Geneva, May 12 (DPA) Swiss Pharmaceutical giant Roche announced Tuesday it was donating 5.65 million doses of its anti-viral drug to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help replenish stocks depleted by the response to the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak.
The WHO had distributed nearly over 2.4 million doses of anti-viral drugs to some 72 countries in the last week. These doses came from a previous Roche donation in 2006, which has now been given out.
London, May 12 (IANS) More time in the sunshine could help older people cut down the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.
Exposure to sunlight stimulates vitamin D production in the skin. Because of ageing and lifestyle changes, the elderly are more likely to be deficit in the vitamin.
New York, May 12 (ANI): American actress Farrah Fawcett, who calls herself to be a very private person, says that she would prefer that her battle with cancer was not made public.
Pune, May 12 (ANI): Two passengers, who arrived from Spain and the USA respectively, have been kept under observation at a hospital in Pune since they were suspected to be patients of swine flu.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus tightened her laces to walk for a charity event in Los Angeles.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): The fate of Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean now lies in the hands of Donald Trump, who will decide what to do with the controversy laden Miss California.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Studying the effects of the H1N1 strain of swine flu on a group of piglets, scientists at Bangkok-based Chulalongkorn University recently found all infected animals to show flu-like symptoms between one and four days after infection, and to shed the virus two days after infection.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Scientists from University of Florida have shed light on how small pox affects immune system.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Defects in a gene, called p18, have been found to be the cause of the most common form of breast cancer, say scientists.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, say that their discovery, if combined with new laboratory techniques, could help scientists identify and test new treatments for luminal-type tumours,
Luminal-type tumours account for between 70 and 80 percent of all breast cancers, but are generally slower growing than other types.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Older people can reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes by spending more time in the sunshine, a new study has suggested.
Sunlight boosts vitamin D in the skin and older people are more likely to have a vitamin D deficiency due to the natural aging process and changes in lifestyle.