Nurse seeks asthma damages
A nurse was forced to give up work when she developed asthma from passive smoking through her duties in a private nursing home, a coury in Manchestor, northern England, heard.
Decks cleared for national blood transfusion policy
The way for the enunciation of a national policy on various aspects of blood transfusion Council approving the recommendations of a three-member experts committee in this regard. The proposed policy would cover a wide range of issues, from voluntary blood donation, rational use of blood, and licensing system for blood …
A new cancer hope
It sounds too good to be true, and it may well be, but the data on mice look promising. Two drugs used in combination shrunk huge tumors to the vanishing point, without causing side effects or causing mice to develop resistance to the treatment. The only hitch, and it is …
Bhopal Hospital Project in final stages
The work on the ambitious Bhopal Hospital Project along with several dispensaries being set up in areas affected by the Union Carbide gas disaster in December 1984 by the Bhopal Hospital Trust with funds acquired through the confiscation of shares and assets of the Multinational company is now in the …
Fresh water may become a trade good
Canada's fresh water could become subject to international trade regulations after Ontario issued a permit letting a small Canadian company draw water from Lake Superior for exporting to Asia. The permit has heightened fears that Canada could be obliged to sell its fresh water to the United States.At least one …
Centre's move hurts Orissa leprosy project
Orissa is nowhere near eliminating leprosy - despite the work carried out by the State Health Department - after the sudden cut in the Central grant from Rs 153 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. According to sources, during the Modified Leprosy Elimination Campaign (MLEC), the State Health Department had detected …
FDA panel begins hearings on hepatitis C treatment
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel began hearings on Monday on a new approach to hepatitis C by Schering-Plough Corp., that uses a combination of drugs to fight the virus and boost the body's immune system.
New drug to cure cancer discovered
US scientists are excited by preliminary tests on mice that show that an experimental cancer treatment can kill tumours by cutting off supply to their blood stream, US media reports said on Monday. A study by Dr. Judah Folkman from Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts found that two drugs - …
Court move may clear way for beef exports
Two meat factories in Northern Ireland have been given a clean bill of health by European Commission veterinary inspectors. The move could lead within weeks to the first exports of UK beef in more than two years.
More compensation possible
In a softening of policy, Canada's health minister, has said he is willing to consider expanding a US$780m package to compensate hepatitis C sufferers infected through tainted blood.
25 AIDS patients identified so far in State
A total of 25 AIDS patients have been identified in Assam since the monitoring of the dreaded disease was initiated in 1988. Out of this highest number of cases was detected in 1997 (12), followed by 8 cases in 1995. For the current year upto April 1 the number has …
DNA mapping helps genset catch rivals
With the discovery of a gene implicated in prostate cancer, French biotech firm Genset SA has closed the gap with U.S. rivals in a high stakes genetic research race. Genset scientists have found a mutant gene that raises the risk of developing prostate cancer earlier than the normal onset age …
- Punjab to set up medical council
The Punjab government has agreed to constitute the Punjab Medical Council, the demand for the setting up of which was raised by the Punjab branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
- Draft national blood policy finalised
A draft national blood policy finalised by the National Blood Transfusion Council has been submitted to the government for approval. The policy measures finalised last week by the council headed by Mr J V R Prasad Rao, additional secretary in the ministry of health, relate to the costing structure for …
Jaundice kills 14 in Mumbai, officials await 'proof'
Jaundice seems to be sweeping the suburbs of Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath in the city. Over the past eight days, 14 people have died of the illness, and although private practitioners say the disease has reached epidemic proportions, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) officials deny this as exaggerated.
Anti leprosy drive in Rajasthan
The District Leprosy Prevention Committee has chalked out an ambitious plan of action for removing the scourage of leprosy in Jaipur district by the turn of the century. While a special survey has been undertaken to identify leprosy patients in primary health centres (PHCs) at the block level, a large …
UN to help Lanka detect cancer among women
The United Nations Population Fund is formulating a novel "early warning" system to detect cancer among women in Sri Lanka and link it up with government-run women's clinics across the island. The Well Women's Clinics, as the concept is called, were formed in 1996 and started as screening clinics for …
Ayurveda helps to cure blood cancer
An ayurvedic treatment for patients suffering from a type of blood cancer has shown promising results during trials conducted by the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha under the ministry of health and family welfare. According to the cancer research sub-committee of the ministry, which conducted the trials, …
