CONRAD receives $24 million from Gates Foundation and USAID for HIV microbicide trials
...st savings -- based on mathematical modeling of 73 countries with GDP of less than $1,200/year and all sub-Saharan countries, a microbicide of 50% efficacy and 20% service coverage would prevent 2.5 million new infections, leading to $3.7 billion in direct cost savings to health systems and indirect cost savin...WHO's HIV initiative at risk of failing
...py to 3 million people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries by the end of 2005 (3 by 5), states an editorial i...ss has been made with 720,000 people in developing countries receiving antiretroviral treatment and three times the target number of outlets providing antiretrov...Nutritional advice improves health of children in developing countries
...nutritional advice given to families in developing countries could reduce the incidence of stunted growth in in...the most common nutritional problems in developing countries are stunted growth and iron-deficiency anaemia. Mary Penny (Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional,...US Latinos may develop Alzheimer's disease symptoms at earlier age than white, non-Latinos
...st centers, although there were differences in the countries of origin. "the findings in this study indicate that Latino individuals, the largest and fastest growing minority group in the mainland United States, appear to have an earlier age of AD symptom onset compared with Anglo individuals with a similar e...American Urological Association honors Novartis Pharmaceuticals with annual health science award
...y employs more than 81,000 people in more than 140 countries around the world....The Lancet calls for higher tax on cigarettes
Governments of high, middle, and low income countries should commit to annual price increases of 50% on ... countries, people living in low and middle income countries will be the worst affected, states the editorial. Public-information campaigns and regulation have h...Substantial 15-year survival gains from standard breast cancer treatments
... cancer mortality rates are now falling rapidly in countries such as the UK or USA." She adds: "This is the largest analysis of randomised evidence ever done in any type of cancer. Because so many women in previous decades agreed to join these randomised trials, millions of women in future decades will benefi...St. John's Wort only minimally effective in relieving major depression, review confirms
...heir review only those trials from German-speaking countries that were restricted to patients with a diagnosis of major depression. St. John's Wort, scientifically referred to as hypericum extracts, derives its name from the patron saint of nurses and Old English word for "plant." The mechanism by which it ac...U.S. ranks highest worldwide in use of high-tech imaging
...utilization of high-tech imaging compared to other countries worldwide, while Germany and Singapore ranks high ...ch imaging) to CT and MR (high tech imaging) in 15 countries (U.S., Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, South Korea, China, India...World Bank and IMF preventing transfer of foreign aid to HIV/AIDS programmes
...nk and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stop countries from benefiting from outside investment in their health programmes. To receive debt relief countries must provide the IMF and World Bank with a poverty reduction strategy. Most strategies include spend...New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
...rogram of this magnitude will encourage both donor countries and developing countries to devote greater resources to fighting malaria. The Gates Foundation's goal is to demonstrate what ...Canada lags behind in caregiver support
...g to a new study, Canada lags behind other western countries in the level of financial support it gives to fami...les on caregiver financial support policies in ten countries and these are available at www.msvu.ca/mdcaging . These Profiles are one component of a larger stud...ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations
... of care that ESMO would consider necessary in all countries of Europe. They are not designed to replace extensive clinical practice guidelines or review articles, but to describe minimum common standards. Considering the rapid changes in the field of medical oncology, each guideline undergoes a yearly update...New Seroquel data show significant improvement in compliance and cognition in schizophrenia
...of schizophrenia since 1997 and is available in 82 countries for the treatment of this condition. Results of re...ith schizophrenia. SEROQUEL is also licensed in 63 countries for the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder, including the US, Canada and several Eu...New Seroquel data support benefits in bipolar disorder
... with their medication. SEROQUEL is licensed in 63 countries for the treatment of mania associated with bipolar...of schizophrenia since 1997 and is available in 82 countries for the treatment of this condition. To date, over 8 million people have been treated with SEROQUEL...No strong evidence of an increased risk of cancer among personal hair dye users
...l literature search identifying 79 studies from 11 countries to examine the association between personal use of hair dyes and relative risk of cancer. "Our results indicate that, globally, there is no effect of personal hair dye use on the risk of breast and bladder cancer," the authors report. "There is a b...International adoptees have fewer behavior problems than domestic adoptees
... to children who had been adopted within their own countries (domestic adoptees). "In sum, our series of meta-analyses showed that the majority of international adoptees are well-adjusted although more adoptees are referred to mental health services compared with nonadopted controls," the authors write. "Cont...Risk factors in contracting cancer of the endometrium
...developed countries. The highest incidences are in countries like Luxembourg or the United States, where there is a lot of obesity, more diabetes and hypertension, etc. It is an ailment linked to "the good life". Spain occupies an intermediate position in the world ranking for this disease. In this context, R...UK demand for overseas doctors severely affecting sub-Saharan Africa
...th professionals has affected the English-speaking countries of sub-Saharan Africa the most, has not been appreciated. The health systems of developing countries have been badly damaged by the emigration of their doctors and nurses to developed countries. The U...Cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries not being adequately addressed
...their survival rates are very inferior to rates in countries with advanced health care systems. However, the Wo...s." The increasing pediatric cancer death rate in countries with limited resources is especially tragic because strategies exist that could be used to ensure wi...