Dictionary on environment
An English-Kannada Encyclopedic dictionary on environment and related issues was launched by Forest Minister K H Ranganath in Bangalore. The dictionary, brought out by Orient Longman and prepared by
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CM urges foodgrain under drought relief programme
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh urged the Centre to immediately release the food grains under drought relief head so that prompt action can be taken at the field level for its
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Plain suffering for displaced hill tribals
'Paliyan' tribals of Vasimalai hills in the Western Ghats, who were evicted from their habitat a decade ago, are now living in sub-human conditions. The 200 odd tribals, housed in a far flung colony
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U.S. retreats from move to keep drugs from poor nations
The Bush administration scrambled to undo the public relations damage caused when it blocked an international agreement to allow developing countries easier access to generic versions of prescription
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An anti-life crusade
Asia is expected to be the site of the next AIDS explosion. Yet at a United Nations population conference in Bangkok this week the American delegation tried to block an endorsement of condom use to
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Nothing is black and white in cancer detection debate
In the 1950's, doctors were bitterly divided about an issue that seems eerily modern. What, they asked, is the point of finding breast cancer early? On one side were the surgeons who passionately
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Health department sues drug firms for 'price-fixing'
The UK Department of Health has launched the first of two high court actions seeking almost
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Disaster in concrete
The murmurs in the corridors of Writers' Building after a roof collapse that killed a patient at SSKM Hospital is typical of an administration that wakes up after the disaster. Earlier the health
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China takes new stand on issue of access to medicine
China has joined the India-Brazil-Africa axis on the issue of access to medicines. While India and Brazil have long been votaries of making disease coverage under the Doha Declaration on Trade
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Trained quacks to the aid of rural MP
Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has created a new group of medical professionals to deal with the dismal heath care scene in Madhya Pradesh. Trained quacks. Faced with a perpetual health care crisis
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Popping a pill ? Read the print
Some globally banned drugs are still being produced, stacked and freely sold in India. These include Analgin, Nimesulide, Lynestrenol, Phenylbutazone,Droperidol, Phenformin and Cerivastatin. Some of
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Pharma cos cheer TRIPS panel failure
Domestic pharma companies are happy over the TRIPS council's failure to settle implementation issues of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health. According to them the final
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WHO eye-opener on heart attacks
With the final ratio of an attack per 34 seconds, the recent study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been an eye- opener over the causes of heart attacks. The study discloses that the heart
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Lung disease: Global challenge
India being a developing nation, has to contend with the problems of being over populous, poverty, ignorance, lack of high quality health delivery infrastructure, besides natural and geopolictical
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Viral Hepatitis: Prevention is better than (no) cure
The term "hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver. Viral hepatitis is inflammation caused by a virus. Viral hepatitis infections are among the most infectious diseases in the world and are a
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Panel moots sops for medicinal plants
The Law Reforms Committee appointed by the Kerala Government, having taken a considerate view of the increased overseas demand for medicinal plants and vanilla, has recommended grant of exemption
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Aurobindo launches Cefeprime
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (APL), the Hyderabad-based Rs 1,050-crore pharmaceuticals major, has announced the launch of Cefeprime, claimed to be one of the most advanced antibiotics in the world for the
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Ambitious tele-medicine project for NE
The healthcare system of Northeast is likely to go through a paradigm shift, with the multicrore project of telemedicine network being implemented in the region by the joint effort of the North
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Van mela brought cure for all
Rashtriya Van Mela has turned out to be a resounding success where 60 vaidhyas examined 2500 persons during first two days of the Mela at Bitten Market, Madhya Pradesh. The range of stall numbering
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Alarm as GM pig vaccine taints US crops
US authorities, shaken by a case in which food crops were contaminated with an experimental pig vaccine, are preparing to impose stringent guidelines on a new generation of experimental GM crops.