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Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists

Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning "signal transduction in the nervous system." The three Nobel laureates will share the 9 million kronor ($915,000) prize for their pioneering discoveries "concerning one type of signal trans...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...ed States of America, a lawyer- Peter Angelos, who won millions of dollars as compensation from the tobacco industry in Maryland, has announced that he is dragging Vodafone to court in a billion dollar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours afte...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

... one's own body itself. Though Dr. Matapurkar has won the patent after four years of patient waiting, there is a long way to go before this magical technique becomes widely used....

FDA approves drug for rare liver disease

...uch a very rare but very lethal liver disease have won the first drug that promises to help them live years longer. The drug, named Orfadin, amazingly is a failed weed killer that Swedish scientists discovered could fight a disease called hereditary tyrosinemia. "This is a real breakthrough drug," said...

AAI Pharma Files Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

...r of losing its exclusivity. Since DRL has already won the case against the patent holder, EIi Lilly, earlier this year, this lawsuit should be fairly easier to go through. This is the second time that DRL has suffered a setback in the past three weeks as recently Novartis withdrew from developing its li...

Developing HIV fighter

...edicine, is a ``proof of concept,'' Sharp said. He won the 1993 Nobel Prize for the discovery of ``split genes,'' that changed how scientists look at evolution and advanced research on hereditary diseases, including some cancers. Dr. Louis M. Mansky of Ohio State University, who was not part of the resea...

New FDA regulations puts some cough syrups off market

...guaifenesin allowed to sell unless its competitors won formal approval. The FDA has given these companies time till end of November to pull their brands of extended-release guaifenesin off the market....

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...e was awarded the Padma Shri in 1986. She has also won a number of national and international awards. On hearing about the award she said: "It's something nice for me and the Institute.” She is a member of the WHO advisory committee on cancer, has to her credit, 95 publications in national and internatio...

Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research

...thers who did pioneering work in DNA research have won prestigious medical awards. These scientists are entitled to receive a cash award of $50,000 from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation that would be presented on Friday in New York. The prize for basic medical research will be shared by Ernest McCu...

Beauty Queens Urge On The Importance Of Maintaining Bone Integrity

...part of the awareness campaign, beauty queens, who won their titles between 1972 and 2003, have been involved in actively educating the teenagers regarding bone integrity. It has been noted that many pre-teenage and teenage girls worldwide have an obsession with beauty at the expense of health. The seve...

Nurse wins her case over use of Herceptin for her Breast cancer

...er nurse who has been denied Herceptin earlier has won her case so that she can have Herceptin drug for her breast cancer treatment. Herceptin is a drug mostly used for resistant tumors, // patients who are positive for Her-2/neu genes are prescribed the drug, as Barbara Clark only had a early stage ca...

Herceptin Is A Possible Cure For Breast Cancer

...denced by breast cancer patient Barbara Clark, who won a legal fight to be prescribed Herceptin....

Murder Accused Wins Hearts By Donating An Eye

...ndra Sai (VSS) Hospital in Burla. Majhi's act has won many hearts even as he is lodged in the Bhabanipatna Jail and claims he is innocent. Majhi said three men had attacked him and snatched Rs.700 from him. So he killed one of them in self-defense. "I sustained injuries in my right eye and almost lost ...

New Plastic Surgery Unit Set Up In Kolkata To Meet Ever-Increasing Consumer Demand

...ery. It is notable that the eye clinic has already won the appreciation for it’s specialized eye care on a global level. Out of the 10 new operation theatres that would be set up soon, three would be exclusively to eye care. The rest would cater to various types of specialized plastic surgery. Provisi...

Another British Woman In Court For New Breast Cancer Drug

Anne Marie Rogers has won the right to fight for receiving the new breast cancer drug, Herceptin. Ms Rogers has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer and wants to make sure that it does not spread.// However the fact that the disease is in its early stage ...

Life Beyond Cancer - Delhi Woman Tells How

... 20-minute short film "Bhor" (Dawn) on her, and it won raving reviews. A leading publisher is now planning to translate her book into English. Anuradha has a single mission now: to create awareness about cancer, especially breast cancer. "It was a very painful experience," she says of her years of her ...

Need More And Better Drugs To Tackle Stoke

...pipeline. There are 180 stroke centers, which have won certification as primary stroke centers from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of health care Organizations. These can be interlinked with the ambulance services and the patient can be immediately attended too without any delay....

The Cleveland Clinic Expands Its Services across the World via the Net

...main Internet site and its departmental sites have won many eHealthcare Leadership Awards in 2004 and 2005. e-Cleveland provides a range of services which is both patient friendly and employer friendly. For the patients it has reduced the traveling expenses and the time and confusion associated with l...

Walk-In Health Centers Launched By The NHS For Commuters

...s of a majority of banks and supermarkets that had won the appreciation of several customers. It has been proposed to establish four other similar services at King's Cross and Victoria train stations and Canary Wharf in London, and at Newcastle and Leeds stations. Visitors to these centers can get trea...

Herceptin is the cure for early stages of breast cancer?

Barbara Clark, who won the case that allowed her to get the drug Herceptin for her breast cancer treatment showed positive signs of recovery from the cancer. // Miss Clark, 49, had been taking the drug for four months. But also said that there is a 50 % possibility of t...

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