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Treatment for alcohol use disorders and tuberculosis is rarely integrated, even though the two diseases have a high co-occurrence. American and Russian researchers have jointly designed and are monitoring an innovative program that will deliver alcohol treatment as part of routine TB care.

Crofton in 2008. He never ceased to work and develop ideas for improving people's lives Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Sir John Crofton, who has died aged 97, was a world leader in respiratory medicine for more than 60 years and was at the forefront of the modern treatment of tuberculosis, smoking control and medical education.

Two decades after the fall of the wall in 1989, life in the German capital's hinterland continues relatively unchanged The first interchange on the long autobahn that heads south towards Bavaria from the Berliner Ring, the city's orbital answer to the M25, is signposted for Beelitz Heilstatten.

Drug companies and nonprofits are taking novel approaches to refill the pipeline of new drugs and vaccines for neglected diseases Lisa M. Jarvis NITD FEVERISH SEARCH Scientists study dengue in a lab in the Philippines during an NITD symposium.

Ahmedabad-based pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals is betting big on the latest product from its stable, Risorine, a combination drug for treating tuberculosis, as it plans to take the drug to markets like China, Russia and African countries in the long run and also expects to multiply its turnover from the segment by over ten times in the coming ...

Aside from improving housing, experts say there are a number of things that would help reduce the number of TB cases: 1) Treat people close to home Experts such as Dr.

The man who pioneered life-saving treatment for tuberculosis sufferers has died in Edinburgh at the age of 97.

Tuberculosis contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa.

LEE COUNTY: There is confirmed a case of tuberculosis at Oak Hammock Middle School in Tice.

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 9:17 a.m. A 112-year-old Hickman Road home listed among Augusta's most endangered historic properties will be renovated by investors who recently acquired the property, according to Historic Augusta, Inc.

Malawi's successful use of a well-known tuberculosis treatment system to scale up antiretroviral treatment for HIV could improve chronic disease management in other African nations, experts say.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of the provision of whole food to enhance completion of treatment for tuberculosis.

Our study brings to light the potential dissemination of this strain in Equatorial Guinea, a country where little is known about the extent and features of TB or MDR TB.

The birth of the 'psychic energizer': With uncanny echoes of the modern interest in 'cognitive enhancers', a 1958 edition of Popular Science hails a new drug that "tunes up the brain" allowing us "to perform at peak efficiency all the time". The drug is iproniazid , marketed then as Marsilid.

Now, we need some DNA samples of pathogenic antigens to do some biological research projects in Vietnam.

The standard dose of the antibiotic rifabutin, used in the treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections, is probably inadequate when used alongside the protease inhibitor Kaletra , US researchers report in the November 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Paul Farmer seems like someone I should have known about before reading Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Concerned that many physicians are no longer taught to diagnose and treat tuberculosis , the World Medical Association launched a new online refresher course here Thursday.

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