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disease-free - A plant or animal certified through specific tests as being free of specified pathogens. Should be interpreted to mean "free from any known disease" as "new" diseases may yet be discovered to be present. [FAO]

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EU Seeks to End Ban on UK Meat as Disease Ebbs (Update1)  -  21 Aug 2007
BloombergEarly November is when the UK can be certified disease-free, allowing exports outside the EU. As a precautionary step, UK authorities have killed 576

Licence to allow the movement of horses in a protection zone  -  21 Aug 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),Further advice can be obtained from the Local Animal Health Office or Local Authority. 4. The earliest timetable to disease free status was set out on 15th

NGOs worried over impending drug shortage crisis  -  21 Aug 2007
E-Pao.net,AMUCO advisor Th Iboyaima said life saving drugs and other essential medicines are required for leading a healthy, long and disease free life.

Livestock on UK Farm Test Disease-Free  -  Aug 11, 2007
Forbes,By JILL LAWLESS 08.11.07, 7:44 AM ET Livestock on an English farm that were tested after showing signs of possible foot-and-mouth disease do not have it,

Make India disease-free, Kalam urges scientists  -  Aug 16, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),SANGAREDDY: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam called upon scientists to develop a disease-free India. Addressing a gathering after formally inaugurating a

Belize on alert to maintain foot and mouth disease-free status  -  Aug 11, 2007
Caribbean Net News,BELMOPAN, Belize: Following an official declaration of a recurrence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in England in a beef farm in Surrey,

Livestock on UK farm test disease-free  -  Aug 11, 2007
WKBT,AP - August 11, 2007 10:13 AM ET LONDON (AP) - Livestock on an English farm tested after showing signs of possible foot & mouth do not have the disease.

Yale-New Haven hospital to hold free glaucoma screening  -  Aug 20, 2007
WTNH,New Haven (WTNH)_ Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Visual problems don't normally appear until the disease is too far along to treat.

NI To Highlight Disease Free Status In Brussels  -  Aug 8, 2007
4ni.co.uk,Officials from the Department of Agriculture will reinforce Northern Ireland's foot and mouth free status during high-level talks in Brussels today.

NI to restate disease free status in Brussels  -  Aug 8, 2007
UTV,Some countries have refused to accept meat and dairy shipments from here because of the outbreak of the disease in Surrey. One of the companies hit by the

'NMI a potential SPF Zone'  -  Aug 17, 2007
Saipan Tribune,He said being an SPF Zone would ensure that all breeders of shrimps would be disease-free. “By having the zone, you are restricting [disease carrying

Park County Hosts Roundtable on Gov. Schweitzer’s Yellowstone ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
New West,Ryan Clarke, an APHIS brucellosis expert, said the study has three primary goals: “To see if we could take bison out of the park and produce a disease-free

Samoa: KEEPING APIA PEST & DISEASE FREE  -  Aug 2, 2007
Island Business,The Pacific is one of the last remaining areas of tropical paradise on earth. It boasts a pristine environment, a rainbow of unique cultures and languages,

Daily Planner: Monday  -  Aug 20, 2007
Enterprise-Record,For people with chronic lung disease. Free. Enloe Outpatient Center, 888 Lakeside Village Commons Road, classroom A in building C. 1-800-LUNG-USA

High Meat and Fat Diet Associated to Higher Recurrence and Death ...  -  Aug 19, 2007
Nutrition horizon (press release),A higher intake of a Western dietary pattern after cancer diagnosis was associated with a significantly worse disease-free survival (ie reccurence of colon

Do Antioxidants Protect Women From Heart Disease?  -  Aug 14, 2007
News Locale,Eating a balanced diet and maintaining high levels of physical activity are the main ways to prevent heart disease and lead a healthy and disease-free life,

Association of Dietary Patterns With Cancer Recurrence and ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Main Outcome Measures Disease-free survival, recurrence-free survival, and overall survival by dietary pattern. Results During a median follow-up of 5.3

Diesel Exhaust + Cholesterol = Cardiovascular Disease  -  Jul 27, 2007
Environment News Service...contributes to inflammation and artery disease. Free radicals enter the body through small particles present in polluted air and are also byproducts of

Diet Appears to Influence Colon Cancer Outcomes  -  Aug 17, 2007
Medscape (subscription)A higher intake of a Western-pattern diet after cancer diagnosis was associated with a significantly worse disease-free survival, including colon cancer

Peter Melchett  -  Aug 5, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...being used to control the last foot and mouth outbreak, because their economic interests were threatened if Britain lost disease-free status.

State commissioners hear ideas on brucellosis  -  Aug 17, 2007
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle,They said they've kept their herds disease free and don't want to be penalized, because they've done nothing wrong. Tom Lane said the disease issue should

Horse Show goes ahead with disease precautions  -  Aug 8, 2007
Belfast Telegraph,By Linda McKee Millions of pounds worth of Ulster produce are at risk as confusion over Northern Ireland's disease-free status continues.

Success with silk  -  Aug 20, 2007
Deccan Herald,The yield of mulberry and cocoon per unit area and the usage of inputs like manure, disease free laying (eggs) and chemical disinfectants are studied.

Organisation re-instates FMD free zones  -  Aug 1, 2007
Republic of Botswana,Masunga, Maitengwe area and zone 4b, which is part of Letlhakane area were also upgraded to foot and mouth disease-free without vaccination zones.

EMEA Recommends Orphan Drug Designation for PI-88  -  Aug 15, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe goals of PI‑88 treatment in this population are to reduce disease recurrence, prolong the time to recurrence (known as disease-free survival time) and

High-Fat Diets Linked to Stage III Colon Cancer Recurrence  -  Aug 14, 2007
MedPage Today,The reduction in disease-free survival with the Western diet was not significantly modified by sex, age, nodal stage, body mass index, physical activity

Welcome for action on meat movements  -  Aug 9, 2007
ic Wales,...“The ban on the movement of animals is a key part of the armoury for keeping Wales disease-free and I won’t do anything to jeopardise that,� she said.

Progen Engages Leading CRO to Assist with Phase 3 Trial of PI-88  -  Aug 16, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe primary endpoint of the Phase 3 trial is the length of time patients remain disease-free (disease free survival or DFS) following surgery to remove

Farmers fear a repeat of rural catastrophe  -  Aug 4, 2007
Scotsman,The UK would no longer have disease-free status and would not be allowed to export for at least six months. Moreover, there are doubts about whether the

Goodbye to Oranges?  -  Aug 15, 2007
Scientist,As a result, it could not certify the buds as disease-free. So to save themselves the expense of replanting, Tulare County growers literally condemned

Keep buying Welsh meat, says Minister  -  Aug 8, 2007
News Wales,..."However, we cannot be complacent and need to remain vigilant to ensure Wales's continuing disease free status. I am conscious also that the easing I have

매ì?¼ê²½ì œ 홈 > 뉴스센터 > 경제·금융  -  Aug 7, 2007
매�경제,The European Union on Monday banned British meat, dairy and livestock exports, and the UK cannot export to other countries until it regains disease-free

Q&A with Sandy Feather: Overwatering can cause leaf drop  -  Aug 17, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Purchase fresh seed or disease-free transplants for next season's garden, and do not plant them where infected plants were grown this year for at least two

Zimbabwe: Agric Show Preps At Advanced Stage  -  Aug 17, 2007
AllAfrica.com,..."Their ability to do so will depend on their cattle being officially declared to be disease-free and being given regulatory approval to be transported.

Vion Pharmaceuticals Completes Accrual of 85 Patients to its ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
CNNMoney.comSecondary endpoints include overall survival, disease-free survival and progression-free survival. The trial had a two-stage min-max design in which if

Pressure grows to vaccinate cattle in foot and mouth war  -  Aug 10, 2007
This is London,British meat exports get a disease-free certificate only three months after the last death of an animal from foot and mouth. If animals are vaccinated,

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Effective for Older Patients with ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),This approach results in a 50-70% five year disease-free survival in pediatric patients. Researchers from the Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna have

Zoo battles foot-and-mouth disease  -  Aug 6, 2007
NDTV.com,So, to call the zoo disease-free at least, one month must be allowed, provided the weather conditions are good. But weather is going from bad to worse.

Metastatic Germ-Cell Tumors Potentially Curable With High-Dose ...  -  Jul 27, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Of this group, 104 (90%) were disease free for more than 2 years. A complete remission was observed in 6 additional patients; 4 patients experienced a

Latest Foot and Mouth Disease Tests Prove Negative  -  Aug 15, 2007
Stackyard,Key dates were discussed in a timeline leading to disease-free status, and they agreed to work closely together over the coming weeks to deliver it,

Truss defends prawn quarantine restrictions  -  Aug 8, 2007
ABC Online,Last month, the Government announced new measures meaning prawns can only be sourced from countries that are known to be disease-free or from sources where

Kidney Foundation Plans Local Health Screenings  -  Aug 15, 2007
Eyewitness News Memphis,...and weight measurements and blood and urine tests to check for diabetes and kidney disease. Free educational materials will be available at the screening.

Cows Are Not to Blame, Its the Fodder That Has Been Infected  -  Jul 26, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Finding a disease-free napier field has become difficult. Since it takes a long time for symptoms to manifest themselves on infected plants, a healthy crop

Air Pollution Linked To Clogged Arteries  -  Jul 26, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...and tissue damage resulting from exposure to molecules known as free radicals -- contributes to inflammation and artery disease. Free radicals enter the

Aggressive Therapy Best For Certain AML Patients  -  Aug 1, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Of those, 13 relapsed within 1.4 years, but nine (41 percent) remained in remission when the study ended, with disease-free periods ranging from two to

Foot and mouth: Right action has been taken  -  Aug 5, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Since 1991, disease free-status - important for trade - is maintained by killing infected animals and those associated with them on the infected farm and

He's got a life sentence  -  Aug 18, 2007
Globe and Mail,Ms. Iamkhong also repeatedly told Mr. Whiteman that she was disease-free when he asked, leading him to decide it was safe not to use condoms.

Bizmen push ban on entry of fresh meat  -  Aug 9, 2007
Sun.Star,..."Our meat products remain safe and we had been carefully protecting our being a disease-free hog meat," he said. "We need to produce more because of the

Cell Genesys Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results  -  Aug 7, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe new data included a median disease-free survival of approximately 16 months which compares favorably to the 13 months disease-free survival recently

That virus again  -  Aug 1, 2007
Business Standard,The authorities should also consider the system of “zoning�, whereby non-affected areas could be declared as disease-free zones for sourcing export supplies




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