Auto, oil industries work on emissions
Japanese automakers and oil refiners and distributors have begun jointly researching technology for reducing auto emissions. The research will be used to develop low-emission engines and fuel. The group of 37 companies, will examine the amount of toxic materials such as sulphur dioxide and hydrocarbons emitted from engines and their …
Deadpan is beautiful
A less messy alternative to face-lifts and chemical peels, Botox was first approved by the FDA in 1989 for the treatment of spastic eye muscles. It didn't take long however, for doctors to discover its "off-label" cosmetic applications. But Botox is also the most lethal toxin, the one that causes …
Elderly in nursing homes often receive no pain relief
Researchers studying elderly cancer patients in nursing homes have found that many are severely undertreated for pain and more than a quarter of those who complain of pain, especially blacks and the oldest of the world, are given no pain medication, even aspirin. The research involved 13,625 cancer patients in …
The culture of Viagra
All over the globe, Viagra is making pharmaceutical history as the hottest new drug ever. Doctors emphasize that Viagra is no aphrodisiac. Still, in most nonphysicians terms it's the next best thing.
India will launch the second phase of AIDS programme soon
The government of India is about to launch the second phase of its nation-wide AIDS control and prevention programme with more than double the resource allocations. An unprecedented Rs 750 crore, obtained from World Bank loans will be poured into this next phase of the programme, making AIDS a public …
New health policy being evolved
Ezhilmalai: The Union Government will evolve a comphrehensive health policy in view of the changes in the demographic profile and disease patterns and the growth of non-communicable diseases and emergence of new diseases like AIDS, according to the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Dalit Ezhilmalai.
Plan for research into TB among women
An international meeting of TB and gender experts has drawn up an agenda for research into biological, epidemiological, social and cultrual differences in the occurrence of the disease in men and women and their access to the WHO recommended strategy of DOTS.
Outbreak of jaundice feared
Due to the sheer apathetic attitude of the local Public Health Department, Fatehabad faces the threat of an outbreak of water-borne diseases including jaundice. The water being supplied by the authorities in the town and surronding areas is highly contaminated.
Use of oral polio vaccine suspended in UP districts
Use of lakhs of doses of a multinational firm's oral polio vaccine has been suspended in several Uttar Pradesh districts after a State Medical Services joint director found some vials to be "ineffective" during his inspection in Ghaziabad last week.
Pig-heart surgeon wins success certificate
Controversial surgeon Dhani Ram Baruah appears to have "created medical history" by keeping a patient alive for " at least five days " after transplanting his heart with that of a pig's , M S Rao, director of Central Forensic Science Research Laboratory, Calcutta, said. "It's time Dr Baruah gets …
0Blacks buys alleged AIDS remedy rights
The rights to an alleged AIDS remedy that sparked political and scientific controversy last year have been sold to a Black business consortium that is determined to get it to the market. The consortium, called Virodene Pharmaceutical Holdings, bought the majority interest in cryopreservation technologies that developed Virodene P058.
Gurgaon deaths not from lethal drug
Govt : The Haryana government denied reports that some children had died in Gurgaon after taking parcetamol suspension that contained ethylene glycol. A spokesman of the state health department clarified that the death of the children due to similar symptoms had been reported not only from Gurgaon, but also from …
Pollution certificates' data doubtful
CRRI : data pertaining to Pollution Under Control certificates issued by the authorised pollution checking centres in the city is doubtful, reveals a recently-released report by the Central Road Research Institute.
Beware! there may be mud in your paan
Gutka or paan chewers might be swallowing mud with their mix. Gambir, a substance used in the leather dyeing industry, is being used to adulterate gutka since it is far cheaper than katha, one of the main ingredients.
Needle exchange programme questioned
With some NGOs working in the field of AIDS and drug abuse going against needle exchange programme the global debate of total abstinence has come to fore in Nepal. "Needle exchange programme is illegal, unsustainable and hooks a user for life. Such programme should be banned in Nepal," says Rishi …
Panipat village craves for hospital
The 10,000 residents of the Bhalore village in the Panipat district of Haryana have been living all these years without any health centre or medical facility. There is no government dispensary or Health Centre in the 3-km radius area around the village.
