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Europe On High Bird Flu Alert: European Commission

Health officials in Europe have expressed the ‘high alert’ situation, following confirmation of three bird flu deaths in Turkey and hospital admission of several others// (26) believed to be afflicted with the disease. In addition, this situation has prompted fears of a human-human transmission. The health officials have undertaken strict monitoring of the bird flu spread from East...

Europe Seeks Indian Expertise

Indian expertise is sought by European nations in the field of life sciences and biotechnology. Staf Van Reet, Managing Director of the Belgian// company Viziphar Biosciences, told a seminar that the country has tremendous potential for global sourcing in life sciences. "We are starting with an R&D project in tuberculosis, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Sciences in...

15 Anti-SARS Drugs Identified By China-Europe Team of Researchers

SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) has been a major killer in the last two years in July 2003; SARS had killed // 774 people worldwide and infected a further 8,000. A collaborative group of researchers from China, Germany, Denmark and Poland have spent the past year screening more than 8,000 existing drugs to find those that could combat SARS and now have identified 15 existing drugs that...

Lung Cancer Deaths Declining In Men But Not Women In European Countries

Researchers have found that death among men from lung cancer is now falling// in most EU countries, however they are still rising among women. Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Researchers this week have reported that lung cancer deaths among men are now falling in most EU countries, including all new member states from central and easte...

Bird flu infection spreads from Asia to Europe

Recent reports of Bird flu outbreak in Russia was spread by infected migratory birds. H5N1 avian influenza virus attack in the Chinese province for the past three months, and earlier outbreaks, which occurred in Southeast Asia, is moving towards European countries. Earlier reports of the virus// attacking Poultry in Russia and in Kazakhstan killing more than 6,000 birds and caused a su...

Record Growth Of Soya-Based Dairy Alternatives Over The Past Year In European Markets

A recent survey by Prosoy shows that Soy milks, yoghurts and desserts grew by 22 per cent in 2004 and that people have become even more health-conscious and more aware of food intolerance and allergies. // Researchers say that based on the current trend, sales are further expected to grow in the next three years. The study coordinators stated that they have tracked well over 130 new pr...

Record growth of Soya-based dairy alternatives in Europe

A recent survey by Prosoy shows that Soy milks, yogurts and desserts grew by 22 per cent in 2004 and shows that people have become even more health-conscious and more aware of food intolerance and allergies. // Researchers say that based on the current trend sales are further expected to grow in the next three years. According to the survey researchers also say they have tracked well o...

Bird Flu Risk In Europe, Middle East And Africa

The UN food agency has issued notice urging countries to intensify surveillance and prepare for emergencies due to risk of spread of Bird Flu Virus from Asian countries to Europe, Middle East and Africa.// Though the initial risk would be for the poultry animals they are wide chances of the virus may mutate and may cause infections to humans. Mutation of the virus is very dangerous an...

European Countries To Fund $4 Billion For Vaccination For Poor Children’

International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) will be providing life saving vaccines for millions of poor children’s around the world with the project costing $4 billion to be funded by the European countries. // cBritish finance minister Gordon Brown said the scheme, the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFF), would save the lives of some five million children over t...

Nanotechnology Revolution To Be Spearheaded By European Union

Nanotechnology involves using tiny particles for treatment of diseases. ‘Nano’ refers to billionth of a unit. European countries are to use Nanotechnology for treatment of fatal diseases, which will help to reduce the cost of healthcare // . European Union to develop Nanotechnology in the next 10 years which will help to cure diseases such as heart diseases, diabetes, Cancer, HIV infection, Alzhe...

Scottish Children Have Worst Dental Health In Europe

A new research has found that Scotland's kids continue to have the worst dental health in Europe with over 75 percent of the country's overall dental problems found in children aged less than five years.// The NHS has taken serious note of this and has asked parents to start their kids off on healthy dental habits at an early age to prevent dental decay. It is generally accepted that de...

EU medical chief says Europe ready for bird flu

Europe is ready to deal with a nearly certain outbreak of a bird flu pandemic among humans within the next 10 years, says a top EU medical expert.// Professor Johan Giesecke of the European Centre for Disease Protection and Control (ECDC) was speaking after chief veterinary and medical officers of the 25 EU nations met to discuss protecting European workers in contact with poultry....

Asian Alternative Treatments For Cancer On The Rise In Europe

Yoga, Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Chinese movement therapies such as Tai Chi, Detox diets and nutritional counseling are just some of the commonly used alternative treatments many cancer patients are opting for all over Europe. //Perhaps, this is because it’s strongly perceived that patients respond better to the conventional medical treatment for cancer with the combination of some of these alternati...

Detection of Weak strains of bird flu virus – Target of European Unio

In an attempt to rapidly eliminate milder strains of avian influenza virus before it can mutate into more virulent forms, it has been proposed to broaden the target of the European Union regarding the bird flu threat. // The joint decision has been taken by agricultural ministers of the 25 different countries that represent the European Union. In line with the proposal, it was agreed...

Tamiflu drug approved in Europe for children’

Tamiflu, anti-influenza drug, which is produced by Roche Pharmaceuticals, has been approved by the European authorities to be used as // an anti-flu prevention drug in children’s between the ages of 1 to 12 years. Roche Pharmaceuticals and diagnostics is a leading healthcare company situated in Switzerland and are manufacturers of Tamiflu drug. Tamiflu drug is found to be an effective...

Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece Face Bird Flu Threat: European Union

The presence of the deadly bird flu infection has been confirmed in Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia by the European Union. Reassurance steps have been initiated by the Italian following detection of the infection in dead swans, last week . // The EU confirmed that samples sent to its reference laboratory in Britain after a first analysis by local research institutes confirmed the H5N1...

Heart Brakes: Hearts in European Union Invite Health Attention

London: European Union has a huge health problem of having too many ailing hearts, making it the number one health ailment in the Union, that costed the bloc’s members, a whopping 169 billion euros in 2003, according to a study. // Take a look at the annual statistics, but watch your heart before you read them. Cardiovascular disease ruled, making a dent of 230 euros on an average on...

Trafficking of Women from Asia and East Europe For Flesh Trade

Police raids in various parts of Britain have revealed an increasing number of cases involving trafficking of women from Asian and East European countries for prostitution.// In most cases, the women were being used as 'sex slaves', after being knowingly or unknowingly led into the prostitution circuit. The women involved in raids conducted this year have so far been of Lithuanian, Sou...

Europe: Empowering Society with Knowledge

European Science Foundation (ESF) is taking a big leap forward to launch Europe into Quality Higher Education mode//. Knowledge and education are significant contributors to the economic and social development in European countries, and despite this knowledge, very little research has been initiated that seeks to understand the processes that produce knowledge. The need of the hour i...

Promotion of Pneumococcal Vaccine Slow in Europe

A study published in the April issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice reveals that although 90 per cent of cases of invasive// pneumococcal diseases (IPD) like meningitis - occur in healthy young children many European countries still only vaccinate selected at-risk groups against IPD. This is despite growing evidence that universal vaccination of infants and y...

European Union: Poultry producers Need Aid to Survive Bird flu 'crisis'

Brussels: It is no exaggeration that bird flu has thrown Europe’s poultry industry into doldrums. An urgent call has been issued by European Union countries// for emergency aid to provide succor to the struggling poultry producers. The Union is also at its wits end trying ways to reassure fearful consumers. The EU's executive branch would be subsidizing the production costs of chicks...

5th European Breast Cancer Conference Talks about Everything from Patient to Oncologist

The 5th European breast cancer conference (EBCC-5) had doctors, nurses, patients and advocates to support breast cancer research and improve patient care//. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among European women. But as of now the survival rates are improving. The event was conducted by three organizations in collaboration with each other. The European Breast Cancer Coalition, The...

Drug Courts In Europe Extended For Three More Years

The specialist courts created to deal with crimes committed by drug addicts have been extended to continue for another three years, before such courts would be started all across the country. // The drug courts were set up in Glasgow in 2001 and Fife in 2002. These will undergo further monitoring by the Scottish Executive’s. This decision was announced yesterday as reports indicated...

Control And Prevention Of Three Diseases To Be Discussed: European Commission

The investment of the European Commission would be targeted towards controlling the spread of three major diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria // that are haunting the Asian region. Furthermore, a 'Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB through External Action' would be launched neat year. The main focus of the programme would be aimed at reducing the financial...

Vitamin D Deficiency On Rise Among Europeans

According to a Belgian researcher, nearly half of the British population are affected by vitamin D deficiency, which may lead them to an increased risk of osteoporosis or some other forms of cancer.// Roger Bouillon of the University of Leuven in Belgium told the European Congress of Endocrinology in Glasgow, Scotland, he had been studying 20 years of data -- and found that about half th...

Adult Heart Care, Cause of Heart ache in Europe.

The Euro Heart Survey on Adult Congenital Heart Disease published recently in the European Heart Journal speaks of the dwindling quality of adult heart care and the extent of its deficiency, in Europe.// The only silver lining is the improvement in the treatment of pediatric heart diseases that has increased the survival rates among children. The research into this area warranted a th...

European Medicines Agency (EMEA) Recommends Herceptin For Early Stage Breast Cancer

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended the use of breast cancer drug Herceptin in early stages of the cancer in a record 27 days review//. A license for the drug is to be issued in three months time. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK will decide now if Herceptin can be recommended in the NHS. The drug, which costs ￡20,000 a year, is already...

High Demand for Weight Mgmt Product in European Pharmacies

Following completion of an exclusive Distribution Agreement with Laboratoire Physcience, France, for the rights to market LTP's satiety ingredient Olibra(R)//, as a single dose mini-shot, in France, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal, Physcience has successfully launched its Slim 10/10 product into these markets. ‘This is our most successful ever product launch into the French mar...

Europeans Tops the World in Alcohol Consumption

According to a funded study by EU, Europeans are the heaviest drinkers in the world with nearly 115,000 alcohol-related deaths reported costing about billions of euros in social and health expenditure//. Alcohol is responsible for 7.4 percent of all ill health and early deaths in the EU and is the third highest risk factor for ill health, ahead of obesity and behind only tobacco and hi...

Detox Clinic set up in Europe

A detox clinic was already opened at Amsterdam, Netherlands. The main purpose of this clinic is to offer treatment for video game addicts //. Following suit Europe has planned to open a new detox clinic to help out the addition. Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith and Jones Addiction Consultants who worked for the detox clinic has already treated 20 kids. He says that the kids addicte...

Birth Rate Drop In Europe – Fertility Experts War

Health experts warned the demographic crisis of Europe threatens the public health systems leading to fall in birth rates //. Due to lack in the fertility-related studies and clinics performing assisted conception, a fall in the birth rate was seen – said Paul Devroey, the chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. He added more fertility organizati...

The Deadly Pair of Genes Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer among Europeans

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer it was found that breast cancer affected 1.2 million women globally and resulted in the death of 400,000 //every year. According to the research conducted by the team, at Iceland's Decode Genetics it was found that the deadly combination of BRCA2 and BARD1 variant increased the risk of breast cancer from 45% to 100% in susceptible women...

UN Sounds Alarm Over Rising Cocaine Consumption In Europe

The United Nations has sounded alarm over rising cocaine consumption in Western Europe and warned that opium production could rise again in Afghanistan this year reversing the decline witnessed last year. // Releasing a new report, the world body urged European Union governments not to ignore this peril. "Too many professional, educated Europeans use cocaine, often denying their addic...

European Commission Clears Diabetic Insulin for Pregnant Women

Healthcare major Novo Nordisk Friday said the European Commission (EC) had approved its rapid-acting insulin NovoRapid for use by pregnant women with diabetes.// According to a company statement here, the EC approval follows results of the random trials of modern insulin in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. "NovoRapid is the first modern insulin that can be used in preg...

Europe Faces Threat Of Rise In Infectious Diseases

A leading scientist had stated today that the changing climates of the worlds could lead to diseases and infection that are not normally seen in Europe. // Professor Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia in England, had earlier today stated at a British science conference that the unpredictable weather, which is causing floods and drought, would also lead to increased chang...

European Regulators Investigate Common Painkiller Drugs

European regulators are investigating common painkiller drugs after researchers warned that some of them might increase the risk of heart attack//. The new data, culled from 140,000 patients, suggested that some of the drugs doubled heart attack risk. The European Medicines Agency which is investigating drugs such as diclofenac, etodolac, ibuprofen, indomethacin, ketoprofe...

Fake medicines from India seized in Europe

Over half a million packets of fake medicines, most of them from India, were seized by European customs officials during 2005// , according to officials here. The fake medicines include Viagra, antibiotics, medicines to treat cancer and high cholesterol and condoms. A sample that was investigated revealed that what was being passed off as a cardiovascular drug contained a mixture of b...

'Daronrix', Glaxo's Bird-flu Vaccine Approved by European Medicines Agency

London – 'Daronrix', Glaxo's bird-flu vaccine, will hold a pride of place in the annals of preventive medicine, to be the first experimental bird-flu //vaccine to receive certification by the European Medicines Agency, for its use in protecting people in the event of a bird-flu pandemic. This first generation vaccine can be used only after the WHO or the European Union officially de...

European Scientists Develop Novel Therapy for Cancer

A maximal therapy with minimal side effects - Scientists of a consortium led by the University of Crete Medical School,// Greece, has been awarded a grant from the European Commission Sixth Framework program for the discovery and validation of new therapeutic strategies for cancer. The research program, code-named Apotherapy, will develop methods to activate a protein at the surface of...

Hypertension Treatment: US Beats Europe

Western Europe report researchers from Temple, the University of Chicago, and Stanford, have stated that, by starting treatment for high blood pressure earlier and// being more aggressive, physicians in the United States control hypertension significantly better than their counterparts. Their study findings were published in the Jan. 22, 2007, issue of the Archives of Internal Medici...