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Experts Critical of a New OTC Product to Treat Psoriasis

...nd bought it." Bernard Willimann, executive vice president for Preval Health, the Maine-based company behind SkinZinc, says that the system is the bestselling over-the-counter treatment for psoriasis in the U.S. and Canada. "Some people try it without success, but a lot of people are very loyal to it," he sa...

Bayer and Onyx Submit Supplemental New Drug Application for Nexavar to Treat Liver Cancer

... treatment," said Hank Fuchs, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of Onyx. "We believe that Nexavar will become the reference standard of care in HCC, and will help advance our development program, which includes clinical trials studying Nexavar alone and in combination with other therap...

First Bacterial Genome Transplantation Changing One Species to Another

... synthetic organism," said J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., president and chairman, JCVI. "We are committed to this research as we believe that synthetic genomics holds great promise in helping to solve issues like climate change and in developing new sources of energy." Methods and techniques> The JCVI team dev...

As the US Population Ages, Hospital and Doctors Visits Shoot Up

...eed the alert and respond," said Dr. Brian Keaton, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, which is pressing for a national commission on access to emergency medical services....

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

...louted in Russia and Poland," said Antonio Poveda, president of the Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals. Europride is also a chance for Spain to celebrate 30 years since its first gay rights protests took place, two years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Mo...

New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants

... supported by big chains such as McDonald's. The president of the NYSRA, Rick Sampson, believes the industry has been turned into a scapegoat. "It's feel-good legislation, but it won't have any impact on obesity," said Sampson. He said that for the last 17 or 18 years the US Food and Drug Administration ha...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

The supposedly wooden Al Gore, former US vice president and presently a high profile environmentalist, will be coming alive, almost literally, across the world Saturday next. He is behind the Live Earth program - a series of concerts of pop and rock music featuring various artists planned to take place on...

Hearts Saved As Doctors Put Cutting Edge Discoveries to Use

...n Medical Association. Dr. Steven Nissen, former president of the American College of Cardiology and a Cleveland Clinic heart specialist, opines that the study does not prove the recommended treatments are saving lives, yet it can be concluded. "I really am encouraged that those things that appear in our gui...

Rural Doctors Had It Enough

... taken a toll their health. Association national president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal has said that the survey highlighted the pressing need more funding and support. He says RURAL doctors have identified better resources for rural hospitals and consistent national assessment for overseas-trained doctors. He said t...

UN Agencys Checklist on Health Care Error

...th care everywhere for everyone." Karen Timmons, president of a U.S. based patient safety organization that works with the WHO says "Worldwide, 1.4 million patients who enter the hospital each year actually end up sicker, because they acquire an infection while being treated for their original illness. In th...

NRI Threatens to Move US Congress for Justice in India

...t month rejected Saha's writ petition against WBMC president Ashok Chowdhury and secretary D.K. Ghosh on the grounds that he was an NRI and a US citizen and so not entitled to get any "information" under the RTI act in India. According to Saha, the ruling was blatantly wrong on several grounds and the judge...

70-year-old, Three Sons Seek Mercy Death

...hallenged sons have sought permission from India's president to end their lives , saying there seemed to be little hope for the family. "With nobody to extend a helping hand, death is probably a wise option," says 70-year-old Hakimuddin, a resident of Kamalpur village in Bhadrak district. His three sons, ...

Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses

...ew legislation will change that. Says Steve Jones, president of the Kitchener Professional Fire Fighters Association: "It's been 20 years we've been waiting for this. Unknown to firefighters, the Horticultural Technologies plant contained hundreds of chemicals, including pesticides, acids and aerosol paint c...

Suit Filed Against Horrors of Psychiatric Ward in New York Hospital

...plaintiff. However, in a statement, Alan Aviles, president of the city's Health and Hospitals Corp., said the claims are irresponsible and unfounded. He conceded the psychiatric ward as "one of the busiest in the nation" and "often experiences overcrowding, " but said the corporation had earmarked $140 mi...

Johns Hopkins Medicine Honors U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

...s Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Most of the gif...but to their vision, said Johns Hopkins University president William R. Brody. The care that will take place in this new tower will benefit generations of patien...

Experts Call for Warning Lables on Fruit Juice to Save Kids' Teeth

...parents need to be told of the risks," association president Tony Burges said. "We need to clearly spell out that these drinks are high in sugar and high in acid levels." In the past decade, the number of children under the age of four hospitalised for dental treatment has risen by 29 per cent. Dr Burges...

Disabled Orissa Brothers Lives Saved by Timely Intervention

...tance after the impoverished man wrote to India's president seeking permission to end their lives. The district collector of Bhadrak in Orissa constituted a team of doctors and administrative officials to conduct an inquiry on the condition of the poor family in Kamalpur village. His move came after the med...

New Survey List Out Cities That Take Sun Protection Seriously

...r B," said dermatologist Diane R. Baker, MD, FAAD, president of the Academy. "From here, our goal is to move the needle so that we have 45 percent or even 50 percent starting to score in the A or B range." Of the 32 cities and states ranked on their percentage of A and B grades, Washington, DC, was ranked No...

Various Civil Society Groups Form Alliance to Fight HIV/AIDS

...IDS to live a life with dignity," Jahnabi Goswami, president of the Assam Network of Positive People (ANPP), told reporters here. Goswami, 30, is one of the few women in India fighting to raise awareness about the disease and one of an even smaller number to have publicly declared in 1999 that she is HIV-po...

Hemangioblasts Aiding Eye Damage Repair

...est them in humans. Says Dr. Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific development at ACT :"We figured out how to produce literally billions of so-called 'hemangioblasts' -- the mythical cell in the embryo that gives rise to our entire blood and immune system as well as to the blood vessels in...

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