Torrent Group commits Rs 100 cr to fight COVID-19 pandemic
The Ahmedabad-headquartered company said it would contribute Rs 50 crore to the PM – CARES Fund and additional Rs 50 cr under various other initiatives concerning the pandemic.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 30, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration ’s most outspoken advocate of emergency virus measures, faces a torrent of false claims that he is mobilizing to undermine the president.
Source: NYT Health - March 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Davey Alba and Sheera Frenkel Tags: Rumors and Misinformation United States Politics and Government Social Media Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Fringe Groups and Movements Facebook Inc Instagram Inc Judicial Watch National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Twitter Yo Source Type: news

Trump pushes for massive aid from Congress, checks to public
President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid to help people through the financial pain of the coronavirus crisis
Source: ABC News: Health - March 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Family of Manchester coronavirus victim pay tribute to 'gracious gentleman'
Darrell Blakeley ’s family ask for acts of kindness in his memory amid rise in ‘mutual aid’ volunteer groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe family of a talented 88-year-old church choir singer who died after catching coronavirus have appealed for acts of kindness to be carried out in his memory.Darrell Blakeley, who died on Friday evening at a Manchester hospital, is thought to have been infected following contact at a restaurant with someone who had recently returned from a skiing trip to Italy.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Simon Murphy Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science Manchester UK news Greater Manchester Source Type: news

Trajectory of evacuees' health condition after the Great East Japan Earthquake: health survey of residents in prefabricated temporary housing and private rented housing in the Miyagi prefecture - Kusama T, Aida J, Higashi D, Sato Y, Onodera T, Sugiyama K, Tsuboya T, Takahashi T, Osaka K.
OBJECTIVEs  The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in March 2011. As of November 2018, 1100 survivors of its still lived in the Miyagi prefecture's temporary housing. Previous studies revealed that the residential relocation to temporary housing from th...
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Coronavirus pandemic threatens to cut pharmaceutical industry ’s lifeline
Raw materials from China are used in making antibiotics, paracetamol, and diabetes and cardiovascular drugs, among others. Companies including Lupin, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Glenmark, Mankind, Dr Reddy ’s, Torrent, Aurobindo Pharma and Abbott are hugely dependent on Chinese imports.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 29, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Torrent Pharmaceuticals puts faith in local market, to focus on new drug launches
The Ahmedabad-based company, part of the Rs 14,000-crore Torrent Group, is the only domestic pharma co that has invested nearly $1 bn in local acquisition over the last three years. Aman Mehta, chief marketing officer of Torrent Pharma said for now the focus of the co will be on launching new products in categories such as cardiology and diabetes.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 28, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Neighborhood ties reduced depressive symptoms in older disaster survivors: Iwanuma study, a natural experiment - Sasaki Y, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tani Y, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I, Aida J.
Objective: As most studies relating to mental health and disasters have employed cross-sectional or follow-up assessments about psychological health with post-disaster information, the association between changes in social ties and mental health rem...
Source: SafetyLit - January 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

HC Bars Cipla, 3 others from launching generic version of Bristol-Myers ’ drug
Delhi High Court has granted an injunction restraining the domestic pharma companies such as Cipla, Torrent, Emcure, Alkem from selling a medicine used for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases, the patent for which is held by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) as it filed its claims for patent infringement of Apixaban in Delhi HC.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Pre-disaster social support is protective for onset of post-disaster depression: prospective study from the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami - Sasaki Y, Aida J, Tsuji T, Koyama S, Tsuboya T, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
We examined whether pre-disaster social support functions as a disaster preparedness resource to mitigate post-disaster depressive symptoms among older survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. The participants were 3,567 individuals a...
Source: SafetyLit - December 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Association of postdisaster depression and posttraumatic stress disorder with mortality among older disaster survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Li X, Aida J, Hikichi H, Kondo K, Kawachi I.
IMPORTANCE: Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represent 2 common mental health sequelae of natural disasters. However, to date, no studies have examined whether postdisaster depression and PTSD are associated with increased risk of mortal...
Source: SafetyLit - December 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Study finds online tool helps patients demystify the ‘Pandora’s box’ of genomic sequencing
First-of-its-kind trial evaluates decision aid’s efficacy
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - December 11, 2019 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news

South Africa: The Group in the Shadows Who Unwittingly Direct SA's HIV Epidemic
[Daily Maverick] In the shadow of HIV many things are hidden. Do a quick Google search ('in the shadow of HIV') and a torrent of disease and social ills will blast across your browser. You'll find gender-based violence and stigma, sugar-daddies, obesity and hypertension, patriarchy, cancer and diabetes, denial, guilt, and the opioid crisis. Also hiding, deep in the shadows, are adolescent boys and young men.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 6, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake: two multilevel 6-year prospective analyses - Goodwin R, Sugiyama K, Sun S, Aida J, Ben-Ezra M.
BACKGROUND: The Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 led to the relocation of 300 000 survivors. Studies following disasters focus primarily on data collected in the immediate aftermath and neglect the influence of wider community factors. AIMS: A ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

FDA warns Torrent for water system laced with bacteria
The FDA has slapped India-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals with a warning letter for its water system at a Pennsylvania facility.
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - November 20, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

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