New test is developed to detect colon cancer
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University say they have developed a noninvasive screening test that could sharply enhance doctors ability to detect a gene mutation that leads to colorectal cancer.
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No water to quench thirst at Kolkata fair
Mineral water has proved a saviour at the book fair. The water arranged by the fair authorities is not drinkable, say those who have tried it. The authorities had sunk some extra tubewells but many
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UK may tighten food laws as retail study reveals toxins
The United Kingdom is likely to tighten food laws including inspection of imported foodstuffs and ingredient. A tough position is likely to be taken against retailers selling foods that do not comply
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Control elephant menace in State: Sonowal
AGP leader and Moran MLA Sarbananda Sonowal has called for an effective elephant control scheme in Assam, so that depredation caused by the animal is kept to a minimum. In his own constituency of
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DHS begins measures to curb pre-natal sex determination
Goa's Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has just begun kick-starting its machinery to check indiscriminate pre-natal sex determination, in the many Centres existing in the State. Sources said the
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Royalty : villagers protest
Angry residents of villages around the mining sites in Khanak in Bhiwani district held a protest meeting at Kanwari village near Hissar in protest against the illegal collection of royalty by certain
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US farmers to comply with mad cow rules
Farm groups said on Monday they felt conficent US regulations were strong enough to defend against the mad cow disease, and promised not to break the rule by feeding their cattle on livestock
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BioPort receives nod to ship Anthrac vaccine
U.S. regulators gave the green light to the country's sole maker of the anthrax vaccine to resume shipments to government stockpiles, resolving years of federal concern about the vaccine's
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Cellphones can affect health
The safety of mobile phones seems set to face new questions after British researchers found that microwave emissions can affect the health of earthworms in unexplained ways.
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Sulabh, WHO to start health, sanitation drive
World Health Organisation along with Sulabh international social service organisation has launched a drive for rural sanitation and sustainable development campaign in five states of the country.
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'Uttaranchal govt. hand-in-glove with timber mafia'
Chipko 2001 coordinator J P Dabral has leveled charges of corruption and mismanagement against Uttaranchal government and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests at a press conference held at
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Village panels to help combat forest fire
In a view of the increasing forest fires, it has been decided that the menace will be jointly dealt with by the official forest protection force and the newly-formed Surat village forest fire
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Cyanide poisoning kills birds kangaroos
More than 400 birds kangaroos and other animals have died from cyanide poisoning near a gold mine in Australia's outback. Officials are investigating how the drainage area near the Granites gold
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Scientists scoop whale poop for clues on diet
Australian scientists have developed a non-lethal way of studying the eating habits of the world's whales - they scoop up their faeces and study the DNA of digested prey. The scientists say they will
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Researchers race to save rare Hawaiian bird
Researchers are trying to capture one of the rarest birds on Earth in a longshot bid to pair it with a mate that could save the Hawaiian honeycreeper, or Po'ouli, from extinction. Just three Po'ouli,
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Sanctuary out of bonds for rally cars
Cars for the rally, organised by Vododara-based Motorsports Association of Gujarat on February 9 and 10, will not be allowed in the wild ass sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch. The rallyists will
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J&K to launch project Hangul
The Jammu and Kashmir government will launch shortly a comprehensive project to preserve Hangul, a rare specie of deer mostly found in the mountainous ranges of the Kashmir valley. Tailored on the
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Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Gastrointestinal Cancer drug
The Food and Drug Administration approved the Novartis drug Gleevec for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer. In a press release, Novartis AG said the approval is for the treatment of Kit (CD
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Global fund joins battle with the killer diseases
"Hope is born," Bernard Kouchner, the French health minister, claimed grandiloquently yesterday as the long-awaited Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was inaugurated. Just eight
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Unions defy South Africa's AIDS policy
The South African government's controversial AIDS policy was once again defied yesterday, this time by a member of the ruling alliance. The Congress of South African trade unions (Cosatu) said it was