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Inhaled Insulin: A New Modality for Management of Diabetes

...ng debilitating diseases, has reached overwhelming proportions // . It affects an estimated 194 million adults worldwide. Therefore, there is a huge demand for innovative and effective therapeutic options that are beneficial to the patients. There are two types of diabetes: Type-1: Also known as Juvenile Dia...

Incidence Of Diabetes Taking On Alarming Proportions: Study

The incidence of diabetes has taken on alarming proportions in the last two decades, rising from 30 million to 230 million, resulting in the loss of millions of lives, according to a recent study. // The study by the American Diabetes Association pointed out that China has the largest number of people with...

Bariatric Surgery Clinic To Boost Medical Tourism

...ity // , a disease that is fast attaining epidemic proportions in India. The star-studded launch of the clinic at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals here saw at least 25 people queueing up for surgery to get rid of excessive body weight and in turn associated diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiac ail...

Bariatric Surgery Solution to Obesity and to Boost Medical Tourism

...obesity, a disease that is fast attaining epidemic proportions in India. The star-studded launch of the clinic at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals here saw at least 25 people queuing up for surgery to get rid of excessive body weight and in turn associated diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiac ailm...

Results of Clinical Trials Vary According to Source of Funding

... For 202 randomized trials evaluating drugs, the proportions favoring newer agents were 39.5 percent for not-fo...ized trials evaluating cardiovascular devices, the proportions favoring newer treatments were 50.0 percent, not-for-profit; 69.2 percent, jointly funded; and 82.4 ...

Smoking and Obesity- A Deadly Combination

... of adults were obese and 22.7 percent smoked. The proportions of those who were obese as well as were smokers were higher than other racial or ethnic groups. Smoking has been proved to be a leading cause of preventable death. In addition it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, respiratory problems a...

Malaria Epidemic Forces Assam Rebels Out Of The Jungle

...ion, although the disease has not assumed epidemic proportions like in Assam. --Edited IANS...

Bill for Formal Regulation of Tanning Salons

...kin cancer has been found to be rising to epidemic proportions in Scotland, with about 125 new cases being diagnosed every week. According to Mr Macintosh, chairman of the cross-party group on cancer in the Scottish Parliament, "I am particularly concerned by evidence that children are using sunbeds, as they a...

B-Cell Biologic Therapy Could Revolutionize Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

...f achieving an ACR20 response, and analyses of the proportions of patients who achieved higher ACR improvement scores--50 percent and 70 percent--showed similar patterns. Changes in DAS28 at week 24 reflected the ACR response findings, as did the subjects reports of relief from joint pain and stiffness. What's m...

Mortality Rates Due To Heart Diseases Is High In Rural Areas Too

...ibility of prevalence of these diseases in varying proportions in other rural regions of India cannot be ruled out," said Reddy. --Edited IANS...

AIDS Deaths On The Rise Due To Low Access To Antiretroviral Treatment

...lion to an estimated $ 8.3 billion. Significant proportions of this funding was provided by the US president's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the World Bank. During the same period, the price of first-line treatment decreased by between 37-53 percent, depe...

Self Harming Teenagers on the Rise in Britain

...s to be an alarming rise of this trend in epidemic proportions in Britain, with one adolescent in 12, knowingly c...y ignorant. 'This is a hidden epidemic of horrific proportions and we know virtually nothing about why it happens or how to stop it,' said McLoughlin. 'Basically, ...

A National Survey Revealed That Mental Disorders Are Common In Lebanon

...raumatic events, resulting in substantially higher proportions of moderate and severe 12-month mental disorders in respondents exposed to multiple war-related traumata (16·8–20·4%) compared with other respondents (3·3–3·5%). Only 47 (10·9%) respondents with 12-month disorders obtained treatment. 85% of people we...

Allergic reaction to DTaP vaccine persists in children

...tment groups did not differ significantly in their proportions of children whose reactions lasted at least 3 days or whose vaccinated limb swelled by about 1 inch or more. As an explanation by Jackson, "Acetaminophen is an effective anti-pyretic (fever reducer). But it isn't an anti-inflammatory (inflammation ...

Tourism not to be affected by bird flu affected areas!

The problem of bird flu has taken gigantic proportions not only in the animal world but human world as well. The fear is so intense that tourists wanting to visit // countries with bird flu like China, Vietnam, Turkey and Croatia want an advice from doctors. At the moment the unanimous voice is to take...

Measles Breaks Out In Kashmir

...ighly infectious disease that has assumed epidemic proportions in the area. As the area is snowbound and there is no healthcare available in Sangarwani, some residents informed the police only two days ago about the outbreak of measles. Senior police officers rushed a team of doctors with medicines on Eid (Jan...

The Chemistry Of Sexual Attraction Between Male And Female Elephants

...epulsive effect was observed when there were equal proportions of both forms. Rasmussen added: "All of these responses and resultant behaviors are measurable in time. Not milliseconds, but seconds. We have a repertoire of follow-up behavior, such as trumpeting, running away and circling, that also can be count...

Beauty contest with a difference

...r of HIV cases, with the disease touching epidemic proportions in Indonesia. HIV is also believed to be rampant in the Henan Province of China, with the locals accusing the Chinese Government of engaging in a cover up operation with the object of hiding the reality in the country from the rest of the world. ...

North-Eastern Leaders Of India Meet To Discuss HIV Problems

...nt to combat the disease that has assumed epidemic proportions in the // region. A daylong conclave on tackling the scourge is being organised Saturday in Assam's main city of Guwahati by the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot is also scheduled to attend. The meeting is ...

A new anti diabetic drug on the anvil

...nic diseases globally, is fast gaining // epidemic proportions throughout the world, with pathological manifestations including obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. Since diabetes causes significant morbidity and mortality due to long-term micro and macro vascular complications, new...

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