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Doctor samples come under the ambit of advertisement

...come Tax Act. The nature of the advertisement or publicity depends upon the nature and quality of the article...re the expenditure incurred was not advertisement, publicity or sales promotion. The purpose of such distribution was to obtain a feed back from medical professi...

Kylie generates awareness about mammography

...a third," she said. Professor Chapman said such publicity would usually require a huge campaign budget. As per statistics more than 11,300 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia each year. About 25 per cent of those women are younger than 49. Therefore the “kylie effect” can save lot of liv...

India - Favored Orthopedics Surgery Destination

...ervice in the UK, USA and Canada.. Word of mouth publicity and the Internet are proving the biggest connecting links as they are able to help establish patient confidence in the surgeon even before they meet, said 38-year-old Cara Maria Gudeus of Las Vegas. For the real estate developer the decision was infl...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

...is side of the Atlantic are not amused by the wide publicity that has been given to the drug. It is since sparked a wide demand for Herceptin with some patients even taking the legal recourse to avail a prescription for the same. "Study results are preliminary, inconsistent and raise extremely serious concerns...

UK children getting high on binge drinking

...s of binge drinking. But while there has been much publicity about the rise of binge drinking among women, men are nearly five times more likely to become alcohol-dependent. ...

Twin Babies Help Charity

... addition to funds from the Government through the publicity and sympathy the twins are generating. Andy Proctor of the charity believes that the suffering of premature babies can be prevented by further research into the subject. The weblog updates of the twins are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. ...

Health Insurance Scheme Generates Conflicting Opinions

... Jose. He added that the company would get free publicity since it would reach out to 2.5 million households. "The insurers already have a scheme in Assam and have insured 3.5 million weavers across the country. Moreover, they are contracted to run our program for three years," said Jose. But economis...

Mystery Behind The Déjà Vu Phenomenon Yet To Be Resolvd

.... This prompted curiosity, which was followed by publicity about his case. Soon, 10 other individuals, with the same condition presented to the clinic. The other participants were however, younger than the initial case. Probing deep, the researchers were able to document a history of chronic pain or head inj...

Hospital To The Rescue Of Disabled Children

...m physical capabilities. The project requires more publicity to benefit more people, through providing mobility to disabled children. The limbs manufactured here are different from the Jaipur Foot, Joshi added, referring to the highly successful artificial limb project launched in Rajasthan in 1968. The limb...

Surgeon Attempts to Create A Surgical Hernia Feat

...erhaps to beat a possible previous record and give publicity to the newly opened hospital’ They further added:There was no mention about the type of hernias and what will happen .in the post-operative period’. Further information about these patients is awaited and it is hoped that the hospital will keep the...

Home Chlamydia Test

...inutes of taking it. Over the past few years, more publicity has been given to the infection and its consequences, but while other Western European countries are seeing Chlamydia cases decrease, the UK’s is rising. Research by the Health Protection Agency found that in the UK, Chlamydia cases have rose by 8% ...

Rare Fungus Infection, Not Due to Our Products, Says Bausch & Lomb

... solution has caused the infection. The negative publicity due to the alleged infection in lens has caused a slump in sales, especially in China, despite no infections reported from there. Bausch & Lomb said that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and health ministries in Singapore, Hong Kon...

Food Companies show Pathetic Response to Health Crisis

...ty and salty foods in their menu, proving that bad publicity was one of the surest ways of getting these companies to take the health of their consumers seriously. The ten leading manufacturers included household names such as, Mars, Nestle, Cadbury Schweppes Plc, Coca-Cola Co and Unilever. The four reportin...

Yellow Oleander Plants Fuels Suicide Rates In Sri Lanka

...the seed and died. As a result of the newspaper publicity it entered the public consciousness. "The next year," says Michael Eddleston, the British doctor who has spent much of the past 10 years in Sri Lanka, "there were 23 cases; the year after that 46, then 126, and ever since then it has continued to ris...

Drive Against Malnutrition Among Children In MP Gets Kicked Off

...amin A will be ensured. Besides a nutritious diet, publicity material will also be made available," he said. ... announcements about the drive and display as much publicity material as possible for the promotion of the drive. "Mahila Mandals (Women's associations) will ...

Professional Footballer's Case Worries AIDS Activists

...S activists are worried that it will mean negative publicity for those living with the disease.// Glenn Betteridge of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network said that painting all AIDS sufferers, as criminals would only serve to increase a false sense of security among people. "It's the wrong message and it se...

Measles Rate Shoot Up among Nursery Children in Scotland

...8. MMR was introduced in UK in 1988 but negative publicity that the vaccine might be linked to autism was widespread in 1998 which had an adverse effect on the vaccination scenario. A study was conducted by Dr Claire Cameron which looked at the vaccination records for Scotland for all children born between 1...

BMA Scotland Blasts 'Sensational Headlines' Over GPs Pay

...the hike in salaries offered to GPs after negative publicity over the move resulted in a backlash with critics claiming //that the wage hikes were responsible for NHS deficits. The new GP contracts were introduced in 2004 and since then salaries have increased by 25 percent. BMA's Dr Mary Church defended the...

Childhood Obesity Vs Malnutrition- A Spotlight On WHO Obesity Measurement For Kids

...edia to project the reality, also proving that bad publicity is one of the sure shot ways of getting these companies to regard the health of their consumers seriously. Educating young children about the consequences of obesity and encouraging them to be trim, happy and fit is the only practical measure to reve...

Mystery Behind Lens Cleansing Solution and Eye Infection Unresolved

...roduct has been stopped in the U.S. The negative publicity due to the alleged infection in lens has caused a slump in sales, especially in China, despite no infections reported from there. The infection outbreak is being thoroughly investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According t...

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