Asian mosquitoes to hit Britain with dengue
April 25th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) A mosquito from Asia that spreads tropical diseases, including dengue fever, may soon hit the shores of Britain because of climate change, experts have said.The mosquito, ... Read more...
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Scientists discover how anti-parasitic drug treats tropical diseases
November 11th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): After research of decades, a study has finally found how a key anti-parasitic drug kills the worms brought on by the filarial diseases river blindness and elephantiasis.A researcher ... Read more...
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Quicken developing scientific knowledge, says PM (Lead)
October 19th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday urged developing countries to put science on a pedestal and also stressed the need for collaboration among scientific communities of these countries.He ... Read more...
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Need for collective scientific efforts to combat climate change: Manmohan Singh
October 19th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday, called for collective scientific efforts to combat global challenges, including climate change.Addressing a conclave of scientists here, Dr. ... Read more...
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Quicken developing scientific knowledge, says PM
October 19th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday urged the developing world to make a renewed and determined effort to quicken the pace of developing scientific knowledge and application relevant ... Read more...
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Study says developing nations biotech firms may be forced to make drugs for rich West
September 14th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.14 (ANI): Though a new wave of biotech firms in developing countries has sprung up to meet the global demand for affordable drugs and vaccines, a study says that there is ... Read more...
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Novel anti-malarial drug candidate discovered
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 3 (ANI): Researchers discovered a novel compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria.Scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), achieved the above ... Read more...
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2.85bn people lived at risk of malaria in 2009
August 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 4 (ANI): A new evidence-based global distribution map has revealed that that 2.85 billion people lived at risk of infection with Plasmodium vivax parasite in 2009.91 percent of them ... Read more...
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Cheryl Cole bans ‘Girls Aloud’ pals to see her in hospital
July 14th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has banned her 'Girls Aloud' pals Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts from visiting her in the hospital.The worried singer has refused to allow any visitors ... Read more...
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We nearly lost Cheryl, says friend
July 11th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 11 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole, who is in hospital with malaria, was just hours away from death and her recovery will take a very long time, says a friend.
The "X ... Read more...
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Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole recovering in private clinic
July 10th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has been transferred to a private clinic after being declared out of danger.Doctors said that she was well enough to leave intensive care at ... Read more...
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Cheryl Cole recovering from malaria
July 10th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole, who has been battling malaria, is finally out of intensive care.
She has been moved from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases at University College London to ... Read more...
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Derek Hough blames himself for Cheryl Cole’s illness
July 9th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): Cheryl Cole's pal Derek Hough believes that it is "all his fault" that the X Factor judge is struggling with such deadly disease malaria.After visiting Cheryl, 27, ... Read more...
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Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole may pull out of ‘X Factor’ this year
July 7th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 7 (ANI): Cheryl Cole is believed to be too sick to do 'X Factor' this year. The singer recently contracted the killer disease malaria.Cole, 27, may also pull out of ... Read more...
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Unknown diseases kill 20 kids in Tripura
June 25th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 25 (IANS) At least 20 children have died in the past 10 days following the outbreak of various unknown viral and tropical diseases in a remote tribal-dominated village in Tripura, ... Read more...
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Worry about health basics, not malaria during SA World Cup: Study
June 6th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Soccer fans headed to South Africa for the World Cup need to worry more about health basics rather than malaria, suggests a new American study.The study, conducted by ... Read more...
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Travelers to FIFA World Cup should take health precautions: NPO
May 25th, 2010 - 6:41 am ICT by BNO News
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) – People traveling to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa should take precautions to avoid disease transmission, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene said Monday.A ... Read more...
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Neglected infections can be eliminated at a fraction of nuclear weapon cost
April 28th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): An editorial published in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, has claimed that the 11 nuclear power states (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North ... Read more...
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Scientists identify new species of human malaria
April 20th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 20 (ANI): While studying ovale malaria - a form of the disease thought to be caused by a single species of parasite, scientists discovered that the parasite is actually two ... Read more...
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Breakthrough reported in fight against sleeping sickness
April 2nd, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, April 1 (IANS) British scientists have identified a new treatment for the potentially fatal disease known as African sleeping sickness, which infects tens of thousands of Africans each year.
The findings, published ... Read more...
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Soil bacteria may offer drug to treat roundworm
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 2 (ANI): A protein from a soil bacterium used to kill insects naturally on organic crops is a highly effective treatment for intestinal parasitic roundworms, claim scientists.These parasites, which include ... Read more...
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Drug shows promise against river blindness
February 10th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Closantel, an old drug used to treat sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke, may prove effective in fighting river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related ... Read more...
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Soldiers more vulnerable to tropical diseases
October 24th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 24 (IANS) Soldiers of the Indian Army are more vulnerable to tropical diseases because of their frequent movement from one place to another, medical experts said Saturday.
New medicines have ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian professor honoured
August 31st, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 31 (IANS) C.P. Ramachandran, an ethnic Indian, has been made professor emeritus by Universiti Sains Malaysia for his contributions in the field of education, research and community service.
Ramachandran did ... Read more...
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Newly found natural odours could pave way for developing mosquito repellents
August 27th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): In a lab study on fruit flies, entomologists led by an Indian origin scientist at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a novel class of compounds that ... Read more...
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Chinese experimental drug ‘effective in killing parasitic roundworms’
August 11th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Scientists in China have developed an experimental drug that appears to be effective in killing parasitic roundworms.Working with researchers in China, biologists at UC San Diego have discussed ... Read more...
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Panama may hold cures to cancer, malaria and dengue fever
July 11th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 11 (ANI): A team of scientists is exploring the length and breadth of Panama in search of exotic molecules that could one day lead to new treatments for human diseases ... Read more...
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Expanding tropics mean less rain globally
July 6th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 6 (ANI): Australian experts have warned that the globe's tropical zone is expanding rapidly and more research is needed to help humans adapt to the changing climate, which means less ... Read more...
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New drug for speeding up elimination of river blindness across Africa begins clinical trial
July 1st, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): A clinical trial is being launched in three African countries of a drug that could eliminate onchocerciasis, or river blindness, one of the leading infectious causes of blindness ... Read more...
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Humans behaviour blamed for dengue spread Down Under
May 5th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Challenging the common myth that climate change would increase spread of dengue mosquito in Australia, scientists have now claimed that it's the human behaviour that is the real ... Read more...
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Researchers can predict number of mosquitoes two months ahead
March 25th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 25 (IANS) Researchers have found a way to predict how many mosquitoes will be there in a given area, up to two months ahead. This should help fight outbreaks of ... Read more...
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Change in land use could spread pneumonia-causing killer bacteria
January 27th, 2009 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 27 (IANS) Change in land use pattern could spread pneumonia-causing killer bacteria, found near streams and grass rich areas, to livestock or cultivated areas near human habitations, according to latest ... Read more...
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Contact lenses might harbour pathogens
October 21st, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Most contact lenses are contaminated with acanthamoeba, increasing the risk of infection that can cause blindness. Acanthamoeba is one of the most common types of protozoa in soil ... Read more...
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Contact lens cases are home to pathogenic amoebae: Study
October 21st, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 21 (ANI): A Spanish study has revealed that contact lens cases are often contaminated with Acanthamoeba which cannot be killed by normal contact lens solution.
Published in the Journal of ... Read more...
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Elephantiasis may become history by 2020
October 9th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 9 (ANI): A painful and disfiguring disease called elephantiasis may be wiped out by 2020, say experts.
Also known as Lymphatic filariasis (LF), this disease is caused by parasitic worms ... Read more...
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