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Singapore, India To Do Joint Research On Oral And Throat Cancers

...based Regional Cancer Centre builds on a screening programme credited with cutting the death rate from mouth and tongue cancer in the Indian state by 40 percent. The new joint effort, signed Monday, involves looking for patterns of gene mutations that can predict which patients have a more severe form of can...

Plans To Computerise NHS, Costs Thrice

...08’ – says the health minister, Lord Warner. NHS programme for IT (NPfIT) really costs more than three times ...ed on the electronic database. Some parts of the programme were going well and good but some others need more improvements and speed. Pilot study regarding t...

New Gene Therapy Treats Diabetic Neuropathy

... ‘We are delighted by the progress of our clinical programme in diabetic neuropathy and by the reception it has received from the medical and scientific community,’ said Edward Lanphier, Sangamo's President and CEO. ‘We believe our DNA-binding protein may provide a novel and much-needed therapeutic approach ...

Five Year AIDS Awareness Campaign To be Launched By The Government

...uth problem. So he explained that the focus of the programme is to create awareness that prevention is the key ...be taking a pledge on a seven-point programme. The programme will create awareness about HIV/AIDS, child marriage, and gender equality focussing on dowry and sex...

Celebrities Come together to help a Noble Cause

...ennai: ‘Unite for children, unite against AIDS’ a programme organized by ‘Elements Regazzo’ in association with the UNAIDS and the UNICEF will be held in Chennai at the Taj Coromandel hotel on June 9th and will bring together VIPs, artists, politicians and activists to spread HIV/AIDS //awareness amongst the ...

NHS Computer Link Plan Is Wasteful, Feel Experts

...xford University Computing Laboratory, said, 'This programme shows many signs that it is at risk of failing. We are hearing concerns about computer products being used in a way that manufacturers have advised against. These concerns are coming from people who fear their jobs are at risk if they speak out. Prob...

SC Clears Deck For Implementation Of Nutrition Scheme

...ing mothers were to be trained and involved in the programme to bring their children to the anganwadis. The scheme was held up for two months as three of the registered Non Profit Organisations, which had applied for training the SHGs, had taken legal recourse after their application was rejected by the Delhi...

Ramadoss Urges Celebrities to Stay Away From Soft Drink Ads

...erest of public health. Addressing the inaugural programme of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central Food Laboratory (CFL) here, he underlined the need for a strong food safety and regulatory mechanism to protect the vast population of the country as well as compete with the international food standa...

India Declared Free of Rinderpest Cattle Infection

...eedom from disease and freedom from infection. A programme of rinderpest 'serosurveillance' aimed at achieving the third and final stage of 'freedom from rinderpest infection' was executed in three phases over three years - with phase I from November 2001 to October 2002, Phase II from November 2002 to Octob...

A Baffling New Drug Plan In Texas Town

...hington say that Medicare's new prescription drug programme is progressing very well, filling more than three ...Hidalgo-Starr County Medical Society, although the programme is intellectually a good one, there has been total chaos and confusion among most of her patient...

Film Stars, Sportspersons Should not Promote Soft Drink Ads: Ramadoss

...est of public health //. Addressing the inaugural programme of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central Food Laboratory (CFL) here, he underlined the need for a strong food safety and regulatory mechanism to protect the vast population of the country as well as compete with the international food standa...

NCC To Sign Mou With UN For AIDS Awareness Programme

... Corps will soon sign an MoU with UN to initiate a programme for creating awareness on HIV and AIDS in India, D...igned with the Forest Department for afforestation programme in Chattisgarh, Bhandari said. The total number of cadets in the country was 13 lakh and two lakh ca...

Malawi Has More Work Against Aids - UN Reports

... the executive director of the United Nations Aids programme urged the Government to create views and trends to fight against Malawi's HIV infection rate// , which has reached 1,00,000 numbers. Since 14 per cent of the countries inhabitants were affected, some measures have to be taken to reduce its prevalen...

Over one Lakh Affected by Chikungunya Disease Nagercoil

...te, he said, addressing a seminar on sensitization programme for medical staff and students on the chikungunya disease at the Medical College Hospital here. Special medical teams have been set up at district levels, he added....

Government’s Welfare Plan For Deprived Families Affect Other

...gatively affected by the initiative. But since the programme resulted in some adverse effects for the most deprived - the socio-economic group involved in a disproportionately high level of society's problems - Sure Start's negative though limited effects could have considerable consequences. Source: Eurekal...

Brainstorming session for Bihar legislators on AIDS

...islature and those connected// with AIDS awareness programme has been called to discuss ways and means for a more forceful drive against the dreaded disease, official sources said today. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the day-long brainstorming session on June 24 here, the sources said. Top off...

UN Bodies Launch Action Plan To Check Pregnancy Related Death

...ting Director-General Anders Nordstrwm said. The programme seeks to increase skilled health attendants in target countries besides improving health of pregnmant women and newborn babies. "We are faced with an urgent need to increase investment in sexual and reproductive health to ensure access to quality r...

Surveillance Program for Haemodialysis Reduces Infection

A recent study has revealed that a surveillance programme designed to monitor blood stream infections in dialysis units could cut the number of infections among patients//. The research was conducted by researchers from Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust.The study, in the British ...

India to Upgrade 13 Medical Institutions to Provide Quality Medical Education

... more than one institution will be upgraded. The programme will be implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana - or the Prime Minister's Healthcare Scheme. (Source: IANS)...

Impoverished Parents sell their Daughter to Treat their Ailing Kids

...rol hepatitis B. Bile lauded Pakistan's national programme to control hepatitis infections, saying WHO was helping the government create awareness through a programme about safe blood transfusion and proper disposal of syringes used to vaccinate patients. But for S...

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