Battle over US health reform
The battle for reform of the US healthcare system will intensify this week as a group of senators put forward proposals to extend the range of coverage patients receive from healthcare providers. The group, led by Joseph Lieberman, a leading Democrat, will propose new measures to give patients guarantees of …
Study cites demographics for Asia's rapid growth
New research on demographics suggests that changes in mortality and fertility rates help explain a big part of Asia's growth miracle. The study 'Demographic Transitions and Economic Miracles in Emerging Asia' was conducted by David E. Bloom and Jeffrey G. Williamson. The study further says that crisis or no crisis, …
NGOs fail to play active role
Though more than 20 Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) are working in the health sector in Assam, they failed to play an active role in controlling gastroenteritis, which created havoc in different parts of the State, particularly in the Upper Assam districts.
Latin America to halt plunder of its genetic resources by the North
Latin American countries are starting to take action to end the plunder of their genetic resources by the North, a process which has been going on since colonial times. SELA (Development with the Latin American Economic System) advocates a permanent forum for Latin America and the Caribbeans to facilitate consultation …
Synthetic milk trade thrives in UP
An estimated 10 million litres of 'synthetic milk' is produced every day in as many as 16 districts of western Uttar Pradesh, and many retailers are openly supplying this poisonous milk in the city and other parts of the region. The civic and district health authorities are yet to take …
HIV drug trials on pregnant women soon
Supported by a fresh $200 million World Bank loan, India will begin clinical trials of the anti-HIV drug, AZT, on pregnant women this year, despite high costs and doubts as to its efficacy.Officials at the Union government's National Aids Control Organisation said the trials will be conducted in Mumbai and …
Indian firm in Viagra trade
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Sunday it expects to soon start exports of sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in US drug maker Pfizer Inc's anti-impotence drug Viagra.
Power pill
The desi Viagra juggernaut rolls in. Will a low-cost sex revolution follow? : a report.
Tattooing may cause leprosy
Tattooing on forearms may lead to leprosy as happened with 28 women in Chhattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh , a study showed.
Green way to help patients heal faster
Studies by the developed nations show that greening the environment can help patients recover faster, Health Minister of Malaysia Datuk Chua Jui Meng said yesterday. He said a recent study in the United States showed that patients at a hospital who were exposed to the green scenery had recovered faster …
Government may privatise services
The Union health ministry might privatise the maintenance services in Central government-run hospitals to tide over the crisis due to the strike by the group C and D employees. The six-day long strike has paralysed hospital services in all the government-run hospitals in Capital.
Jamuna canal breached
A massive breach in the embankment of the canal leading to the Haiderpur treatment plant in north-west Delhi has reduced the water supply by one-third, resulting in a severe water crisis in the Capital. The consequent water shortage is at least expected to continue for the next three days, by …
Viagra Confessions
Years ago a sexologist from Bangalore visited the Niagara Falls during a training at Masters and Johnson Institution. This July he had another exciting experience. He took Viagra, the sextasy pill, to study its effect first-hand. It is about his voyage from Niagara to Viagra.
Hunt the mutant
A new quick method for identifying mutants is based on a simple premise : the proteins that a mutant strain produces do not weigh the same as those made by the original virus. The study was conducted by scientists from the Purdue University, in Indiana and Scripps Research Institute in …
Country still lacks adequate healthcare
A frustrating situation is prevailing in Bangladesh's health sector with its infrastructure and services still being managed and controlled by the government. "The government has to review its capacity in bearing the health service in public sector," observed the expert committee that formulated the draft of the National Health Policy.
Glowing, but not with health
The city of Kurchatov in northern Kazakhstan are facing the consequences of nuclear testing. Between 1949 and 1989, 470 nuclear tests were carried out at Semipalatinsk. Until 1962 the tests were on or above ground. People were told to go outside for the tests, because they were carried out not …
Ban likely on female sterilisation drug
The Government would soon issue notifications banning the use of Quinacrine for female sterilisation and contraception, said the Union Health Minister, Mr. Dalit Ezhilmalai.
Census sensibility
The debate surronding the proposed use of statistical sampling in the 2000 census in US has become so heated that the integrity of the entire process has been called into question. There is now a fear that politics will prevent the Census Bureau from carrying out its charge in 2000, …
