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National Botanical Garden in Mirpur now has a collection of about 170 indigenous species of medicinal plants Shahnaz Parveen Chalmugra helps fight leprosy.
Source:The Daily Star
Date:November 18, 2008
... of both the posts for the next five years until February, 2013. A former director of National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Diseases, an institute of ICMR at Agra, Dr Katoch is a distinguished scientist, who has won several ...
Source:Newkerala.com
Date:November 18, 2008
... movement attributed virtually every human ill, from general failure to thrive to the recrudescence of leprosy, to the practice. The movement also imputed the worst possible motives to vaccinators, including Edward Jenner himself, the developer of ...
Source:Free Republic
Date:November 16, 2008
... Presenter: Justin Cohen, M.P.H., Ph.D., epidemiologist at the Clinton Foundation. Forgotten, but not Gone - Leprosy Still Present in the U.S.: Long believed to be a disease of biblical times, leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, continues to be ...
Source:MediLexicon
Date:November 15, 2008
... disease), M. kansasii (a tuberculosis-like disease), M. chelonae and M. fortuitum (tissue infections) and M. leprae (leprosy). Professor Daniels' group had two presentations. In the first they used PM Technology to study the metabolic properties of ...
Source:MediLexicon
Date:November 14, 2008
... Z (Zantac). I've had several "sickly" friends and one husband who always thought the worst: It wasn't a rash, it was leprosy; it wasn't a cold, it was pneumonia; it wasn't an earache, it was a brain tumor. At the risk of being sued by the American ...
Source:Columbia Daily Tribune
Date:November 13, 2008
A WORD OF COMFORT: Belgium Queen Paola greeting leprosy patients at the Holy Family Hansenorium near Tiruchi on Tuesday.
Source:The Hindu
Date:November 11, 2008
... approved for that use in the United States, is available for certain conditions, including multiple myeloma and leprosy. The birth defects outbreak puzzled scientists because pre-marketing tests in lab mice and rats showed no sign of a birth defect ...
Source:Science Daily
Date:November 11, 2008
Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Conferences Article Date: 10 Nov 2008 - 1:00 PST Long believed to be a disease of biblical times, leprosy, ...
Source:Medical News Today
Date:November 10, 2008
... Cisplatin Drugs used to fight infections Metronidazole (Flagyl) Nitrofurantoin Thalidomide (used to fight leprosy ) INH (isoniazid) -- used against tuberculosis Drugs used to treat skin conditions (Dapsone) Anticonvulsants (Phenytoin) Anti-alcohol ...
Source:Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs
Date:November 10, 2008
... approved for that use in the United States, is available for certain conditions, including multiple myeloma and leprosy. The birth defects outbreak puzzled scientists because pre-marketing tests in lab mice and rats showed no sign of a birth defect ...
Source:EurekAlert!
Date:November 9, 2008
According to scientists in the U.S. leprosy is a disease which may be forgotten, but it is still around.
Source:Medical News
Date:November 9, 2008
... With the advent of AIDS, TB is increasing by as much as twenty-fold in African countries heavily stricken with AIDS. Leprosy, now known as Hansen's disease, is also caused by a mycobacterium.
Source:The News
Date:November 8, 2008
Long believed to be a disease of biblical times, leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, continues to be seen in the United States.
Source:Medical News
Date:November 8, 2008
... day, I asked myself "Where have I come?" The smell bothered me, there were all types of diseases including malaria, leprosy, AIDS, TB and cancer and many open wounds. We used to start our day with Mass followed by breakfast and a 20 to 25 minute ...
Source:The Times
Date:November 7, 2008
... approved for that use in the United States, is available for certain conditions, including multiple myeloma and leprosy. The birth defects outbreak puzzled scientists because pre-marketing tests in lab mice and rats showed no sign of a birth defect ...
Source:Medical News Today
Date:November 6, 2008
... in education projects in Thailand, helping in construction work in a HIV/AIDS clinic in South Africa; working with a Leprosy Programme and Slum Projects in India. Participants can also expect to be working in a youth outreach programme in Ir...
Source:Waterford Today
Date:November 5, 2008
... a new issue in some parts of the world. Stigma has long been associated with mental illness, physical disability, leprosy, cancer and tuberculosis. However, diabetes-related stigma is particularly severe as diabetes is a life-threatening chronic ...
Source:News from Bangladesh
Date:November 4, 2008
... been useful in the treatment of a number of skin disorders, including dermatitis herpetiformis, lichen planus and leprosy. Before the advent of iso-tretinoin, oral dapsone was sometimes used in severe, refractory, inflammatory acne. The Food and ...
Source:Dermatology Times
Date:November 1, 2008
... the attention it deserves," says African Medical Research Foundation report. In its findings, Kenya National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Programme (KNLTP) report says the success rate of TB treatment in the country was moving in the positive direction. ...
Source:Financial Standard
Date:October 31, 2008
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