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Misleading anti-malarial drug

...nt there was nothing to support the manufacturer’s promotional claim about Malarone’s effectiveness and that the claim should be withdrawn as a result. A spokesperson for GlaxoSmithKline said the company supported the 97 per cent efficacy rate indicated by the three efficacy trials carried out in Africa. >...

Sitting in office for long hours can cause overweight and obesity

... time employed men. This finding calls for health promotional activities at the workplace also....

Indian Government Keen On JE Vaccine Supply And Patenting Of Indian Medicine Formulations

...revention and promotive medicine. As a part of the promotional campaign, a Golden Triangle Project with a fund of Rs 120 crore has been initiated involving ICMR, CSIR and Indian System of Medicine. A Traditional Knowledge Digital Library has already been set up in addition to the translation services involving d...

India Marks World AIDS Day

...ces, he said, should include 'preventive services, promotional measures as well as interventions for counseling and treatment. Simultaneously, a massive capacity building, awareness and counseling campaign should be launched with the help of public health professionals.' Addressing over 1,000 youth leaders of a...

Smoking Related Scenes in Movies Increase Teenage Susceptibility To Smoke

...ovies with on-screen smoking countered much of the promotional effect of smoking in the movies. A direct relationship between watching smoking related scenes and actual smoking exists, with a three fold increased risk of smoking initiation among those who watch it more frequently compared to those who watch th...

Drug Makers Banned From Providing Gifts To Doctors

...tions by pharmaceutical companies as a part of the promotional campaign. In addition, doctors without jobs have been provided consulting jobs.// What do they expect in favor? Nothing more than a prescription of their latest expensive medication. In an attempt to prevent such unethical exchanges, certain formul...

'New York Condom' To Be Promoted Soon: Health Department

...acks, incorporating // the New York city logo as a promotional offer. More than 9 millions free condoms have been distributed since June, according to health officials. The proposal was announced by the Health Department, New York city, just in time during Valentine's Day celebrations. It is expected that the ...

Beware Of Bogus Claims by HGH Spray Internet Marketers

...lert' warn consumers on how to spot the misleading promotional methods that aim to legitimize bogus spray and nut...llers are now flooding the Internet with bulk-mail promotional advertisements. The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M, Chicago IL; www.worldhealth.net), ...

Substance Abuse Prevention Messages Better Received Among Teenagers in the Form of Media Campaigns and Curriculum

...ampaign included print materials, such as posters, promotional items such as book covers, tray liners, T-shirts, water bottles, rulers and lanyards. Slater said the success could be attributed to the well-researched theme, developed by study co-author Kathleen Kelly, professor of marketing at Colorado State Univ...

Move Over Chicken - Rabbit Meat, All Set to Bridge the Gulf

...per cent. This number will further go up given the promotional schemes initiated by various agencies, like the Kudumbasree. Organized export still has to cross many checks, which would call for better standards in certification that is a prerequisite for export. The Livestock Production Inspection Office (LPI...

Prices of eggs, egging its way upwards

...lowing the bird flu outbreak in Maharshtra. // The promotional campaigns, free bies and on the house access to chicken delicacies have been fruitful, with poultry products is inching itself back onto people’s plates. The farm-gate prices had recorded an abysmal low of 50 paisa per egg from Rs 1.20 while the c...

Influenza Vaccination For The Elderly

...ne can be targeted. By increasing demand through a promotional campaign, they could increase vaccination rates and still have a cost-effective program. With this in mind Davis along with second year students studied and did a hypothetical research for a 10 year programme, and found that the federal government co...

FDA Warns VaxGen On Anthrax Vaccine

...suing such statements. The FDA took umbrage to a promotional handed out by the company in October, which claime...vaccine could be made "at nearly 100% purity." The promotional also claimed that the vaccine gives a longer immunity as s compared to some older vaccines. The FDA ...

Health Promotion Drives Waste Money, Claim Nurses

...ough a sum of $2 million has been spent on a food promotional campaign, encouraging people to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day, there has been no significant increase in the percentage of people who eat healthy food. As little as 205 of women and 18% of men eat five portions of fruit...

UNICEF Ties Up With US Basketball Association To Fight AIDS

...ts of the NBA Finals.The AIDS awareness television promotional spot which was screened during the press conference featured players from the NBA and WNBA sharing statistics regarding the impact of AIDS on affected children around the world. Source:PTI News...

Uday Tour, Global Medicare Tie Up To Tap Medical Tourism Mart

...fessional inputs, while Uday Tours would undertake promotional activities overseas and make all travel arrangements of clients, Uday Tour said in a release. The companies would target clients in the US, UK, South Africa, Middle East and Australia. The treatment would be offered in areas such as cardiac surgery...

Plan to Promote the Medicare Facilities of India to Abroad

... in India, Uday Tours will undertake marketing and promotional activities overseas. It will also make all the travel and ground arrangements like accommodation and sight seeing for their clients. Interestingly, the collaboration also plans to offer ayurvedic treatment and yoga in Kerala for post-operative reco...

Junk Food Promotional Ads To Be Restricted: Blair

...hildren or face// the risk of a total ban on the promotional ads that target minors. In a broad address on improving public health, Tony Blair warned that in case of the voluntary regulations failing, the food industry would be forced to eliminate unhealthy food advertising to children in 2007. Speaking in N...

Fast Food : Let the Consumer Feel the Pinch

...begin with, the ideal thing would be to ensure the promotional campaigns for unhealthy foods are off the air , so that people are dished out the right information about healthy diets . According to Professor Tess van der Merwe from the International Society for the ken Study of Obesity, a levy of extra tax on ...

Walkers Crisps Advertisements make Misleading Claims about Salt Content

... content.// According to the industry watchdog a promotional mailing saying Walkers had decreased the salt in its crisps to "7% of your guideline daily amount" was misleading considering the fact that the reduction did not apply to all Walkers crisps. They have instructed Walkers to ensure that future similar ...

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