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India's dream project in Africa to turn real...India's dream project in Africa - a satellite and fibre optic network that will connect 53 countries of the African Union - is set to turn real with the signing of a landmark pact Thursday. The brainchild of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, this Pan African Network (PAN) dispensing tele-education and tele-medicine facilities will revolutionise communication and accelerate development throug... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 09:00.Creating healthcare for a generation...A few weeks ago, our government made an important announcement regarding the redevelopment of the Peel Memorial Hospital campus of the William Osler Health Centre. Health Minister Smitherman announced the downtown hospital site was included in the Government's ReNew Ontario Five-Year Plan and that the capital dollars had been approved. Construction is scheduled to begin during the 2009-2010 fi... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 09:00.Campaign for safe and less painful deliveries launched...New Delhi: Women don't necessarily have to die while giving birth to new life. With this goal in mind, the Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Societies of India (FOGSI), in partnership with AstraZeneca pharma, has launched a safe motherhood campaign ''Anmol Anchal". The campaigners are trying to dispel the traditional notion that labour pains are an inevitable part of... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 08:00.GOP Budget Will Include Spending Boosts...WASHINGTON - Like fussy children, lawmakers on Capitol Hill sometimes need a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. This budget season, the medicine is a $39 billion-plus deficit-reduction bill. The sweetener? Lots of new spending to go along with the budget cuts. Republicans will tout the upcoming budget bill as the first effort to cut federal benefit programs in eight years. Bu... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 08:00.Woman 1st flu death of season...A flu shot is about 80 percent effective in warding off the three most common circulating strains of the influenza virus each year. It takes about two weeks to build immunity to the virus after inoculation. Flu vaccines are more widely available this year compared with last year, when half the nation's supply was contaminated. But there have been sporadic shortages throughout the country... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 08:00.Bayer Sells Clot Drug Rights to J&J Unit for $290 Mln (Update3)...Bayer Sells Clot Drug Rights to J&J Unit for $290 Mln (Update3) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG, the inventor of aspirin, said Johnson & Johnson will pay as much as $290 million for U.S. development and marketing rights to Bayer's experimental anti- clot treatment. Bayer also will get as much as 30 percent of U.S. primary care sales of the product, known as BAY 59-7939, the Le... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 08:00.Ontario orders evacuation of residents on E. coli-stricken ......"It is a medical emergency so these people really need to be removed," Ramsay said after a two-hour meeting with native leaders and Premier Dalton McGuinty. The reserve, 450 kilometres north of Timmins, Ont., has had chronic problems with its local water treatment plant and is currently struggling to deal with a water supply that has been laced with potentially deadly E. coli. Rough... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 08:00.Scholarship foundation helps teens reach dreams...More than 750 high school students have received more than $1.5 million for college, thanks to Parks, The News. The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation provides about 40 tuition scholarships a year to Michigan graduating high school seniors. Two others receive scholarships to the Wayne State University Journalism Institute for Minorities. • Through the Pathways to Freedom progra... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 07:00.People on the move...The Michigan Doctors' Political Action Committee elected the following new members to its board for two-year terms: , a Birmingham physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist; , a Bay City plastic surgeon; , a student at Wayne State University School of Medicine; , a student at University of Michigan Medical School and , a student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Re-... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 07:00.Eyeing the prize...Dr. William Lloyd, an ophthalmologist in the department of ophthalmology and vision science, recently completed his study on eyes from two Chilean mummies to determine if medical conditions can be detected in mummified tissue. He began his study on Oct. 17 and released his preliminary findings after a week. The study has been a transcontinental collaboration by university scientists.<... Submitted by admin on Wed, 2005-10-26 07:00. |
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