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Nanotechnology Revolution To Be Spearheaded By European Union

...n euros) are invested in nanotechnology around the world every year. Nanosciences is the birth of a new medical technology which augments various fields of physics, chemistry, mechanics, biology and electronics offering better treatment options at an affordable cost. Nanotechnology works by activating sm...

Some See A Hopeless End, While Others See An Endless Hope

...aches one about living life to the fullest in this world of materialism. Some survivors even go to the extent of extending the enthusiasm for living to those afflicted with the so-called deadly disease. “It’s your body. It’s your mind. It’s your cancer. It’s your battle. Only you have the answers to how ...

Aspirin Might Counter Side Effects of Cox-2 Painkillers

...oxic effects and they found that the Age old still world wide used Aspirin was found to have no toxicity in addition it was found to decrease the incidence of heart attacks. The study was conducted by Dr. Thomas Coffman, Chief of Nephrology at Duke University. The findings of the research which was publish...

Disaster Planning Guide From Harvard Health Publications

...ractice An Emergency Plan All the planning in the world won't do much good if you don't practice ahead of time. Not only does this enable you to go through your plan while you're calm and thinking clearly, but it also enables you to fine-tune it before you have to put it into action. Source: Newswise...

HIV/AIDS - May push Back the Tide of Progress in India

...largest number of HIV/AIDS afflicted people in the world after South Africa and now threats// to the corporate world of India are very real according to a World Economic Survey. The surveys message is “50 per cent b...

Physicians To Discuss Ways To Save Premature Babies From RSV

Physicians from across the world are gathering for National Association of Neonatal Nurses Lead Media Teleconference, USA, to review that data and discuss ways of preventing occurrence of RSV to premature babies. // More than 300,000 premature infants are born prior to 36 weeks ges...

Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer For Complete Recovery From Prostate Cancer

...ts and proton beam therapy. September month is the world Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and various organizations are spreading information about early detection of prostate cancer in men. “If caught early, prostate cancer is very treatable and often curable,” said Louis Harrison, M.D., Chair of the AS...

Scientists Consider About New Technology Called Nanotechnology

...ed nanotechnology and it has taken so long for the world to accept and realize the potential and scope of the technology which was once considered impossible or rather an eccentric concept. Nanotechnology refers to the construction of extremely small machines from nanometer size units that are about 10-9 m...

Shortage of funds for providing AIDS drug in Africa and India

... treat 3 million people by 2005, will never happen world wide critics say. Reports, say that only 11% of those in Africa and 14% of those in Asia have access to AIDS drugs. In India, which has more than 5 million cases of HIV/AIDS, the drugs are available to fewer than 10% of those who need it. The WHO s...

WHO says MMR vaccine is safe and recommends MMR Jab to all children’

...there seems to be an increased use of this vaccine world wide which is the only source of protection for ch...e compared to last year. During 1998, there were world wide concerns regarding the use of MMR vaccine as it was linked to causing autism in children’s afte...

Increased demand for Bird flu anti-viral drug world wide

...at can occur any time given the current conditions world wide people have started stock piling and storing stocks of bird flu vaccines and anti-viral drugs//. Even the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to stock vaccines and anti-viral drugs for 20 million people. Bird Flu or avian influ...

Beauty Queens Urge On The Importance Of Maintaining Bone Integrity

...s (by 2050), one out of every two fractures in the world will occur in Asia//. In view of the figures projected above, it would be sensible for men and women to undergo osteoporosis risk assessment accompanied by appropriate modification of their lifestyle. Osteoporosis, in which the bones become fragile...

Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Helps In Removing Thyroid Cysts

...rt of the minimal invasion revolution sweeping the world of surgery. The breast approach, however, is rarer than approaches using the neck. This is the first such instance in the country," Ramana told IANS. "The essential principle of this surgery is that your access route is different. We go under the sk...

Nobel For Ulcer-Defying Aussie Scientists

...e been the bane of millions of people all over the world since times immemorial. Basically an ulcer is the wearing away of the lining of the stomach due to excess secretion of acid. And this was the main reason why other scientists refused to accept a bacterial origin theory for the ulcers since it was fel...

WHO reports 36 million deaths world wide due to chronic diseases

...ization (WHO), shows that 36 million deaths occurs world wide due to chronic diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes and serious measures has to be taken to prevent this // in the next 10 years. The main factors which are responsible for the cause of the diseases is Tobacco, poor diet,...

People seek reassurance in facemasks following threats of bird flu epidemic

... Filtration Products, is the first facemask in the world to utilize nanotechnology enhanced filter media to effectively isolate and destroy viral and bacterial contaminants. Nanoparticles enhance the intrinsic filtration efficiency of the media by acting as a destructive absorbent to kill virus and bacteri...

Lawmakers alerted on new tobacco control policies by research team

The Smoking ban around the world can be materialized by increasing cigarette taxes, raising the smoking age and adopting new or enforcing current regulations that prevent or delay youth smoking according to a researchers. // This move is expected to improve the lives of billions o...

Biologicals Transfer Proposal between US and Indian Biotechnology

...ights from small and medium enterprises around the world and turn them into higher value products in collaboration with MNCs. Visalakshi’s study of 229 Indian biotech companies concludes that 20 years after setting up DBT, India still has no clear definition of biotech. “Everything from fermentation to aqu...

First Bird flu case reported in Turkey

...k waves through out Europe and round the world. As world wide fear is concerned over the possible mutation of the existing strains which can create a pandemic killing million of humans. Quarantines were imposed on the two affected Romanian villages and five others which have had suspicious bird deaths in...

Breast cancer women has shown an increase in survival rates

...ncrease in breast cancer survival is mostly due to world wide awareness for early detection of breast cancer and also due to more effective treatment options available due to increased research in the field of cancer. Professor Michel Coleman, Epidemiologist, Cancer Research UK has given this interesting...

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