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Voluntary Recall Of Tainted Painkillers

...hances. At a cost of $2.9 million, the company has reportedly voluntarily recalled 11 million bottles of the generic painkiller it made for retailers like CVS, Wal-Mart, and Dollar General. Perrigo has cautioned users that the pills could contain fragments of metal after trace amounts were found in some of its ...

Pakistan civil servants may retire at 62

...d means for reducing the official pension bill had reportedly recommended to the ministry of finance to enhance the retirement age.Qualified actuaries, who had studies the pension scheme after the government was alarmed that the pension bill would surpass all other allocations of the national budget if not rati...

Compensation Demanded For Bengal's Blood Scam Victims

...ny contamination. The expiry dates on the kits had reportedly been tampered with. Monozyme India is said to have bagged the contract by quoting Rs.20 a kit against the Rs.60-70 quoted by rivals. The company had supplied tens of thousands of kits meant for detecting infections 'such as HIV, Hepatitis B or C' i...

Dengue Claims Another Victim in Delhi Taking the Toll to 46

...92) and Andhra Pradesh (79). Chikungunya is also reportedly on the decline as the number of cases reported in the country stood at 1,653, two less that the previous total. Health officials said a total number of 29 chikungunya cases were reported from Delhi. Outside Delhi, the number of confirmed chikung...

Flaws Reported in overview of US organ transplants

...e transplant system. Although the organization has reportedly considered revoking the 'good standing' of at least 15 transplant centers since 2000 it has followed through just once, when certification was revoked in March for St. Vincent Medical Center in a Los Angeles. Officials at the network have not given...

Cancer patient Dies of Massive Radiation Overdose

...ration to remove fluid from her brain. Although, reportedly back on her feet within a week, she soon found that the cancer had spread to her spine and soon other parts of her body as well. She died at home on Wednesday, surrounded by her family. A post-mortem examination will be performed to determine whethe...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

...ics reveal that about 48% of new AIDS infection is reportedly from sexual contact. First line proved drugs have helped to prolong the lives of almost 650,000 HIV infected persons in China . But HIV a retro virus, is known to mutate rapidly if medication is not taken in the required dosage and at proper time int...

Dengue Fever Spreads in Latin America, Caribbean

...the disease. In Colombia, around 16 patients are reportedly hospitalised, while one is in serious condition with aggressive haemorrhagic strain. Colombian civic authorities are calling upon the people to take adequate steps like not allowing stagnation of water and other precautionary measures. Source-IAN...

Dengue Outbreak Feared in Nepal

...thern neighbour is showing concern with six people reportedly //showing symptoms of the mosquito-borne disease in mid-western Nepal. Six patients admitted to two hospitals in Nepalgunj, the main town in Banke district, showed symptoms of the disease, media reports in Nepal said Wednesday. After examining th...

Family Approaches President for Mercy Killing

... district to highlight their plight. The family is reportedly suffering from an undiagnosed disease that has disabled them. Vaishani Devi, 65, has had the disease since she was 10. The disease was passed on to her four sons and one daughter. One of her sons died. The family wrote to the president Oct 2, on ...

Obesity Drug Advertisements Misleading Teens

...jor audiences include 13- to 17-year-olds and have reportedly driven teens as young as 13 and of average weight to seek out the drugs from pharmacies. Choice said that the ads breached the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Council's guidelines prohibiting drug advertising that are directed at people under 18....

Finding the Source of Anthrax Attack in United States (2001)

...reased their probe into the source of anthrax that reportedly killed five people in the US in Oct 2001, weeks after the September 11 twin tower disaster. The Anthrax which claimed the life of five people in The US was received by mail, which had also rendered 17 persons sick. Due to the attack, the whole of U...

Over 200 Chinese Kids Fell Ill after Taking School Lunch

...e 223 students were admitted to a hospital and are reportedly in a stable condition, an official said Tuesday. Students of Dianshi Town High School began reporting symptoms of headache, stomach ache and vomiting after they ate lunch at their school Monday and were immediately hopitalised. The food samples h...

Chikungunya Outbreak Feared in Jaipur

...pur region alone, in which over 600,000 people are reportedly suffering from fever. Some 630 patients approached six major hospitals in Jaipur on Saturday. All the patients' complained of high fever. "Fogging could be one of the solutions to control the increasing number of mosquitoes in the city," said Ashok...

An Experimental New Drug Might Be Effective In Treating MS

...t was explained that in the study the patients had reportedly received one of the two doses of the drug for up to a year, receiving either a 125 milligrams of an oral dose of the drug or 5 milligrams of the drug or a placebo. Six months later the patients on placebo were switched on to fingolimod, and it was fo...

Kalam's Intervention Brings Hope to Orissa Student

...athy, the general manager of the Indian Bank here, reportedly wrote to Alli a couple of days ago, asking him to submit his details to avail of a study loan from the bank. The letter has raised Alli's hopes of completing his higher studies. Source-IANS...

Successfully Separated Conjoined Twins In A Critical Yet Stable Condition

...idates for separation. The Shaw twin’s family have reportedly set up a fund for the boys called the Mateo and McHale Shaw Fund, in care of the Kohler Credit Union, 850 Woodlake Road, Kohler, Wis., 53044. ource-Medindia VIK...

Doctor Slipped into Coma after Being Beaten by Crowds

... owner, was taken to Sharma after a snake bite. He reportedly died while Sharma was performing first aid. This enraged the villagers, who arrived at the clinic in large numbers and destroyed his office. The crowd then chased the doctor and snatched his licensed revolver before beating him black and blue. Th...

British Pupils Opt for Online Tuition from India

... from TutorVista, a company based in Bangalore. It reportedly employs teachers who work in shifts. While such ...oad up prepared work and animations. The company reportedly has around 6,000 pupil-subscribers in the US. It has 60 tutors for the US and 20 for Britain, who ar...

Madhya Pradesh to Hold Dental and Medical Entrance Test Again

...itted he had received from students. The police reportedly uncovered huge financial transactions from the accounts of college employees and sought the help of the income tax department to keep a tab on the accounts. There are about a thousand seats in private medical and dental colleges, whose limited sea...

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