Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the creation of two new, closely related initiatives to speed up research on the causes of common diseases such as asthma, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease. One initiative boosts funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a multi-institute effort to identify the genetic and environmental underpinnings of common...Biotechnology Initiatives Planned In Hyderabad
An international institute of life sciences is to be launched in the Indian city of Hyderabad, establishing its position as the country’s biotechnology hub. // This will be a biotech incubation center meant for start-ups, and an animal resource facility which will come up to international standards, at the Genome Valley. Over 50 biotech firms, including several multinationals, have a...Government, Aids NHS, Re-focus On Sexual Health Initiatives
London – Sexual Health occupies an important position on the National Health Service’s Mandate, as per the Government’s announcement last month. The obvious reason, clinics in Britain are ill-equipped to service customers for sexually transmitted diseases. // During a recent survey conducted to ascertain the exact position of facilities available, almost one in three doctors expressed...Government Initiatives To Halt Child Obesity, Needs Clarity Of Purpose
The initiative to curb rising obesity rates by 2010 will fall flat on its face, unless the government takes a leading step in this area, according to a recent study// . Though local level work is going on in good measure, governments need to sort out the confusion about the thrust given to this area. The public Health Minister, Caroline Flint has confirmed the measures being taken, still...Bio-Technology Initiatives to Feed Research On Sorghum Crop
United States: A biotech seed lab in Johnston, Iowa, is currently witness to the combined resources and ingenuity of African Agrarian inclination with the money // and Technological prowess of the United States, to take forward the research on the ubiquitous sorghum crop that is the only succor to a starved African population. The joint venture, targeting sorghum, a widely known U.S...Smoking Ban Lights Up Smoking-Cessation Initiatives
Smoke line, a national ant-smoking hotline, managed by the NHS Heath Scotland, has had its lines choked with the increased influx of phone calls, following the smoking ban in Scotland since Sunday, last. // The line which normally receives about 100 calls a day, registered a four fold increase of almost 450 calls a day, post ban Other Anti smoking help lines equally faced an increased...