AIDS is slashing Africa's population, U.N. survey finds
AIDS is cutting the life expectancy in many African countries and will reduce their populations within the next 10 to 15 years, according to a report to be released by the population division of the United Nations. The report, part of a world population survey, says AIDS has achieved pandemic …
Nadiad researchers pit fungus against malaria
In what is being hailed as a major breakthrough, the Malaria Research Centre in Nadiad has identified a fungus that could effectively counter the mosquito menace. The fungus, which eats mosquito larvae, is the result of a decade of studies.
Gastroenteritis kills nineteen in Rupaddehi
Nineteen people were killed in Rupandehi district of Nepal due to gastroenteritis disease in the last one week. According to the District Public Health Office altogether 26 persons have died in the district last month.
Scientists complete sequencing of chilamydia genomes
Scientists have finished mapping the complete genome of the bacterium that causes chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US. The findings could lead to better drugs to combat the infection. A team of researchers from the University of California in Berkeley and San Francisco announced the completion …
Fuel treatment halves fuel emissions
Japanese scientists have developed a new fuel treatment that could radically reduce emissions from truck diesel engines. The technology could allow US vehicle manufacturers to meet new emission standards due to be agreed with the country's Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday 22 October. After eighteen years of work the researchers …
India among 'top 10' in diabetes
Obesity, unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle are bringing about a sharp increase in diabetes prevalence. India is estimated to have the largest growing number of diabetes patients in the worlds. Diabetes Care, an authoritative journal on the subject, says between 1995 and 2025, diabetes patients in India will increase by …
3 cholera cases reported
Three cases of cholera have been reported from Ashok Vihar in North Delhi. No deaths have been reported so far but the number of cases could be more as the initial symptoms are only dehydration.
Joint projects in hospital waste management
The National Research development Corporation (NRDC) and the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC) are to jointly take up projects within and outside the country in hospital waste management, tele-diagnostics and tele-medication, and spinal injury centres.
Immunology meet to focus on TB
The pharmaceutical industry will watch for the latest developments in vaccines for cancer and AIDS at the 10th International Immunology Congress beginning in New Delhi on Sunday. The week-long conference is drawing over 2,500 scientists from 67 countries who will reveal the latest developments in the field of vaccination and …
Family planning not a success in Andhra Pradesh
At a time when so much importance is being given to small family, Andhra Pradesh does not seem to get its basics right. The state has achieved very limited success in implementing family welfare programmes and stabilising population growth, compared to neighbouring states - Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Hard water cause for concern in many areas of Bangalore
Tests made by reputed testing units, both official and private, show that water from borewells and wells in many parts of Bangalore exceeds the desirable hardness of below 300 parts per million(ppm).Data from a Government testing unit and two other industrial testing houses, reveal that while Corporation water meets the …
Red tape, public fears frustrate advocates of organ transplants
One year after the Diet passed a bill allowing organ transplants from those who are brain-dead, not a single transplant has been conducted in Japan. Critics of the Organ Transplantation Act, passed last October, say its requirements are too strict to allow for organ donations that would make the transplants …
Portable water provides remote monitoring of heart
A research group from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering has deveoloped a portable sensor system that can transmit a warning message to a hospital when a person seems to have suffered a heart attack or a stroke at home. The system cobines electrodes to monitor heart activity …
Stress costs us $5billion a year
Stress, much of it caused by the speed of change in the workplace, costs Australian society up to $5billion a year through absenteeism, illness, marital breakdown, violence and suicide. This is the view of Professor Graham Burrows who yesterday chaired a seminar on the issue as a curtain-raiser to the …
Minister denies organs transplant scandal
Albanian minister of Health Leonard Solis played down press reports that Tirana's largest Maternity House is involved in the traffic o f babies' organs . "The babies' scandal is simply an invention of newspapers," Solis told reporters. However, the Minister said there is information about the existence of secret transplantation …
Contaminated water claims 4
Four women died, while 22 others were hospitalised after they drank contaminated water from a borewell in Karnataka's Kolar district.
Medical council for Delhi
will punish, but also protect doctors : The conduct of doctors practising in Delhi will soon be regulated by a code of ethics set by the medical council for Delhi, which has been constituted for the first time. The notification constituting the Council was issued on Wednesday, Emeritus professor at …
New leprosy drug developed
Scientists at the international centre for genetic engineering and biotechnology (ICGEB) claim to have developed a drug which can boost the immune system to fight leprosy and multi drug resistant tuberculosis. The drug is a naturally found protein, gamma-interferon, which also has anti-viral and anti-cancerous properties, a ICGEB scientist Navin …
Large parts of ex-Soviet terrain toxic
The process of disarming the world of its thousands of surplus nuclear missiles has thrown up a new and dangerous environmental problem for the Russian communities who live near Soviet-era military rocket sites. The liquid fuel used by Soviet era missiles and rockets -unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) is both highly toxic …
