Aurobindo sets up unit for HIV care
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (APL), one of the leading domestic pharmaceutical majors, has unveiled Imunus--the first exclusive anti-viral division in the country dedicated to HIV care. The company already
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (APL), one of the leading domestic pharmaceutical majors, has unveiled Imunus--the first exclusive anti-viral division in the country dedicated to HIV care. The company already
When U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan appeared before leading philanthropists in April to drum up contributors to his proposed global AIDS fund, he singled out the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
Tobacco would soon become a leading death trap worldwide, causing deaths more than HIV, maternal mortality, automobile accidents, homicide and suicide combined. This was diclosed at a press
A new method of delivering a vaccine against a common respiratory virus could lead to prevention that is as easy as eating a tomato or an apple, according to a recent report. The study was conducted
They're as potent and virile as ever. But 15 men are leading fulfilling sex lives in the expectation that their partners will not become pregnant, in the world's first real-life trial
Glaxosmithkline Plc said it had handed over rights to its market-leading AIDS medicines in South Africa to a local generic drug firm, in an attempt to defuse a continuing row over access to
Widely recognized as South Africa's leading research institution, the Medical Research Council is now often second-guessed. But when the council released mortality figures showing that AIDS had
Cancer of the cervix is the commonest cancer among Indian women and also the leading cause of cancer deaths in the country. India has the dubious distinctions of having 25 per cent of the world's
In a significant move in the field of biotechnology, two leading players have come together to form a new joint venture company. The Rs 200 crore biotechnology leader Biocon India Group and the
Microsoft Chief Bill Gates will visit India from November 11, leading a high-level delegation of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to see ongoing projects on AIDS, funded by the foundation. Bill Gates
Biotechnology has tremendous potential in leading to a pest-free agriculture production with genetically-modified seeds increasing productivity, according to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
To educate the people on the deadly effects of Asbestos, leading NRI physicians Dr Jaywant Parmar and Naba Goswami have joined hands with Dr Deepak Talwar of Metro hospitals. Asbestos has been banned
severe water shortage, depleting forest cover and growing air pollution are threatening to cause more damage to EL Salvador than the insurgency in the 1980s. Air pollution is taking a toll of the
Salt farm worker susceptible to hypertension
<p>Exemplary agricultural research supported by good government policies has ensured food security in India. It is the right time to focus on micronutrient malnutrition in the country. Recently, Zn deficiency in diet especially of young children below 5 years of age has received global attention.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_098_10_1300_1304_0.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes
With 5 years remaining until 2015, we are at the critical junction for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Blood storage bags are unhealthy
UNEP rushes in where fools fear to tread. Cheap publicity or bad politics?
The World Health Organisation has called for enhanced spending and a joint UN initiative to combat the threat of AIDS.