Polio Strikes Again in Delhi

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 26 Oct 2006

Delhi is seeing a sudden spurt in the number of polio cases among children there in spite of most of them already having received polio drops....Read More

Improved Breast Cancer Survival Rates in NSW

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 25 Oct 2006

According to new data, there is a drastic improvement in the survival rates of breast cancer in New South Wales since the mid 1990s...Read More

Specialized Bra for Women Post Heart Surgery

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 25 Oct 2006

A specialized bra may reduce pain for women recovering from heart surgery. A Researcher from the University of Calary has studied around 481 women in 10 cities across canada...Read More

Astra Zeneca's Seroquel Gets FDA Approval For Schizophrenia

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 24 Oct 2006

Seroquel(quetiapine) has been approved by the FDA for treating both manic and depressive forms of bipolar disorder, Astra Zeneca announced on Monday. The drug was...Read More

Gates Foundation Grants $23mn for AIDS programme in India

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Tue, 24 Oct 2006

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Tuesday announced an investment of $23 million over the next three years to enhance the HIV-AIDS prevention and response programmes of...Read More

Iodine Deficiency: A Global Initiative to Weed Out the Problem

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 24 Oct 2006

The earliest reports of iodine deficiency emerged from China, almost 5000 years ago. Nature came to the rescue in the form of sea weeds and many of those who ate sea weeds...Read More

Ranbaxy to Market Debiopharm's New Drug in India

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Oct 2006

Indian pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Swiss biopharmaceutical development company Debiopharm Group to...Read More

Elderly People May Have Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Not Mental Deterioration

Posted in Others Support group on Mon, 23 Oct 2006

It has been discovered that symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency manifest themselves as depression, sleeplessness, numbness, pins and needles and other nervous...Read More

Women with Lower Incomes Live in Fear

Posted in Others Support group on Mon, 23 Oct 2006

Women with lower incomes often live in fear after the age of 50 and experience increased feelings of vulnerability, says a new study....Read More

Too much time with the telly may trigger autism

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 21 Oct 2006

Recent research than aims to unravel all possible factors that could probably play a significant role in the development of autism which has baffled doctors worldwide for years together, ...Read More