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Infectious Diseases of the Wild to grow

...sts for food. He cites the rise in international trade and travel as major contributor. The researcher said the emergence of West Nile virus in North America, and AIDS and SARS globally was because of the increase in travel and trade. "This globalisation of people and products is difficult to control a...

Widespread Commercialisation Of Human Organ Donation In China

...e whole human body for afterlife ceremonies, organ trade from executed prisoners has been a flourishing business in China. Furthermore, the financial benefit from the transplantation surgery is another added reason for flourishment of the transplant industry in China. Infact, it stands second only to US in...

Canadian Street Prostitutes Requests Protection

Though sex trade has been legalized in Canada the sex workers feel that the Canadian Law which does not allow the prostitutes to communicate in public for negotiating with their customers in public and does not allow to do sex business in their residence or on an ren...

Pandemic Will Affect Business Houses

...ult in a 14% contraction in the goods and services trade as a result of a global recession, //according to the Pacific Pandemic Forum for Business. This is the first such conference being held in North America. The exact amount of damage it will inflict on business and health is not easy to predict. A r...

Excavations Reveal Clues Of Early Warfare

...und in the pottery. This means that some kind of a trade or connection must have existed between the two civilizations....

Happiness Is Not Attained By A Wealthy Life But By A Healthy One.

...ze one set of aspirations, it seems we immediately trade up to a more expensive set, to which we transfer our hopes for happiness," said the author. The study also shows that happiness affects health as well, as demonstrated in the former Soviet Union where people are "among the unhappiest in the world" ...

FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims

...ttlieb. In its submission to the FDA, the barley trade group said new data showed 3g of barley lowered ch...seases. New data shows, according to the barley trade group, that 3 gram of it suffices in lowering cholesterol by 5 percent. About 13 million Americans...

Pakistan drug companies seek trade ties with India

...lity market in the neighbourhood, we are forced to trade with China due to visa and trade restrictions by both the governments," he said. "Theoretically both India and Pakistan have eased t...

U.S. Chicken Producers to Test Flocks for Bird Flu

...announced today by the National Chicken Council, a trade group. Companies that account for more than 90 percent of the nearly 10 billion chickens produced in 2005 in the U.S. have signed up for the testing program, and the Council said it expects more to follow. Every flock will be tested before the birds...

US Government Licenses New Hypertension Drug

The US Government has licensed Sildenafil to trade under the name Revatio for treating pulmonary hypertension. The University Hospital in Giessen’s pulmonary hypertension// specialist Ardeschir Ghofrani has revealed that Sildenafil is the first drug that can be administered as a pill that has a posit...

Turkish PM says bird flu under control

...rts, regional observers claim illegal cross-border trade is rife. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to plan special public health measures. No human-to-human spread The World Health Organization said Tuesday there was still no evidence to suggest that the H5N1 virus was being pa...

Europe Seeks Indian Expertise

...adruple in the next decade", he said. A Belgian trade mission will visit India from March 20. Its organizers, representing the Wallonia region of Belgium, view the biotech sector as "attractive, not only for pharmaceuticals but also the agro-food industry". India's highly qualified workforce is an at...

Anti-obesity drugs for FDA approval

...t loss, Alli is available in drug market under the trade name of xenical, which on clinical trials was found not to cause any adverse effects and was found to reduce 12.4 pounds of weight on an average six months of taking the drug. ...

Foot-And-Mouth Disease of Cattle Reported In Argentina

...ffect human beings however. The disease can affect trade of meat as in interferes with reproduction and meat production. Managing the disease has been more troublesome for neighboring Latin American countries, Brazil and Paraguay. The reluctance of the concerned health officials to actively participate i...

Wake Up Call: U.N Takes Stock to Curb Fake Medicines Racket

...10, making up almost 10% of the worldwide medicine trade according to the WHO, statistics. This will be a fatal blow to the sick, unwitting targets of a nefarious network. Howard Zucker, assistant director general for Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals at the WHO, drove the grim reality home , when he...

Bird Flu Could Claim 140 Million Lives: Report

... 'The large-scale collapse of Asia causes global trade flows to dry up and capital to flow to safe havens in North America and Europe,' the report said. The study, commissioned by the Lowy Institute think tank here, was released as Germany and Austria were added to the list of countries where the deadl...

No More Additional Cases of Mad Cow Disease in Canada

...aid that no new additional cases were reported the trade has gradually resumed with strict regulations. There was loss of about $7 billion....

Need For Smarter Ways To Identify Fake Drugs & Internet Counterfeiting: WHO

...ces. The problem associated with such illegal drug trade is prevalent among almost all countries. In an attempt to track counterfeit drug sale in the western Pacific region, last year, US officials established an internet-based pilot called Rapid Alert System to alert local officials. ‘We need more innov...

Health Minister Promises Strict Quality Control On Herbal Medicines

...f traditional systems 'Arogya 2006' at the Chennai trade Fair Centre in the city outskirts. "Today 25 percent of medicines used in the US are from traditional systems and include plant-based drugs," he added. Patenting problems for Indian herbs and medicinal plants and products occur "because NRIs (non-r...

Bush Urged To Press India To Eliminate Medical Tariffs

... HIV AIDS, could go a step further by spearheading trade diplomacy to end medical tariffs worldwide. "He could start by raising the issue in India, where President Bush arrives Wednesday," they recommend. "Anyone in Asia who cares about the health of the world's poor should warmly endorse the proposal ...

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