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Melamine scare hurts clean Vietnamese dairy farmers

Hanoi  - A plunge in local milk consumption due to fears of melamine-tainted Chinese milk threatens to drive Vietnamese farmers out of the dairy business even though their milk is safe and clean, local officials and farmers said Monday.

"I will have to sell my cows if things do not change in a few weeks," said Nguyen Thi Hanh, a dairy farmer in the Hanoi suburb of Gia Lam.

Local media report dairy factories have ceased buying milk from farmers because they are unable to sell it.

Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi - AIDS pioneers

Fight against AIDS/HIVParis - French virologists Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, who were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine, will always be associated with the discovery of the retrovirus that causes AIDS.

In 1982, Montagnier headed a team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, of which Barre-Sinoussi was a member, that was asked for assistance in establishing the possible viral cause of a mysterious new syndrome, AIDS.

Organic India launches five new premium blends of Tulsi Tea

One of the top brands in organic teas and supplements market, Organic India, is now ready to flavor Indian consumer’s cup with new and enriched flavors of Tulsi.

Hypnosis Can Help In Reducing Hot Flashes In Breast Cancer Survivors

A recent study has shown that hypnosis can help in reducing hot flashes Hypnosis Can Help In Reducing Hot Flashes In Breast Cancer Survivorsamong breast cancer survivors. Hot flashes are a significant problem for many breast cancer survivors. This study was done by Dr. Gary Elkins of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his team.

Link Between A Genetic Variant And Dyslexia Found

Restrictions On HIV Patients For Visiting America

According to an activist, people who are suffering from AIDS are not allowed to Restrictions On HIV Patients For Visiting Americavisit the United states. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) puts HIV in the list of communicable disease that restricted the HIV infected people from entering the country.

The Department of Homeland Securities (DHS) in U.S. is going to carry out a new regulation that relaxes restrictions on issuing US visas to the visitors who are HIV-positive. 

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