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Is
HIV drug resistance testing the need of the hour?
Even as around five million people in the country are estimated
to be HIV-infected and with experts citing HIV as an epidemic
which can explode at any time, HIV Drug Resistance Testing,
one of the few crucial tests which helps a specialist choose
an appropriate therapy for HIV patients, is not commercially
available in India.
Chennai
dental surgeons launch a unique dental company
In an endeavour to enable dentistry-affordable, reachable
and workable for the middle class, a group of dental surgeons
from different specialties in Chennai have joined together
to float a public limited company. Christened as Le Forte
Dental Paradigm Ltd, the company would be a potential global
enterprise with a chain of 24 hours dental clinics and a full
time helpline.
PEDICON
2005 to stress on total healthcare for all
Kolkata will be hosting the 42nd national conference of Indian
Academy of Pediatrics (PEDICON 2005) from January 6-9, 2005.
It has been almost 12 years since the last national conference
of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) was held in Kolkata,
way back in 1993.
Is
it time to legalise euthanasia?
The demise of the 25-year-old Andhra youth K Venkatesh, who
wanted to be given euthanasia so that he could donate his
organs, has sparked once again the fierce debate on the legalisation
of euthanasia or mercy- killing. Can we look towards a future
where there would be laws regarding euthanasia in the country?
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