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Pulp mill devastates swans' sanctuary in Chile

A recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands, decimating its famed population of black-necked swans, along with most other bird life, a WWF-led team of investigators said Monday. "What was probably the largest population of black necked swans in South America has been wiped out in less than a year. It is an environmental...

HIV-infected adults in Botswana respond positively to ARV therapy public treatment program

With preliminary results from a study in Botswana, Harvard School of Public Health researchers have found that people with HIV-1 subtype C in resource-poor settings, who receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, can achieve comparable results to those in the developed world. A fully supported health care delivery system and infrastructure help ensure this success, according to data published in Novem...

Mute swan population helps explain longstanding evolutionary question

In an important new study forthcoming from The American Naturalist, biologists from the University of Oxford tracked a colony of mute swans for more than two decades to explore a longstanding evolutionary question: whether the number of eggs laid by a female bird ?known as "clutch size" ?changes in accordance with natural selection. "Extensive debate in the literature…was first focused on...

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Botswana Continues Its Fight Against AIDS

Botswana is perhaps one of the worst AIDS affected countries in the world, with an infection rate of 35%. The Government has promised free treatment to all // those who were in need of it. The total number of AIDS infected people in the country amounts to 110,000 people. The country is badly in need of anti-retroviral medicines which serve to prolong life, without which the entire nation...

Bird Flu Does Not Spare the Wild Swans in Georgia

The head of the veterinary department at Georgia's Agriculture Ministry said that the deadly strain H5N1 causing the avian flu was detected among the wild swans// in Georgia. Jambul Maglakelidze told the press that bird flu has entered Georgia and has confirmed it after a series tests done on wild swans. These birds are found near the Black Sea coast which borders Turkey. Laboratory te...

Bird Flu Swan In Scotland Was A Migratory Bird

The dead swan found in Scotland is the only bird to have shown the H5N1 virus bird flu in the UK. No other birds have been identified with the infection and health // officials are now confident that the bird was a migratory one and not a native species. This has calmed fears of a pandemic in the country. Scotland's chief veterinary officers admitted that they were unaware of where ex...

Viswanathan Anand Is To Be Avahan’s HIV-AIDS Ambassador in Indi

Avahan, India a foundation set up by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Thursday announced Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as its HIV-AIDS ambassador in India. // The officials said that Anand, in his new role, would raise awareness of the disease in the country.The official release said that Anand's desire to raise the visibility of India's HIV disease is a welcomed step in reducing...

Child Abuse on the Rise in Botswana

According to a report it was found that Botswana has one of the highest numbers of cases associated child abuse. Statistics show that about 81children //were abused in various forms between January and May this year. Botswana minister Margaret Nasha said that the children were brutally beaten some were subjected to rape, sodomy, attempted rape, defilement and incest. But such cases were n...

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Swanson Titanium Great Toe Implant

Description:Titanium hemi arthroplasty implant for degenerative and post-traumatic arthritis of first metatarsophalangeal joint....
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Weil Type Swanson Design Hammertoe Implant

Description:For implantation in proximal interphalangeal joints of the lateral toes to correct deformity associated with degenerative or rheumatoid arthritis....
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Swanson Titanium Radial Head Implants

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Swanson Finger Joint Implants

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Swanson Titanium Basal Thumb Implants

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Allon Therapeutics to Present New Data at Leerink Swann Alzheimer's Conference

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 3, 2007 - AllonTherapeutics Inc. (TSX:NPC), The Neuro Protection Company(TM),announced today the publication of new preclinical data fromadditional confirmatory animal studies showing that Allon's productcandidate AL-108 significantly reduces the accumulation of amyloidpeptide and the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in the brain,two path...

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