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New spinal surgery technique developed by UCSF Surgeon

...the tumors often sit just below the brain stem and press against the spinal cord as they grow. Some other tumors involve several regions of the vertebrae. In some cases, it can exert pressure against the spinal cord causing pain, numbness and loss of mobility in the hands, arms and legs. The patient can ev...

Doctors take part in walk: a step towards creating diabetes awareness

...t of regular sugar testing and medications. In a press release Global Diabetes Walk said that professors of the Department of Diabetology, Madurai Medical College, members of the Madurai branch of the Diabetes Association of India and Indian Medical Association, doctors of Madurai, members of the Walkers...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

...ative to Tamiflu. Dr Y K Hameid, CEO of Cipla in a press release said:‘‘Zanamivir is the only other drug besides Tamiflu that can be effective in human avian flu. While we have made Tamiflu in our laboratories we are trying to make zanamivir also.’’ Zanamivir is an old drug manufactured before 1995 hence t...

New Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Holds Promise

...r and the co- researcher in this study said in the press release that follow-up was important, "It is important that we continue to follow these patients to know how the treatment will work in the long term. We're hopeful that these early results will hold true."...

Kalam To Lay Foundation Of Vellore Research Center

... George M Chandy, Director of the hospital, told a press conference. Research at the centre will look at the mechanisms of differentiation and expansion of cells and how they could be manipulated for clinical purposes. Attempts will be made to genetically modify these cells for possible use in people wit...

Patna To Receive Better Health Care Facility Informs Health Minister

...Health minister Mr. Chandra Mohan Rai spoke to the press about improvising the health care facilities at Pa...he health care Secretory Mr. Deepak Kumar told the press about the plans of the government in the construction of eleven new district hospitals and 20 sub-di...

Conditions Of The HIV/AIDS Patients In The Mizo Society

...m People Living With AIDS// Society (MPLAS) gave a press talk stating that even as the world is changing for the better and awareness about AIDS is at the peak the Mizo people has a closed mind set up. He condemned the practice of sealing the dead bodies of AIDS patients in polytene bags before burial a...

International conference on Ayurveda to be held on Kerala

...ooss, Ayurveda submit is conducted on Dec 9. In a press release E.T. Neelakandhan Mooss (Junior) informed that nearly 1000 delegates from 30 ayurveda colleges will participate in the Ayurveda summit 2005. Lifestyles causing disease, ayurveda utilizing biotechnology & therapy using rasayana are the sessio...

HIV Positive Men in Singapore Exposed

...r minister of health Balaji Sadasivan called for a press conference to inform the public that wives of HIV positive patients will be notified about their husband’s disease. He said that wives will be notified through letters which were personally delivered by health official workers and so far 41 women we...

From Computers to Vaccines

...inst various fatal disease//. Gates informed the press meet that they had discussed about many issues reg...f the disease. The health Minister spoke to the press about Gates undivided interest in developing vaccines and also developing microbicide (use of benefi...

US Officials To Discuss Effectiveness Of Plan To Face Bird Flu Threat

...ording to official reports declared by White House press secretary Scott McClellan. She has also stressed upon the need for the approval of a reliable, authentic, improved plan that has been tested prior to its implementation. Details about how the exercise would be conducted and participation of other s...

India's vaccination project gets a boost

...r Julian Lob-Levyt, Secretary, GAVI. Addressing a press conference after the conclusion of the 3rd GAVI Partners meet here, Mr Lob-Levyt said India has made a lot of progress in the vaccination and immunization program and would get money to increase the coverage of immunization program. The money will ...

Medical Legacy of Doctor Franklin

... natural philosopher and with the help of printing press and social connections he build the first major charity hospital and the first American Medical School. Some of the important contributions of Franklin to the society were that he was the first person to start a charity hospital and medical school ...

Scotland faces shortage of dentists questioning the dental facilities

... is needed. The Deputy Health Minister told the press that they are encouraging the dentist to stay at NHS by awarding them with incentives. The public has different views about this whole issue. They say that a successful free dental check for all would not be possible unless everybody gets to access...

Global Health Bonds to Improve Health Care Facilities for the Underprivileged.

...ce of Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) assembled a press conference in New Delhi, stated that The Global Health Bonds are expected to raise four billion dollars.// Global Health Bonds are the first of the kind to be released to raise money from the countries around to improve health care facilities. Th...

Wonder drug Dasatinib gives hopes to leukemia patients

...company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co at Boston told the press that the drug Dasatinib has led to reduction in the number of patients with Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).// This drug is very effective in the decreasing the leukemia cells from the bone marrow than the previously used drug Gleevec. Chronic my...

Five Members Of A Family Killed

...g, which had been constructed a few days ago. In a press meeting deputy commissioner of police R.L Meena said that the eight feet high wall of a school building was under construction and the cause of the collapse could only be determined after all investigations were finished. The police are in the proces...

A Batch Of Panadol Recalled

... as yet unaware of the recall order, and the local press reports claim that as many as 10,000 of the boxes ...ontaining the medicine are in circulation. Other press reports claim that the batch was legally imported, but it is defective due to a faulty storage and m...

All Specialty Care Treatments Will Be Offered At Belle Vue.

...adip Tandon the Chief of Belle Vue Clinic told the press that the clinic will be converted to a hospital by 2006. In this project Rs 30 crores is invested to transform this // clinic into a 200 bed hospital with all the health care facilities. A plastic surgery unit is also to be opened under the same ...

Kirin Develops a Cure for Bird Flu

... immediately in the commercial market. After the press release regarding the cure for bird flu the compan... Industries Inc. a textile industry owner told the press that his company in association with the Japanese university has developed a new material to raze bi...

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