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Diabetic Womens Death Rate Shows No Decline

...ists. "I do not have a clue," said Dr. Larry Deeb, president of medicine and science for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), when asked why women are falling behind. "But I do know that it argues that something we're doing isn't right. If you're a woman, and you have diabetes, it may be we're not aggressi...

Mercury in Antiques can Pose a Hazard - Study

... McLaughlin, a veteran antiques dealer in Ohio and president of the World Antique Dealers Association, said many such pendulum vials broke decades ago. "There aren't many left," he said. "I rarely see them anymore, and I'm out every day." Still, researchers urge people to inspect old items containing mercury...

US Concerned About Mental Health of Diplomats in Iraq, Afghanistan

...ot trained for combat," said Steven Kashkett, vice president of the professional association that represents US Foreign Service personnel. "Yet in Iraq, they are often directly exposed to conditions of war which they may not always be well-adapted to cope," said Kashkett, who also testified before the House...

Hair Restoration Procedures Performed Worldwide Increased 34 Percent in 2006

...rtually undetectable," said Paul C. Cotterill, MD, president of the ISHRS. "Increased public awareness about hair restoration procedures and the range of treatment options now available to both men and women are driving this increased demand around the world." While men have traditionally dominated the hair r...

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...ction. It is only the third time in six years as president that he has wielded his veto; the first time was l...c research. "This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before science, politics before the needs of our families," said Clinton, who is seeki...

SKorean University Seeks to Bar Smokers

... a campaign against excessive drinking. Oh Myung, president of Seoul's Konkuk University, told Thursday's Kore... or administrative problems. Student association president Kim Woo-Jin was quoted as saying they would take "proper action" against the plan, but were confiden...

River Blindness Becoming Drug Resistant

...at risk of derailment,'' wrote Dr. Peter J. Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, in an accompanying commentary in The Lancet. Hotez was not linked to the study. Officials said there were currently there are 18 million cases in 36 countries worldwide, including in tropical regions of the Americas....

IMA Accuses US Companies for Selling Recycled Prosthesis in India

...ies are selling recycled prosthesis in India," IMA president Ajay Kumar said here. Kumar alleged that US companies are selling knee and hip prosthesis at $4,000 each in India but in US it is sold for $6000. "The secret of cheaper prices in India is that the US companies are selling recycled ones here," Kumar...

France Celebrates Summer With All-night Music Fest; NY Swings Along

...e hospital emergency units," said Patrick Pelloux, president of an association representing doctors who work at emergency units....

Video Game Addiction to Be Termed as a Medical Condition

...rmal addiction is going too far.Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association, said the trade group sides with psychiatrists who agree that this so-called video-game addiction is not a mental disorder. The American Medical Association is making premature conclusions without the benefit...

Protein Targets for Carcinogenesis

...director of the institute of biochemistry and vice president of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University. Virtually every process within an eukaryotic cell is directly or indirectly controlled by ubiquitin, says Dikic. This includes fundamental cellular programs such as protein degradation, DNA replication, sig...

US FDA Wants Vitamin Manufacturers to Test All Ingredients

...ady test their raw ingredients, said Steve Mister, president and CEO for the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade association representing about 65 manufacturers. "This raises the bar so that all have to comply," Mister said. The new rule goes into effect Aug. 24 and will have a three-year phase-in t...

India to Have 30 World-class Universities Across the Country: PM

...isva Bharati in Santiniketan in West Bengal. The president of India is the visitor of most central universities and nominates some members to the executive committee or the board of management. "Our university system is, in many parts, in a state of disrepair," noted the prime minister, himself a former te...

US Officials Urge Testing for HIV as Health Crisis Intensifies

...creased from 1999 to 2006. Minority AIDS Council president Shirley James said the council believes everyone over age 13 should have a documented HIV test. The MAC, along with the University of South Carolina/Claflin University EXPORT Project, will provide video and discussion sessions designed to help indi...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Initiates Patient Enrollment In New Cotara(R) Brain Cancer Trial

...in this important new trial," said Steven W. King, president and CEO of Peregrine. "We anticipate that positive data from this study, together with dosimetry and dosing data being collected in ongoing U.S. Cotara trials, will help us determine the optimal design of Phase III product registration trials." Thi...

Japanese Firm Unveils Artificial Hand With 'air Muscles'

... at delicate work as a human hand can do," company president Mikio Shimizu said. During a demonstration, the prototype hand grasped a pen and picked up a raw egg without breaking it. The firm plans to ship some 50 prototypes to research institutes and firms, with plans to market them overseas in the near f...

Non Communicable Diseases to Be the Cause of Deaths in Poor Countries by 2115-World Bank

...stem and preventive medicines. Joy Phumaphi, vice president of the World Bank's development network and a former health minister in Botswana underlining the facts of the report said Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic No communicable Diseases" predicts rising life expectancy for all age groups, lower ...

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

...ence is the only way out. Monica Rodriguez, vice president of education and training at the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, says that the birth rate is down mostly because of an increase in the consistent use of improved hormonal birth control methods, like the pill, the pat...

Hong Kong's Shopping Spree Surges On, and on

...hopping in Hong Kong came when the visiting French president Jacques Chirac lent the city a huge Picasso, the first time the work had been shown in Asia. Instead of being displayed in a gallery, the work was given pride of place in a downtown shopping mall....

Expand HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs, Experts Stress

...e winning in HIV prevention," Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Fo...e are making in HIV treatment," said Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA and co-chair of the Working Group. "We have a critical window of opportunity ove...

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