Single Dose Of Extended Release Metformin Found To Be Effective In Type 2 Diabetes

Posted in Diabetes - Essentials Support group on Sat, 08 Apr 2006

Researchers have found that a new extended-release formulation of metformin can be safely taken only once a day for type 2 diabetes as opposed...Read More

India: AIDS Patients Will Be Accorded Free Treatment

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 08 Apr 2006

Health Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss made a reassuring announcement that will bring hope to those people affected with AIDS/HIV...Read More

Call To Protect Traditional Knowledge Of African Medicinal Plants

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 07 Apr 2006

The African Union and World Health Organization must do something to draft a model law so that traditional knowledge of medicinal plants...Read More

Online Sale of Abortion Pills

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 07 Apr 2006

In New Zealand health authorities have ceased Chinese-manufactured contraception and abortion pills, which could have dangerous side-effects...Read More

Premature Babies Born At 23 Weeks Should Be Allowed To Die

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 06 Apr 2006

At the Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand, a panel of researchers has recommended that babies born prematurely at 23 weeks should be allowed to die naturally, while th...

Tibet Announces the Dalai Lama’s Tour of South America

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 06 Apr 2006

Five South American countries are on the travel itinerary of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from April 26...Read More

Drug Trial Lawyer Given the Cold Shoulder

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 05 Apr 2006

The lawyer, who is taking up the cause of four men whose lives took a turn for the worse after drug trials were conducted by the German company...Read More

Trial To Create Childhood Asthma Vaccine Launched

Posted in Others Support group on Mon, 03 Apr 2006

A trial involving 200 children in Perth, Melbourne and New York has been launched in the Australian city to create a vaccine for childhood asthma. The trial is based on the process of "desensitization...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Flags Off Public Health Foundation of India

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 31 Mar 2006

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the set-up of a public Health foundation of India, which will remedy the imbalances in the provision of health care services in the country. ...Read More

India to Implement National Action Plan against TB-HIV

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 27 Mar 2006

India under the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) aims at widening the scope for providing standardized...Read More