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  • Global fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

    A new Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria offers hope that the international community is resolved to combat these deadly diseases, according to United Nations Secretary General Kofi

  • Malaria dept. wallows in corruption

    In a brazen act of corruption, officials in Uttar Pradesh state Malaria department have been 'utilising' funds worth several crore in the name of spraying insecticides without having any field staff

  • City folk more prone to heart attacks

    A comparative health study between Bangalore's population and a rural community revealed that people in the city are more prone to develop heart diseases than the rural population, according to

  • Concern over cholera cases

    Expressing concern over the increasing number of cholera cases, the Delhi Health and Urban Development Minister, A.K. Walia, said action would be initiated against officials of the Delhi Jal Board

  • Dissecting Parkinson's

    An international workshop on "Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders" was held in Chennai in mid-February. Hosted by the T.S. Srinivasan Department of Clinical Neurology and Research and

  • Varsity water raises purity queries

    A recent study into the quality of water served at Jadavpur University, West Bengal has revealed the presence of chemicals mainly the artery blocking calcium and magnesium, besides iron and salinity

  • Pfizer moves court over Viagra order

    Pfizer Inc of the United States, manufacturers of potency pill Viagra, moved an appeals court against an order declining to bar production of the Indian versions having similar-sounding names.

  • Disease spare none: Brundtland

    WHO director-general Gro Harlem Brundtland warned that while poor countries faced ill health from having too little, richer ones faced high risks from over-consumption. She told the World Health

  • Unlikely coalition is battling AIDS

    An unusual coalition of lawmakers is pressing President George W. Bush to increase global spending on AIDS by hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone. The Bush administration has budgeted

  • $3.75m surf judgment puts lifesaving at risk

    Australia's national surf lifesaving organisation has warned that a jury's decision to award a New South Wales man nearly $4 million after an accident at Bondi Beach will lead to higher insurance

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