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Mirriad Partners with Universal Music Group and Havas for Native In-Video Advertising

Mirriad, the global leader in native in-video advertising, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music ...

Over 360 mln people live with hearing loss

More than 360 million people in the world are suffering from hearing loss, a report released by the World Health ...

Greater effort needed to eradicate cataract

Greater efforts are needed to eradicate cataracts, which still haunt the Indonesian people. A cataract can occur ...

VP urges public to have cataract operations

Vice President Boediono supports the public`s use of cataract operations as a treatment to avoid blindness and improve ...

Indonesia govt to employ 3,500 ophthalmologists

The government has set itself a target to have some 3,500 ophthalmologists employed across the country by 2014, ...

US study finds reduced glaucoma risk in patients taking statins

People who take statins to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease are less likely to be diagnosed with the most ...

OneVoice Activists Warn Against Report Promoting Settlement Expansion

- Dozens of OneVoice activists assembled outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv's Kiriya Complex on ...

Diabetes drug could treat leading cause of blindness

U.S. researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have ...

Private and Public Partners Unite to Combat 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2020

-     Partners pledge innovative, coordinated action aimed at new World Health Organisation ...

Toxic liquor kills 143 in eastern India

A batch of home-brewed liquor thought to have been laced with the highly toxic chemical methanol has killed 143 people ...

Edison Pharmaceuticals to Provide Expanded Access to EPI-743 for Mitochondrial Disease

-FDA allows use of investigational new drug for life-threatening indications     Edison ...

Edison Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Grants EPI-743 Orphan Drug Designation

-Designation covers inherited respiratory chain diseases of the mitochondria    Edison Pharmaceuticals, ...

Diabetes Heightens Risk Of Cancer Death - Study - (d)

Doctors know that diabetics have a higher than normal risk of dying of heart attacks or strokes, but new research on ...

Australia provides additional funding to Bali Eye Center

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty announced on Friday an additional AUD3 million for the Australia Bali ...