Diet manual released
The first manual on "dietary guidelines for Indians" has been prepared by the Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad. The director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research, Mr N.K. Ganguly, released it on the occasion of the NIn's 80th anniversary celebrations, which was inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh governor …
Jaipur scientist bags 2 awards
An Indian scientist has recently bagged two international awards for her work on medicinal plants. Pushpa Khanna, a retired scientist from the department of botany at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur was conferred with the Distinguished Leadership Award and the Twentieth Century Award instituted by the American Biographical Institute …
Moratorium sought on 3-wheelers registration
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has urged the State Government to declare a moratorium for three years on the registration of three-wheelers with two-stroke engines which have become a major cause of atmospheric pollution.
Space grown in crystals provide new data on diabetes
Diabetic patients may someday reduce their insulin injections and lead more normal lives beacuse of new insights gained through innovative space research in which the largest insulin crystals ever studied were grown on the Space Shuttle.
New test for HIV
U.S. Federal authorities have given approval for the first urine test for the AIDS-causing human immuno deficiency virus type 1(HIV-1), the system's manufacturer has said.
Thirst drives people to sewer water
Opposite the Narela market, a duct dug for laying telephone cables has been lying neglected for the past two months. The yellowish sewage water collected the duct is the main source of water for people within a three kilometres radius in the area. The water is visibly dirty, with sediments …
Infection discovery could lead to cure for colds
American scientists have worked out how the common cold infects human cells, and believe that the discovery could lead eventually to a cure. Two teams, from Purdue University in West Layafette, Indiana, and Harvard Medical School, have published their results in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They have …
Budget hits AIDS programme
The lowering of fund allocation to the AIDS control programme in the Union Budget reflects a "lack of vision" since India has over eight million HIV infected people, according to the Indian Health Organisation(IHO).Criticising the cut in funds, which has hit the National Aids Control Program, IHO Honorary Secretary I …
The cloning of Viagra
In the U.S. Viagra, the anti-impotence pill sells for less than $10 per pill. Only Thailand has approved local sales of the prescription medicine, so men in the rest of Asia are paying up to $80 apiece for illegal imports while waiting for their governments to grant their approval. There …
$150m Gorai river restoration project work begins in Oct
The implementation of the 150 million dollar project for restoration of the Gorai River will begin in October this year. The first phase of the project includes a feasibility study on its socio-economic as well as environmental aspect entailing an expenditure of 8 million dollars pledged by the World Bank.
Five-in-one jab for babies
A revolutionary five-in-one Australian vaccine for babies ispoised to take on the huge world immunisation market after successful clinical trials in Melbourne. The vaccine prevents meningitis and hepatitis B as well as the diseases covered by the traditional triple antigen vaccine: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. The vaccine, Pentavax, could …
Pharmacists arrested for selling Viagra
Health authorities yesterday reported three pharmacists in Seoul to prosecutors on charges of selling Viagra, a U.S.-made impotency drug which is banned in Korea pending government approval.The Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA), affiliated with the Health and Welfare Ministry, said the pharmacists will face criminal charges and suspension of …
China's water crisis
Despite China's declaration that it can maintain food self-sufficiency there is growing international concern that world's most populous nation is quickly running out of water and could eventually threaten the world's grain supply.
Dengue toll over 1,000
A dengue fever has killed more than 1,000 persons over the past four months in Indonesia, the official Antara news agency reported on sunday. The mosquito-borne disease has hit Indonesia especially hard this year, striking people in the capital, Jakarta, and provinces all over the nation of 200 million people.
Trinidad new test site for AIDS vaccine
Trinidadians will be the guinea pigs for the controversial, experimental AIDS vaccine. Researchers in Trinidad and Tobago said that they would begin injecting volunteers with an experimental AIDS vaccine that has caused controversy in Uganda, another test site for the vaccine.
WHO recommeds new drug for kala-azar
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and experts have recommended aminosidine as a first -line drug in the treatment of kala-azar, in place of Sodium Stibo Gluconate. This is after Aminosidine was tried by top kala-azar expert, Dr T K Jha, and his co-workers at kala-azar Research Centre, Muzaffarpur. The trial …
Dengue kills over 1,000 in Indonesia
A dengue fever out-break has killed more than 1,000 people over the last four months in Indonesia, the official Antara news agency reported on Sunday.
Grim childhood expreinces are tied to later illness
People who grow up in families with an alcoholic, violent or mentally ill member, usually a parent, are more likely to suffer from such serious physical problems as heart, lung and liver disease; cancer, or injuries, a study of more than 9,500 residents of San Diego has found. The study …
Tracking a culprit in alcoholism
Two large genetic studies of families with many alcoholic members have identified areas of five separate chromosomes that may contain genes contributing to an individual's risk of alcoholism, researchers from National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism have reported.
