the next year or so, said Dr Weston. However, he hopes the survey will disprove the perception that there is no need for male contraception....

Developing HIV fighter

...aid. ``It will move out of the lab soon ... in the next several years.''...

Putting cancer risk with a vision

... who are projected to die of that condition in the next 10 years. Steven Wolin, a researcher at Dartmouth...that 20,000 women will die of breast cancer in the next year, for example, people tend to overestimate their risk. To know what that (number) means, one nee...

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