New York - The United Nations programme fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria urged governments on Tuesday to replenish its coffer to make up a shortfall of 4 billion dollars for the 2008- 2010 assistance to victims of the epidemic.
The UNAIDS programme needed 13.5 billion dollars for the three- year period, but so far has only 9.9 billion dollars, which it attributed to the current economic crisis affecting the biggest donors to the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
Washington, Mar 31 : Killing mosquitoes in their water-borne larval stage of development can effectively control malaria in urban areas, according to a study.
Governments and NGOs worldwide are making a concerted effort to tackle malaria and a number of interventions exist to control its spread, including the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), sprays and repellents.
However, most interventions target adult mosquitoes, which can carry the parasite.
Washington, Mar 31 : An international team of researchers have developed a novel radiation-free technique that detects and eliminates breast cancer tumours.
The team including researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre have shown that combining a compound known as a gallium corrole with a protein carrier can effectively detect and remove tumours with fewer side effects.
Washington, Mar 31 : A new study in the U. S. has found a link between an increased number of birth defects in children of women who got pregnant in spring or summer and elevated levels of pesticides in surface water across the country.
Studying all 30.1 million births, which occurred in the U. S. between 1996 and 2002, the researchers found that women whose last menstrual period occurred in April, May, June or July were at increased risk for delivering infants with birth defects.
They also found that this period of increased risk correlated with elevated levels of nitrates, atrazine and other pesticides in surface water across the country.
Washington, Mar 31 : A new study has shown that dietary supplementation with lipoic acid, a natural compound found at low levels in red meat and green leafy vegetables, can significantly reduce triglycerides, a key risk factor in cardiovascular disease.
While experimenting on rats, the researchers found that supplements of lipoic acid lowered triglyceride levels up to 60 percent.
Washington, Mar 31 : A commonly used painkiller has been found to be effective against treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain along with a rash.
The painkiller oxycodone can help in treating acute pain of shingles, which is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, a bug that causes chicken pox.
Only those having chicken pox are vulnerable to shingles.
Older adults aged 85 have 50pct increased likelihood of getting shingles.
New York - The United Nations programme fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria urged governments on Tuesday to replenish its coffer to make up a shortfall of 4 billion dollars for the 2008- 2010 assistance to victims of the epidemic.
Washington, Mar 31 : Killing mosquitoes in their water-borne larval stage of development can effectively control malaria in urban areas, according to a study.
Washington, Mar 31 : An international team of researchers have developed a novel radiation-free technique that detects and eliminates breast cancer tumours.
Washington, Mar 31 : A new study in the U. S. has found a link between an increased number of birth defects in children of women who got pregnant in spring or summer and elevated levels of pesticides in surface water across the country.
Washington, Mar 31 : A new study has shown that dietary supplementation with lipoic acid, a natural compound found at low levels in red meat and green leafy vegetables, can significantly reduce triglycerides, a key risk factor in cardiovascular disease.
Washington, Mar 31 : A commonly used painkiller has been found to be effective against treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain along with a rash.
