Cancer researchers back prevention
Cancer is the leading cause of death in Japan, contributing to one in three of all annual deaths nationwide. With the fatality rate showing no sign of abating, recent research has emphasized
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Global meet on lead poisoning from Feb 8
An international conference on lead poisoning will be held from February 8 to 10, in Bangalore to address its cause, prevention and treatment. More than 80 scientists from all over the world will
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Doubt on benefit of organic food
A leading medical authority on pesticides, Professor Sir Colin Berry from the Royal London Hospital, has cast doubt on the advertised benefits of organically grown fruit and vegetables. Sir Colin,
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European drugs agency heavily criticised
A leading medical journal has accused Europe's medicines regulator of withholding vital information about new drugs. The journal also attacked the agency for placing commercial interests above those
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Journals launch joint attack over conduct of drug trials
Thirteen leading medical journals will warn that the promise of financial rewards is corrupting human clinical trials. The warning will be issued in editorials simultaneously by The Lancet, the New
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Schizophrenia may be tied to 2 genes, research finds
Despite years of false leads, setbacks and unsustained claims, researchers hope they are now starting to close in on some of the genes that go awry in schizophrenia, a devastating mental disease that
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Caribbeans in deal to cut cost of Aids drugs
Several Caribbean countries and six leading pharmaceutical companies are to sign an agreement that will significantly reduce the cost of drugs for treating HIV/Aids in the region that has the world's
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AIDS bares fangs in Uttaranchal
Today, urban migration and ignorance is leading young men to dark dingy nether world of AIDS, contracted in the bright lights of the big cities. Once struck, they return home to the sublime calm of
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Ecological engineering, industrial ecology and eco-industrial networking aspects of ship recycling sector in India
India is the world's leading ship recycling country which works on the principle of waste to wealth. In this paper an attempt has been made to articluate the Ecological Engineering, Industrial Ecology
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The Year of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future
2015 is a critical year for humanity. Our civilization has never faced such existential risks as those associated with global warming, biodiversity erosion and resource depletion. Our societies have never
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For a cause
Healthy people in the US are lending their bodies to help researchers develop a vaccine for AIDS<br>
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Steep fall in leading drug prices
For the first time in the last 10 years, prices of some of the leading drugs- mainly antibiotics, cardiovascular drugs and anti-diabetic drugs have seen a sharp decline during January-September 2002
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In China, denial of AIDS reality
With the AIDS virus skipping silently through China, a number of the country's leading medical experts have begun to complain angrily that the government has done too little to define the epidemic
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A red light for blindness
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the western world's leading but little-known causes of blindness among people over 50.Until now there have been few effective treatments.
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Vietnam bans a number of jobs for HIV -affected victims in the country
Vietnam has banned people who have HIV, which can lead to AIDS, from taking jobs such as hotel workers and kindergarten teachers, an official newspaper reported on Monday.
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China warns of action on AIDS medicines
China could soon permit production of generic versions of AIDS drugs, following the lead of countries such as India and Brazil that have allowed local companies to make cheaper substitutes for costly
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Kolkatans fish in polluted waters
Alarming as it may sound Kolkatans consume toxic metals like mercury cadmium, lead and chromium, 300 times the permissible limit, everytime they eat fish caught from bheris. These toxic metals find
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GSK reduces AIDS drug price for poor
Glaxosmithkline world's largest maker of HIV/AIDS drugs, said it had nearly halved the price of its leading Combivir treatment in poor countries to 90 US cents a day. The move is the latest sign the
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Glaxo halves price of AIDS drug for poor
Glaxosmithkline Plc, the world's largest maker of HIV/AIDS drugs, said it had cut the price of its leading Combivir treatment in poor countries by 47% to under $1 a day. The move is the latest sign
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Small village in Cambodia faces illness its own way
The skeletons of two chickens dangle ominously above the forest path that leads into Ping, warning of disease and death. Inside the tiny village, straw effigies holding wood replicas of swords,