Month: March 2016

“Time is the most valuable asset out there,” and Terra Kitchen wants to save consumers prep time so they have more time for what matters – like eating …
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It's hard to grasp the severity of eating disorders because many of us are too busy making light of them. The way we communicate about food and …
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By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations that have been banned by the Indian health authorities. A Reuters investigation revealed in December that a unit of Abbott in India was selling a combination of the antibiotics cefixime and azithromycin without approval from the central government. A notice issued by the Indian Health Ministry at the weekend said that a government-appointed committee of experts had found that the banned combinations were “likely to involve risk to human beings, whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available.” The government notice said the ban would take effect immediately.
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It is National Sleep Awareness Week and reflecting on the importance of this basic act is timely. As a preventive cardiologist, I work with patients who want to improve their health and lengthen their lives. Many of them have major risk factors for heart disease; others already have full-blown heart disease or have experienced major cardiac…

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“Doctors and dietitians used to be very against this diet and I'd present and people would have a lot of problems with it. They thought about safety …
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Is Africa ready to take on the war against malaria, HIV, Ebola and the like? Researchers at the cutting edge of international vaccine and public health research told AFP at the first gathering of the ambitious "Next Einstein Forum" for Africa that their academic success stories remained exceptional — though the landscape is changing. "If I'd remained in Cameroon I&039;d never have got where I am, so at a relatively early stage I identified what I really wanted to do and I had to leave the country," said Wilfred Ndifon, whose mathematical approach to designing vaccines has brought him international acclaim.

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