BJP Seeks Tougher Laws Against Pre-Natal Sex Tests
...Swaraj, accompanied by Mahila Morcha leaders later submitted a memorandum addressed to President A P J Abdul Kalam, expressing their concerns over female foeticide and seeking tougher laws to check the practice. Source:PTI News...Drug Company Seeks Approval for Human Testing of Vaccine against H5N1 Virus
...r 2003, with at least 53 deaths. The company has submitted its plans for the trial to the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. The Agency is expected to approve the vaccine for the trial to proceed at a London hospital. While the government has stockpiled antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Rele...India Approves Baraclude? (entecavir) For Treatment Of Chronic HEPATITIS B
...e Asia-Pacific region. Bristol-Myers Squibb has submitted marketing applications for BARACLUDE? in other regions and countries around the world, including the European Community, Hong Kong, Pakistan and Taiwan. The global BARACLUDE? clinical trial program was the first to compare two antiviral, BARACLUDE?...Venugopal will not be Sacked Before Court Verdict: Central Government
... body's recommendation of Wednesday. Subramaniam submitted before Justice Anil Kumar that the government woul...ful as the body was not properly constituted. He submitted that the health minister and the health secretary were nominated to the body in violation of the All...Sanitizer For Contaminated Sprouts Developed
... said. A global patent for the sanitizer has been submitted and its producers are seeking regulatory approval besides looking for distributors in North America. ...Three Eminent Neurosurgeons To Examine Shahabuddin
... These three doctors were chosen from a list of 11 submitted to the judge by Shahabuddin's counsel YV Giri. State government advocate Uday Bhanu Rai told the court that state doctors had examined him five times and did not feel the need for outside consultants. Shahabuddin is implicated in many cases of k...User Charges At AIIMS Rolled Back
...had recently met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and submitted a memorandum pointing out that the "huge increase" in the user charges had put a tremendous burden on poor patients many of whom came from outside the national capital for treatment. Source:PTI News...Klebsiella Outbreak In Durban Blamed On Staff Shortage & Overcrowding
...e. Sturm had further stated that the task team had submitted recommendations to KwaZulu-Natal health minister Peggy Nkonyeni to establish a monitoring system in the province. A community group who were assisting the parents of children who died in the 2005 outbreak took up legal action against the department...HIV among IDUs On The Rise In The Sub-Saharan Africa Region
...ravenous drug users (IDUs). According to a report submitted by the Centre for disease control and prevention (CDC) and South Africa Medical research// council IDUs in South Africa were sharing and using the same needle up to 15 times even if they knew the risks associated with the practice. The researchers ...Wall's To Develop Low-fat Ice-cream Using Fish Blood
...t. The company has also announced that they have submitted an application with the Food Standard Agency to use the new technology, involving the GM process. Unilever officials have also stated that the process has already been approved in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. They categorically stated th...Doctors Confused by the Manly Characteristics of a Five-year-old Boy
... Abhishek's check-up. His medical report will be submitted to the hospital this week after some tests. (Source: IANS News)...Children in Poverty at Risk of Mental Health Problems
...em rather than environmental factors. The report submitted by BMA has suggested that diet and physical exercise play crucial role in mental health, often a challenge faced by those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The report has called for renewed scientific research into these links in addition to improvemen...Woman Elects For Mastectomy: Prolonged Wait For Genetic Results
...f up to eight weeks Oonagh’s mother’s blood was submitted for genetic tests, at the end of 2002, to look for... An Executive spokeswoman said a report has been submitted its expert group on genetic services and it was now under the consideration of the ministers. "...'Aids' Nurses Trailed Again In Tripoli Court
...e spread. Libyan people who were supposed to be submitted to the court as witnesses have never been summoned to the witness stand - Bulgarian defence says. Nurses felt guilty for the trail of infecting children’s with HIV virus after that the high court judge revoked their death sentences with a retrail....Increased Breast Cancer Cases among Fijians
According to the report submitted by the Ministry of Health statistics it was shocking to find that Fijians topped the number of patients who suffered from breast cancer //. Out of the total number of 68 cases 62 were females and 6 were men. 39 cases were Fijians, 22 were Indians and...Rajasthan Government Plans to Monitor Private Health Centres
...s refereed to a six-member expert Committee, which submitted a favourable report. Yet, the bill did not see the light of the day. (Source: IANS)...India Declared Free of Rinderpest Cattle Infection
...mber 2003 to October 2004. The Indian government submitted the dossier for the consideration of the OIE for 'freedom from rinderpest infection' status on Nov 1, 2004 and to Director General of OIE on Aug 22, 2005. (Source: IANS News)...Ranbaxy Ties Up With US Co For Mktg Zonisamide Capsules
...nder the agreement products would be developed and submitted for approval to the USFDA. Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc would market the products under the the company's label. Zonisamide Capsules, which are indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in adults with epilepsy, have total ......Association of Resident Doctors said that they had submitted a memo to the government to have a more practical look at the whole issue, which is threatening to snowball into a crisis. The OPD was thrown off-balance due to the strike, but emergency cases were still attended by the doctors. Patients who came for......ssociation told reporters here that they have also submitted a memorandum to the JIPMER authorities referring to the implications of reservation. He said there would be 'token agitations' next week. Spokesman of the JIPMER management told reporters that the emergency services and casualty wing were functioni...