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Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

...vaccine, Vu Truong, cofounder and chief scientific officer at Aridis, contacted Mao. Truong earned a doctorate in pharmacology and molecular science from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and knew of Maos expertise in biomaterials. Mao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in the un...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...lso support Avandia safety, says GSK chief medical officer Ronald Krall. "I want to be very clear that we are confident in the benefit/risk profile for Avandia. We believe that if it is used according to the directions incorporated into U.S. and European labels, it is an important treatment for patients wi...

Policeman in Trouble for Seeking Oral Sex in Return for a Favour

... small amount of pills, nothing major." When the officer told her a drug charge would mean she could not le...he wrote. She describes performing oral sex on the officer outside his car in a secluded area. Photos that appear to be video stills she said he took during th...

Are Main Rivers in Himalayas Under Threat?

... the revelation made by an Everest hero and former officer of the Indian Navy. "Spies in the Himalayas: Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs", a book jointly written by Captain M.S. Kohli and Kenneth Conboy, describe the CIA-India project and its failure in graphic details....

Miners in Madhya Pradesh at High Risk of Developing TB

...r to all the TB patients. However, block medical officer Padmesh Upadhyay claims that TB is now fully under control. "Earlier there was little hope of a TB patient getting cured. Now it is my endeavor to start the treatment as soon as possible once the disease is detected," he said. Another problem with ...

Anthrax Claims Two Lives in Orissa

... cattle meat. K.H. Reddy, chief district medical officer (CDMO) of Koraput headquarters hospital confirmed the deaths and the anthrax infection. "The two were brought dead. Those who have contracted the infection are undergoing treatment in hospital and their condition is said to be stable," Reddy said....

Concern Expressed Over Poor Quality Bird Flu Vaccine Used in Nigeria

...ce, according to Joseph Domenech, chief veterinary officer of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in a report. More than one million birds have been destroyed across Nigeria since February 2006 when the virus was first detected in the country. However, cases of the virus have since been confirmed i...

Stress of Deployment Increases Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect in Military Families, UNC Study Shows

...entz is currently an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Co-authors on the paper include: Stephen W. Marshall, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology at UNC School of Public Health and biostatistician at UNCs Injury Prevention Research Cen...

Ostracized HIV-affected Widow Turns to Begging

...inistration. Bramarabara Ojha , block developement officer (BDO) of local Nischintakoili block, pleaded ignorance about the case. But he promised to investigate and submit a report to his seniors....

Growth of Smoke-Free Air Laws Worldwide; More Than 200 Million Found "Fully Protected"

...ess,' said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. 'Countries like Ireland and Uruguay are leading the way, and were seeing real action now.' The report shows that nine countries have laws that require smoke-free air in workplaces, including all restaurants, bars and...

June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

...ng disease," said Frances Waldron, chief executive officer of the Scleroderma Foundation. "Though these walks raise money through pledged donations, the primary purpose of the walks is to educate the public on the effects of scleroderma." State chapters and support groups affiliated with the Scleroderma Fo...

Small Pox Scare Put West Bengal on High Alert

.... All hospitals and offices of the chief medical officer of health (CMOH) in West Bengal districts have also been alerted, local reports said. Smallpox is a contagious human disease, which is believed to have been eradicated from India over three decades ago. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared ...

TB and Measles Scare in Canada Now

... their jurisdiction through a local medical health officer or provincial authorities who can issue orders to prevent an infectious person from travelling. Federal officials can invoke the Quarantine Act, as they did in this case, to stop someone from boarding a plane and leaving the country to expose other...

Forceps Left in Woman's Abdomen

...nment has ordered Cuttack's chief district medical officer to probe the matter and submit a report at the earliest, Orissa Health and Family Welfare Minister Duryodhan Majhi told IANS. If the doctors who operated on the woman four years ago are found guilty, the state government will initiate action agains...

Anthrax Kills Six in Orissa

... four more succumbed later, chief district medical officer K. Haribandhu Reddy told IANS. He said other people infected with the disease were now out of danger as a team of doctors was camping in these two villages. Anthrax usually affects cattle but passes on to humans if they eat contaminated meat. The...

Fortis to Inject Rs.300 Mn into Escorts Hospital

...eeks," said Singh, who is also the chief executive officer of EHIRC. He, however, did not divulge the details of the investment in these three institutes. Talking to reporters later about the exodus of doctors from the hospital, Singh said: "Around 50 staffers have resigned so far and half of them are do...

AAPPO Launches ACT on Diabetes Initiative to Promote Improved Diabetes Care

...y Dexter Shurney, M.D., MPH, MBA and chief medical officer for Healthways -- a leading provider of Health and Care Support(SM) services, including nationally recognized diabetes disease management programs and diabetes centers of excellence for hospitals. "Diabetes has a major impact on individuals diagnos...

Amrubicin Shows Encouraging Results for Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

...or prognosis," said Andrew R. Allen, chief medical officer of Pharmion. "We are encouraged by these initial results which suggest Amrubicin's potential to improve the treatment landscape for small cell lung cancer." The trial compares Amrubicin and topotecan in patients with ED-SCLC that initially responde...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

.... Gary F. Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer of MTI, says the test is near and dear to his heart -- literally and figuratively. "I was the first male in my family to reach 50, so I decided to celebrate by running the Los Angeles marathon, but I had a heart attack halfway through it and couldn't...

A Welcome Initiative to Spread Awareness on Environment

...ch folders from us," said Kiran Kampani, programme officer of NGO Chintan. Asit Neema, an environmental engineer, said: "Time has arrived when we need to work on individual social responsibility as against corporate social responsibility."...

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