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
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
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,
Thailand is one of the world's leading rainwater harvesting nations. The National Jar Programme was launched to supply clean drinking water to rural areas under the United Nations Water Supply and
A leading Japanese scientist blamed high concentration of peat at subsoil level for arsenic contamination in the groundwater of Bangladesh. "Excessive strength of peat is the major source of arsenic
Poor nutrition leads to mutations that create more dangerous forms of the influenza virus and may contribute to newly virulent outbreaks of viral epidemics ranging from the common cold to AIDS and
A leading medical journal is about to risk the wrath of patient groups by asking whether certain conditions, from chronic fatigue syndrome to obesity to depression, ought to be reclassified as
Leading Indian pharmaceutical firms such as Ranbaxy Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, Dr Reddy's, Nicholas Piramal and Zydus Cadila will be the major beneficiaries of the recent World Trade
The recently published Annual Health Bulletin of the ministry of health in Sri Lanka has highlighted the debilitating effect of poisoning in the island. In 1995, there were 62,973 cases of
Infrared rays can easily detect the contaminant in milk in september 2008, milk contaminated with a chemical called melamine led to renal complications in 300,000 children of China; six died. This chemical, used in producing plastics and glues, is also used in food adulteration. The high nitrogen content in the chemical can make food look more nutritious by increasing the measurable
In the 20th century, the tobacco epidemic killed 100 million people worldwide. During the 21st century, it could kill one billion, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has come up with a six-policy package to counter the tobacco epidemic and reduce its deadly toll. In view of the global tobacco epidemic and the warning issued by WHO, organisations working for the improvement of public health have decided to pressurise the Government to make pictorial warnings mandatory on cigarette packets and other related products. The delay on the part of the union Government to introduce pictorial warnings came in for sharp attack from the Voluntary Health Association of Assam on Sunday. The members of the association while taking the Government to task said the tobacco epidemic has emerged deadlier than HIV/AIDS, as it can kill in many ways. Dr Gautam Borgohain, medical officer of the association, said the cure for the devastating tobacco epidemic was not dependent on medicines or vaccines, but on the concerted actions of the Government and the civil society. "Tobacco use can kill in so many ways that it is a risk factor for six to eight leading causes of death in the world,' said Dr Borgohain. On the other hand, Ruchira Neog, executive secretary of the association said tobacco was the only legal consumer product that harms everyone exposed to it and kills up to half of those who use it. "Though tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today, its use is wide spread due to low price, lack of awareness about its dangers and aggressive marketing,' said Ruchira stressing the need for applying the WHO recommended measures to control tobacco epidemic. The WHO recommends six policies to reverse the tobacco epidemic. These are
people with a specific variation in a gene who are exposed to arsenic have greater risk of getting skin lesions and hyperkeratosis, a precursor to skin cancer, say researchers from Kolkata. The gene,
Mercury hits Indian healthcare
A dairr row produces up to 40 litres of urine daily and this is posing a serious threat to the European countryside of moors, bogs and heaths. Scottish scientists have found that the
<p>The CDP Global Water Report 2013 establishes that a misguided approach to water-related risk management has become business as usual at the world’s largest global companies. Corporate focus is
Malaria, a leading cause of death in the world, is not the ancient affliction it might seem but a relatively recent scourge that dates only to the era when human societies first practiced
Long hours of drinking may lead to intertility in men, according to a new study by French fertility experts, who say the reason could be the rise in scortal temperature that occurs when men sit in
Editors of 11 leading medical journals from around the world say they have agreed to a new policy for reporting research sponsored by drug companies. One of the editors explained that the policy says
Leading AIDS researchers said on Wednesday that they were more optimistic than ever about the prospect of developing a vaccine that is capable of controlling, if not eliminating, the deadly HIV
A leading organic group in London said that drug residues that could harm humans have been found in thousands of eggs on sale in Britain, potentially dealing another blow to intensive farming
The nation's leading group of cancer specialists said that it was premature for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer to switch to a newer class of drugs from tamoxifen, the drug that has