Newstrack IndiaGrowing incidents of H1N1: Dr. Walia reviews the situationNewstrack IndiaDr. Walia informed that testing for H1N1 cases is being done at National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Pate…
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Fake TB drugs linked to rising resistance
SecuringIndustry.com The situation was little better in India, where one-in-10 failed tests on active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) quantities or disintegration. Researchers say the findings have major implications for disease control efforts. “Tuberculosis will not be … |
Officials Dismiss Report of Fake Tuberculosis DrugsAllAfrica.comAccording to the survey, published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, United States based investigators asked local people in 19 cities in 17 countries, includi…
Basic cancer treatments: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Bone …India.Com HealthBreast cancer (lumpectomy, mastectomy), prostate cancer (prostatectomy) and lung cancer (lobectomy, pneumonectomy) are some of the cancers where surgery may be adv…
PakistanToday.com.pkWorldwide cancer incidence predicted to rise by 75% by 2030PakistanToday.com.pkCountries with a higher HDI (such as Australia, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom) have higher rates of cancers associated with smoking (lung cancer)…
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Foreign Risks Light Up for Philip Morris
Wall Street Journal (blog) Decades of advertising bans, excise-tax increases and public-education campaigns have cut adults’ per capita cigarette consumption from a peak of 4,345 in 1963 to less than a quarter of that, according to the American Lung Association. Adding insult to … |
Telegraph.co.ukGlaxo Plans More Restructuring as Profit SinksWall Street JournalLike many of its rivals, Glaxo has turned to emerging markets in search of growth, such as India and Nigeria, where it recently gained more control over its subsidiaries. T…
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Learn to prevent
The Hindu Over 2.5 million cases of cancer are being treated every year in India. As per the International agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ) – WHO report, around 5.5 lakh people die of cancer every year. Men in India most commonly suffer from cancers lung … |
NetIndianBCCI institutes MAK Pataudi Memorial LectureNetIndianThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has instituted an annual lecture as a tribute to former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of the greatest legends of the ga…
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The Padma awardees from the medical field
India.Com Health Dr Gulshan Rai Khatri from Delhi monitored India’s TB programme from 1996-2002, and the treatment success rates rose from 26 per cent to over 80 per cent and the death rate went down to 5 per cent, preventing millions from getting TB infections. He is … |