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The deadly 'forests' without trees 20 Nov 2009 20:13 GMT
... fish that ate a similar snail. And sleeping sickness spread in parts of West Africa because coffee ... risen with the thermometer in the East African highlands. And, as the mosquito breeds in ...
Gates Foundation gives $15M to combat sleeping sickness 20 Nov 2009 19:02 GMT
... giving $15 million to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to treat human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. The fatal disease threatens 60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Seattle-based ...
Sisters defeat illness to reach Everest camp 20 Nov 2009 18:58 GMT
... overcame bouts of food poisoning and altitude sickness to complete a gruelling 14-day climb to ... climbed higher and higher, the sisters were sleeping at below freezing with their water bottles ...
"I" Stories: Zambia: No longer scared in a house of my own 20 Nov 2009 18:11 GMT
... today, would tomorrow. It was my son’s sickness that ended it: a son who had ... me. It was at night. People were sleeping and could not hear my screams. I ...
Pfizer, DNDi Partner To Identify NTD Drugs; Sanofi-Aventis, Medicines For Malaria Launch Drug Study 20 Nov 2009 12:51 GMT
... the efficacy of Pfizer drug candidates against sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. According to ... will conduct the tests for human African trypanosomiasis at the Eskitis Institute for Cell and ...

Pfizer,DNDi partner to Identify NTD drugs; Sanofi-Aventis, medicines for malaria launch drug study 20 Nov 2009 05:19 GMT
... the efficacy of Pfizer drug candidates against sleeping sickness, visceral infects 8 million people and kills 14,000 ... scientists will conduct the tests for human African at the Eskitis Institute for Cell and ...
FDA panel gives backing to Pfizer's Prevnar 13 19 Nov 2009 11:57 GMT
... the New York-based behemoth’s library against parasites to see if they are effective against African sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Sam Azoulay, senior vice president of medical & development at ...
Also in Global Health news: Sleeping sickness; aid for Philippines; U.S., China in Africa; polio eradication in Afghanistan; Ethiopia famine 18 Nov 2009 17:12 GMT
... Lancet Infectious Diseases Examines Hold-Ups In Implementation Of Sleeping Sickness Therapy examines how despite evidence that a new therapy to treat sleeping sickness, called ...
Researchers will test Pfizer pipeline to find treatments for some tropical illnesses 18 Nov 2009 15:39 GMT
... DNDi scientists will screen Pfizer drug candidates to see if they are effective against sleeping sickness — also called human African trypanosomiasis — visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. Pfizer and DNDi said Chagas disease kills more ...
Pfizer and DNDi Team on Tropical Diseases 18 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
... significant drawbacks, including method of administration, toxicity, lengthy treatment period, and cost. Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also known as sleeping sickness), is a fatal disease which, if not treated, threatens more than 50 million people ...

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Pfizer and DNDi Advancing International Research Efforts In The Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases 18 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
... advancements in the battle against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Chagas disease, ... Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also known as sleeping sickness), is a fatal disease which, if not ...
Pfizer Inc UK Regulatory Announcement: Pfizer and DNDi Advancing International Research Efforts In The Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases 18 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
... advancements in the battle against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Chagas disease, ... Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also known as sleeping sickness), is a fatal disease which, if not ...
Three expatriates with HINI Quarantined 17 Nov 2009 16:13 GMT
... forces College. He said research indicates that animal related diseases like rabies, tuberculosis and sleeping sickness are predominantly high in the Western Region. Dr. Opoku said it is for this ...
Cold, Flu Immunity From Supplements? 17 Nov 2009 16:10 GMT
... a daily basis: Eating a well-balanced diet, sleeping, exercising and de-stressing yourself." Immunity, or protection ... body's ability to protect the athlete from sickness," Nieman said. In moderation, however, regular activity ...
Is Zambia headed towards Dictatorship? 17 Nov 2009 13:54 GMT
... and effective control of the tse-tse fly in order to reduce the incidence of sleeping sickness. (d) Improvement of the availability of safe and clean water throughout the province through ...
Annual costs of insomnia run into millions 17 Nov 2009 12:33 GMT
... be many times higher. Such indirect costs include for example lower working capacity and sickness absenteeism. says that by sleeping well the risk of falling ill can be reduced as efficiently as with a ...
Holiday disasters raise lots of laughs for Rhod Gilbert 17 Nov 2009 11:11 GMT
... of France - six weeks of car sickness, basically. “And every camping holiday since, whether ... I remember most is the rows of sleeping bodies on top of every bus shelter,” ...
Holiday disasters raise lots of laughs for Rhod 17 Nov 2009 09:31 GMT
... of France - six weeks of car sickness, basically. “And every camping holiday since, whether ... I remember most is the rows of sleeping bodies on top of every bus shelter,” ...
Born to be an addict: Why alcoholism is in my DNA 16 Nov 2009 02:04 GMT
... you say? Evil? Depravity? Or is it sickness? About five per cent of the population ... to see a man that I was sleeping with. I can't say that we were ...
It's a godly thing to sleep 15 Nov 2009 20:50 GMT
... now he remains my role model via sleeping. You too know some sleepaholics in your ... us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to ...

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Born to be an addict: ‘Why alcoholism is in my DNA’ 15 Nov 2009 03:17 GMT
... you say? Evil? Depravity? Or is it sickness? About five per cent of the population ... to see a man that I was sleeping with. I can't say that we were ...
Addiction: Alcoholism is in my DNA 14 Nov 2009 23:32 GMT
... you say? Evil? Depravity? Or is it sickness? About five per cent of the population ... to see a man that I was sleeping with. I can't say that we were ...
Addiction: ‘Alcoholism is in my DNA’ 14 Nov 2009 21:16 GMT
... you say? Evil? Depravity? Or is it sickness? About five per cent of the population ... to see a man that I was sleeping with. I can't say that we were ...
Pneumonia Drug Promising Against Form of Muscular Dystrophy 14 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... severe type of pneumonia in people with compromised immune systems, some yeast infections and sleeping sickness. "Pentamidine is an exciting lead compound because it is relatively easy to chemically modify, ...