ICMR to develop affordable diabetes test strip: Azad
November 8th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been tasked with developing affordable test strips for diabetes, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday."Diabetes is ... Read more...
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Chemistry of mosquito sex could be key to controlling dengue fever
March 20th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): A new study has suggested that understanding the sex life of a mosquito may reveal the key to controlling diseases such West Nile virus and dengue fever.Researchers at ... Read more...
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India’s health budget goes up by 20 percent (Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's health allocation has been hiked by 20 percent with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday announcing Rs.26,760 crore (Rs.267 million/$5.9 million) for the sector with ... Read more...
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A mosquito scam breeding in India?
January 18th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Killugudi Jayaraman
Bangalore, Jan 18 (IANS) The health ministry's refusal to allow the use of a highly potent mosquito control agent developed by one of its own institutes and granting permission ... Read more...
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Pushing for cheap diabetes diagnostic methods: Azad
November 15th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday said he has urged the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to coordinate efforts for affordable diagnostic ... Read more...
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Mosquito monitoring saves lives as well as money
October 27th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): A new study has suggested that cutting surveillance for mosquito-borne diseases may lead to an increase in both the number of human cases and the health costs when ... Read more...
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Japanese Encephalitis on rise in India
August 20th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India is seeing a spurt in the mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis viral disease with 1,714 cases reported in the country till Aug 15, the Lok Sabha was informed ... Read more...
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Novel biocontrol method can help cut malaria transmission
October 2nd, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 2 (ANI): The transmission of malaria can be reduced by using biopesticides that contain a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes, particularly in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), according to ... Read more...
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First climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks developed
June 6th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): By using global climatological data and vegetation indices from Costa Rica, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Costa Rica ... Read more...
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London to play host to first ever-global survey on neglected diseases research
February 2nd, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.2 (ANI): A special event is being organized here this week to reveal the results of the first comprehensive survey of "Global Funding for Innovation for Neglected Diseases".
The event, ... Read more...
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New screening strategy to diagnose chagas disease in children
December 26th, 2007 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington , Dec 26 (ANI): A new study has revealed that it would be possible to diagnose and treat Chagas disease in children in low-resource settings with the help of a new ... Read more...
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