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Robotic Surgeon to Team Up With Doctors, Astronauts on NASA Mission
...ms also could be used in disaster areas so doctors worldwide could perform emergency procedures. The robots could even travel to remote areas in the developing world so local doctors could get help on difficult procedures. NASA will test the robot's suitability for a mission to space, where it could perform em...WHO Concerned About Growing Two-wheeler Deaths in Asia
...ty. The WHO noted that nearly 1.2 million people worldwide die as a result of road traffic collisions every year. Of these, 40 percent are under the age of 25. Millions more people are injured and often remain disabled for life. In low and medium-income countries, victims are often pedestrians, cyclists an...ART for AIDS Reaching Many, Yet Scope to Ensure All Patients Receive Treatment –U.N Repor
...tatistics of patients receiving treatment for AIDS worldwide is positive//. ART for AIDS has certainly reached many, though there is a certain population of sufferers who are left out. As per the recent figures, it is estimated that about two million people in the world undergo treatment for AIDS. Only 11% o...FDA Grants Approval to First Bird Flu Vaccine
...'s third largest drug-maker. At least 291 people worldwide have been infected with the virus since 2003, and 172 have died, according to the World Health Organization. The new vaccine will not be sold commercially. It is being stockpiled by the government for use if the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates to a for...India to Collaborate With International Vaccine Institute
...ect around 160 million people and kill one million worldwide every year.The signing of the Agreement does not have any financial implication for the Government of India. On the other hand, it will enable the country to provide relevant inputs to the direction and priorities of the IVI, which would be benef...Hotdogs And Co.-The Long And Short Of It
...tion of rising to the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020, researchers are looking for other causes. Says Jiang: "People who eat 14 or more servings of cured meat per month have about an 80 percent increased odds of COPD versus people who don't eat cured meat at all. And, the more cured meats a ...Bill Clinton Says US Healthcare System Immoral
...his post-presidential years working to address the worldwide AIDS epidemic, said American taxpayers spend 10,000 dollars a year for AIDS treatments that cost only 3,500 dollars in other countries. Coming down strongly on drugl industry's opposition to importing cheaper, generic drugs from Canada, he remarked s...Campaign Against Obesity Taken to Schools in US
...world. At least 155 million school-age children worldwide were overweight or obese, the International Obesity TaskForce had said in 2005 itself. Endorsing the report, the British Medical Association had remarked, “Interventions at the family or school level will need to be matched by changes in the social...Dengue Claims 41 Lives in Jakarta
...idents. Dengue infects up to 50 million people worldwide a year, and Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific are the worst hit regions. Source-IANS/B...Certain Vitamins may Have Adverse Effects on Human Lifespan
..., reported online edition of BBC News. Millions worldwide use antioxidant supplements, including vitamins A and E, believing it improves health. Nutritionists suggest a balanced diet instead. Food contains a complex matrix of different components, which could not be replicated by supplements, British Diet...Health Workers in Developing Countries Undermines Essential Services
...urden but has only 3% of the health care workforce worldwide and accounts for less than 1% of global health care spending, the report says. The Americas have 10% of the global disease burden, 37% of the health care workforce and account for more than half of global health care spending, the report finds. C...PSivida, Pfizer Ink $165 Million Licensing Pact
...ech major, pSivida Limited has signed an exclusive worldwide Collaborative Research and License Agreement with Pfizer for its controlled// drug delivery technologies, including the Medidur technology in ophthalmic applications. Under the terms of the agreement, pSivida will receive up to $155 million in deve...Novel Airway Bypass Treatment Assists Emphysema Sufferers
...by smoking, affects an estimated 60 million people worldwide with more than 3 million sufferers in the United States. There is no cure. It's a chronic, progressive, and irreversible lung disease characterized by the destruction of lung tissue. The loss of the lungs' natural elasticity and the collapse of airwa...Indian Court Refers Novartis Plea for Patent on Anti-cancer Drug to a Separate Board
...company has patented Glivec in nearly 40 countries worldwide and says it wants to ensure that it will get adequate patent protection for any drugs it plans to offer in India in the future. 'For a research-based organisation like Novartis, patents are non-negotiable, said a spokesperson for Novartis. 'This is t...Ranbaxy Develops New Compound for Respiratory Inflammation
...le indications and up to double digit royalties on worldwide net sales. Source- BioSpectrum /...Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning
...ions in the world, reports say. Upto 50,000 people worldwide fall victims to it every year, it is estimated. // Scientists say the risks are getting worse, because of the damage that pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed. Dozens of popular fish types, i...1-visit Screening, Prevention for Cervical Cancer Holds Promise
...t of the 490,000 cases of cervical cancer reported worldwide each year are in developing countries, such as Ghana. Each year, more than 250,000 women die from the disease. According to Blumenthal, for women in developing countries who survive childbearing, cervical cancer is often the next potentially fatal re...British Doctors on Everest Mission Get Bitter Dose
...Denny Levett and space expert Kevin Fong generated worldwide media hype when it announced its plans in 2005.However, there was one thing the doctors forgot - to take the permission of the host country. According to Nirbhay Kumar Sharma, administrative officer of the Nepal Health Research Council, the apex b...Two-in-one Diabetic Drug Approved by FDA
...Organization (WHO) estimates, the number of people worldwide with diabetes climbed from 30 million in 1985 to 171 million in 2000. There was a 69 percent increase from 5.2 percent to 8.8 percent in diabetes prevalence from 1995 to 2005, exceeding the WHO's estimate of a 60 percent global rise between 1995 and ...International Health Security to Be Tackled on World Health Day
...l disasters. The current state of health systems worldwide is inadequate, it said, citing a shortage of more than 4 million health workers with the impact primarily felt in developing countries. "New outbreaks of avian influenza and the looming danger of an influenza pandemic, together with the severe hea...Other Tagsforward 2forward 3forward 4forward 5forward 6forward 7forward 8moves 2moves 3moves 4islands 2islands 3Other Contentsthrombocytopeniathrombocytopeniatestistestistestistestistesticulartesticulartesticulartesticulartesticulartestosteronetestosteronetestosteronetestosteronetestosteronetestosteronetetanytetralogy
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(Date:10/7/2008)...wswire-USNewswire/ -- Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic,Go... the Stars, has been,named chairperson for the 200...gn in an effort to help raise funds in support of ...e and promote lung health., The American Lung Ass...o conquer Tuberculosis. Today, the Lung Associatio...
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(Date:10/6/2008)...utting together the Who,s Who of bats, bears, beak...as a gigantic task ably assisted by a Field Museum...s most extensive and diverse mammal collections. ,...for Conservation of Nature) is releasing its compr...assessments of diversity, threat and knowledge of ...
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(Date:10/6/2008)... 6, 2008 Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generati...d its formal launch as the world,s first provider ..., The company, which was established in March 20...,000-square-foot facility near San Francisco. For ...as been reinventing the process of DNA sequencing ...
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