A recent study indicted that 50% people are not aware of the fact that they are suffering from high BP whereas more than half of people diagnosed with high blood pressure do not have it under control. Untreated High blood pressure can cause a range of problems, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), stroke and heart failure.
A health survey ranking healthcare systems in Europe ranked the Netherlands, according to consumer value, at number one despite having one of the lowest spending levels on medicines in the continent.
The annual 2008 Euro Health Consumer Index compiled by private Swedish company Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) ranked 31 countries on the basis of a range of criteria including clinical outcomes, access to treatment, waiting times and patient rights.
United Nations AIDS agency in a report said that if India is unable to check the steep rise in the number of intravenous drug users, HIV/AIDS infection will spread at alarming rates. There are already 2.5 million people suffering from AIDS in India and if unchecked, the number could easily reach 10 million by 2010.
A German doctor said that a patient suffering from leukemia and infected with the immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS could be cured of the virus. A bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus is said to be the cure.
Dr. Gero Hutter and Thomas Schneider of the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infections and Rheumatology of the Berlin Charite hospital reported that a 42-year-old American living in Berlin, is free of HIV virus after he received a transplant at their clinic two years ago as seen in tests on the man's bone marrow, blood and other organ tissues.
A recent study indicted that 50% people are not aware of the fact that they are suffering from high BP whereas more than half of people diagnosed with high blood pressure do not have it under control. Untreated High blood pressure can cause a range of problems, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), stroke and heart failure. 
A health survey ranking healthcare systems in Europe ranked the Netherlands, according to consumer value, at number one despite having one of the lowest spending levels on medicines in the continent.
United Nations AIDS agency in a report said that if India is unable to check the steep rise in the number of intravenous drug users, HIV/AIDS infection will spread at alarming rates. There are already 2.5 million people suffering from AIDS in India and if unchecked, the number could easily reach 10 million by 2010.
A German doctor said that a patient suffering from leukemia and infected with the immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS could be cured of the virus. A bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus is said to be the cure.
