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Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB bacteria: Study
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
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In a breakthrough discovery, scientists have found that vitamin C can be used to effectively kill off the bacterium M...Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University chanced upon the finding during research into how TB
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Study Finds Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 5 days ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB)
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The Big Fight
Mumbai :: India | 12 days ago
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A national forum for tuberculosis will help raise awareness about this disease. Intensifying the fight against tuberculosis (TB), which claims 750 lives daily and is one of the leading causes of death in the country, the National Forum on TB was set
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TB case reported at Oceanside school
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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A person at a middle school in Oceanside tested positive for tuberculosis and may have exposed students and employees earlier this year, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday. Symptoms of active TB include persistent
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Tech Universe: Friday 10 May
Auckland :: New Zealand | 16 days ago
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Except for Loopwheels bicycle wheels with integral suspension. They're designed for smaller folding bikes that don't usually have any room for suspension...Rather than spokes radiating to the rim from a central hub, Loopwheels have 3 oval loops of
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Aadhaar to help eradicate poverty, says WB chief
Washington :: DC :: USA | 17 days ago
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D escribing Aadhaar card as one of the best example of integration of technology for social welfare use, the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, believes that this massive effort by the Indian Government would help in achieving his goal of poverty
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Africa: Switzerland Raises Contribution to Global Fund By 43 Percent
Geneva :: Switzerland | 19 days ago
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Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomed an announcement from Switzerland that it intends to increase its contribution to the Global Fund by 43 per cent in 2013. Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter made the announcement on Monday after meeting the
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Now, portable device to detect TB
Mumbai :: India | 20 days ago
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A handheld cancer diagnostic device can rapidly detect tuberculosis (TB) and other important infectious bacteria, scientists have found. The device developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) combines microfluidic technology with nuclear
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Zimbabwe: The Agony of Multi-Drug Resistant TB
Epworth :: Zimbabwe | 27 days ago
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According to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, cases of MDR-TB nearly doubled last year from 156 in 2011 to 244 cases. This was despite the fact that notifications for ordinary TB drastically declined from 47 000 in 2010 to 38 367 in 2012.
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CRENSHAW AND DAVIS: Ending the scourge of malaria
Washington :: DC :: USA | 30 days ago
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President Obama released his budget request for fiscal 2014 this month, kicking off several weeks of what will be difficult and heated negotiations among members of the House and Senate as investment priorities are set and hard decisions about cuts
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