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Asia-Pacific Plans Regional Exercises For Natural Disasters
Asia-Pacific nations yesterday called for greater coordination in dealing with natural disasters, including deploying military resources, in a region prone to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis.
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Scientists search past for HIV cure
... extraction and sequencing techniques they are developing will help researchers studying other diseases, such as influenza and cholera. For instance, they are currently collaborating with Dr. David Earn, a mathematician at McMaster who is comparing ...
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Measures To Limit Effects Of Pandemic Flu On Nursing Homes
... that something previously considered implausible -- the protection of a health care institution against pandemic influenza by using only non-pharmaceutical measures -- may be possible and may be practical," Chowell-Puente said. "We want this work to ...
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Novant Health Proposes to Build Hospital in Holly Springs
Novant Health will seek state approval to build a 46-bed, acute care hospital in Holly Springs, Mayor Dick Sears and Novant Health officials announced.
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Scope of St. Mary's database questioned
The fallout continued Thursday from the announcement by Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center of a potential database intrusion that may have exposed the personal information of thousands of clients and ...
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Import from India via land route needs ECC approval
... Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B), Pentavalent vaccine (Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Haemophilis Influenza), unani ayunverdic and other oriental medicine, unani ayunverdic and other oriental medicine, unani ayunverdic and other ...
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Asia-Pacific plans regional exercises for disasters
Foreign ministers from the 26-member ASEAN Regional Forum held wide-ranging talks about threats to the region's security, including North Korea's nuclear programme, Myanmar's rocky road to democracy and a ...
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Study shows why cigarette smoke makes flu, other viral infections worse
... exaggerated responses to viral infections. Smokers have been more likely than non-smokers to die during previous influenza epidemics and are more prone to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Furthermore, children who are exposed to ...
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Why Cigarette Smoke Makes Flu, Other Viral Infections Worse
... exaggerated responses to viral infections. Smokers have been more likely than non-smokers to die during previous influenza epidemics and are more prone to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Furthermore, children who are exposed to ...
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Statins may help kidney transplant patients: study
... statins may offer other benefits including reducing the risk of cancer or lowering the risk of death from influenza, pneumonia and smoking. Some statins include Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, Merck & Co's Zocor, AstraZeneca's Crestor and Bristol-Myers Squibb ...
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... vigils over safety concerns about U.S. beef. If the risk of contracting potentially lethal diseases, such as avian influenza or mad cow, enters into the picture, public concerns can quickly turn to fear and even panic. Both humans and other animals ...
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Pandemic Flu: Most Nursing Homes Don't Have A Plan
- If an influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed. Nursing homes may then be expected to assist with the patient overflow, but a new study suggests that many are not prepared for such a task. Of the ...
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Health Monitoring Systems Appoints Karen S. Dockrell As VP, Sales
... health-related conditions, ranging from seasonal illnesses to potentially catastrophic events such as pandemic influenza and bioterrorism attacks. Among other attributes, EpiCenter can interoperate with other health-related systems, allowing ...
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Solvay Pharmaceuticals S.A. Plans the Offer Period for Innogenetics...
... to fulfill carefully selected, unmet medical needs in the therapeutic areas of neuroscience, cardiometabolic, influenza vaccines, gastroenterology and men's and women's health. Its 2007 sales were EUR 2.6 billion, and it employs more than 9,000 ...
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Washington: Recent Disease Outbreaks Remind To Stay Immunizations
... are several vaccines that teens and adults need - like the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) booster; influenza (flu); chickenpox; and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines. The whooping cough booster shot, called Tdap, is recommended ...
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More vaccines recommended for children
... chicken pox infection have their immunity checked, and recommends that those aged 50 years or older have an annual influenza vaccination. The RCPI found that since the last immunisation guidelines in 2002 there has been an improvement in the uptake ...
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Cancer Treatment Application of the Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) Published ...
... the Hemopurifier in capturing from circulation the viruses that constitute pandemic threats, including H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu), and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) from circulation. The company is conducting studies to support the use of the ...
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Biota to get $20.5m in royalties for Relenza
... for a GSK overpayment the prior year, will be $20.5 million. Relenza is an inhibitor medication designed to treat Influenza virus A, and its discovery was funded initially by the Australian company Biota. But it is a registered trademark of the ...
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... reports are still under review. Among the remaining eight reports were one case of suicide, one drug overdose, two influenza-related deaths, a death related to diabetes and two cases of thrombosis, or blood clots. The last two women had been on ...
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Asia-Pacific plans regional exercises for disasters
Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday called for greater coordination in dealing with natural disasters, including deploying military resources, in a region prone to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis.
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