Four lakh children vaccinated against polio
Delhi government launched a mopping up drive on Sunday against the polio by going house to house and vaccinating about 4 lakh children under five years of age in the locations identified as high risk areas.
Study puts Gujarat water costs at Rs 36,500 cr
The Gujarat Government which currently sources nearly 50 per cent of its water requirement from rivers flowing in from neighbouring States, will be completed to invest up to Rs. 36,500 crores during the next 25 years to bridge the demand -supply gap of water, said a study conducted by the …
Delhi scientists develop protein to fight leprosy, TB
Scientists in Delhi 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 scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Navin Khanna, …
Symposium on fungal diseases organised
The country's first-ever symposium on fungal-disease-- which has recently acquired prominence in medical studies--is being organised by the Department of Medical Mycology, Delhi University. The "National Symposium on Recent Advances in Respiratory Advances Mycoses" to be held on 29 and 30 October would be an international meet, which would have …
Killing narcotics plants
Fungus can do the needful : Government researchers are testing a fungus they believe will kill narcotics plants without harming other crops or animal life, a potential breakthrough aimed at cutting foreign production of illegal drugs headed for the United States. Congress has approved $23 million for further research into …
HIV positive cases rise in Haryana
The number of HIV positive cases is increasing in Haryana, and this district tops the list. According to official information, as many as 11 persons have died so far in the state due to this disease. Nearly 100 HIV positive cases have been detected in the district out of which …
Russia plans space mirror for sunny Arctic nights
The Russian space agency is preparing an extravagant eperiment with a space mirror that would illuminate sun-starved northern cities and act as a "solar sail," officials said. The Znamya (Banner) experiment is to be launched next February and envisages unfolding a space mirror made of a membrane covered by a …
10% Delhities have lung diseases
More than 10 per cent Delhiites suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchities, and empysema. Part of the problem is due to the high levels of pollution, in which Delhi ranks fourth in the world. There has been an increase in efforts to formulate guidelines to educate the ashtma patients …
NGO to train panchayat members on population
A Delhi-based NGO, the Population Foundation of India (PFI), will train panchayat members of Haryana in population stabilisation, reproductive health, family planning, water supply, sanitation and gender equity along with the UNICEF.The organisation is setting up another project to train middle level workers of voluntary agencies in reproductive and child …
Disposing of dementia
The search for ways of preventing Alzheimer's disease is throwing up many candidates-some of them surprisingly prosaic : a report.
Victim's relatives 'told of BSE link by 1993'
Relatives of victims of new variant CJD, the fatal human brain condition, were given a diagnosis linking the disease to BSE as early as 1993 - nearly three years before the government admitted the risk of human contagian, the BSE inquiry will be told. The allegation was made by Beryl …
Urbanisation directly affects noise levels
A conference was held on "Noise Pollution and its Effects on Health" at the India International Centre on Thursday chaird by Dr. S kacker, the former director of AIIMS, the conference sought to look at the causes of noise pollution and possible solutions. This was with special emphasis to Delhi, …
Experts question low infant mortality rate in Kerala
A recent study by two demographers at the Centre for Development Studies and the Kerala University has questioned the long held claim over the low infant mortality rate in Kerala. The study by Dr. S Irudaya Rajant (CDS) and Dr P. Mohanachandran (KU) said that the infant mortality rate in …
Breast cancer drugs go head to head in largest ever clinical trial
The US government is hoping to launch the largest ever clinical trial into breast cancer treatments. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is planning to conduct a trial involving over 20,000 women to compare the effectiveness of two new much vaunted cancer drugs, tamoxifen and raloxifene. The Food and Drug Administration …
UK consumers eating drug tainted pork
Belgium pork exported to the UK could contain traces of banned drugs used to tranquilise pigs on their way to the abbatoir. The chemicals could be placing UK consumers at risk, claims a division of the British Veterinary Association. The Pig Veterinary Society said it was 'deeply concerned' that consumer …
When it comes to arithmetic you can count on monkeys
Two rhesus primates have made monkeys out of scientists who believe that being able to count depends on language. The trained monkey's, called Rosencrantz and Macduff, also showed that they could master simple arithmetic. Columbia University psychologists, who worked with them, have demonstrated that monkeys can grasp the concept of …
Melbourne's fringe dwellers face a long, dry summer
Hundreds of thousands of people living in Geelong and towns on Melbourne's north-west fringe are facing a summer of water restrictions after another year of drought. Melburnians have also been urged to use water sparingly, although restrictions in the metropolitan area are unlikely after the recent spell of wet weather. …
Hospital germ sparks probe
The Australian Health Minister, Mr Rob Knowles, has ordered an investigation into allegations that three patients acquired the antibiotic-resistant germ VRE because of a breach of infection control guidelines. The investigation follows a claim that the new LaTrobe regional hospital transferred a patient infected with the bug to the Alfred …
Police register case against Harsh Vardhan, others on court order
The Delhi police's crime branch has registered a case of culpable homicide and death due to negligence against health minister Harsh Vardhan and others in connection with a large number of septicemic deaths that allegedly took place in G B Pant hospital. The complaint has alleged " G B Pant …
Action against quacks
The Pakistan health ministry has started a comprehensive campaign through the district health officers against quackery in the country. Strict action would be taken against quacks under Medical and Dental Degree Ordinance, 1982. Five cases against unqualified persons practising allopathic system of medicine have already been registered in this regard.
