- Govt hinders those who help themselves claim the Bhils
The government wants the voiceless to remain voiceless. Neither does it take any action for their upliftment nor does it allow the people to do anything for themselves. This was the outcry of women of the Bhil tribe from Madhya Pradesh who have been fighting against the sale of illicit …
Cancer risk
Exhaust fumes from diesel fuel, regarded as a more environmentally benign alternative to gasoline, may pose a significant cancer risk, a draft US government report has said.
To salt or not to salt
U.S. researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York examined the mortality rates of participants in a survey from the early 1970s, which recorded the daily food intake of over 10,000 American adults. Of the 3,300 who had died, the mortality rate was lowest among the group …
No sweat
Sweating too much is not only embarrassing, it may also indicate a disorder called focal hyperhidrosis. Anti-perspirants won't help. But a new procedure developed by German researchers, might. They injected the drug botulinum toxin into the affected areas of 11 sufferers. All reported a decline in the amount of sweat …
Meet on total knee replacement
The Orthopaedic Research Society, Department of Orthopaedics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is organising an international conference and workshop on total knee replacement, on April 11 and 12.
- Austrian company may have exported tainted blood to India
A defunct company may have exported tainted blood to Asian countries including India from 1992 to 1996, the Austria Press Agency reported on Wednesday. APA, quoting police officials in Linz, 160 km west of the Austrian capital said recent results of an inquiry suggests the company may have exported tainted …
- Delhi Govt may go in for water tariff hike
After having taken water supply under its wings, the Delhi government realises that sooner rather than later, it will be faced with the uncomfortable question of how to tackle the problem of low water tariff. When asked about plans to revise the tariff , chief minister Sahib Singh said on …
Gastroenteritis spreads in Assam
At least 106 persons have been affected by gastroenteritis in Golaghat district of upper Assam with two of them succumbing to the disease since the beginning of April, joint director of health service H.N. Deka said on Thursday.
Scientist waits for patent
A city scientist, who drew international media attention in late 1997 claiming to have discovered an insulin-shot substitute, said he was weary of waiting for a patent."More than six moths after having applied for a patent at the Calcutta Patent Office and still waiting for it, I fear my discovery …
Tobacco chief calls settlement 'dead'
The head of R. J. Reynolds Co. said that his company would no longer work toward getting US Congress to approve a comprehensive tobacco settlement. He said that his firm stood behind a deal negotiated with 40 states last summer, but that tougher legislation now moving through Congress was not …
Novartis to pour $250 million into U.S. gene lab
In the largest commitment yet by a major pharmaceutical company in the field of genomics, Novartis AG of Switzerland said it would invest $250 million in a proprietary research institute to be built near San Diego. The establishment of the institute, in La Jolla, California, could give Novartis a major …
More NGOs needed to collect AIDS data in NE
Dr V Saldana, of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) today said that the services of more NGOs will have to be availed of, to gather AIDS related data in the North East. He agreed that the North East lacks adequate databank on the prevalence of AIDS in the region, …
Panel to review management of Loktak Lake
The Central Government has reconstituted a high-level technical advisory committee on lakes to oversee matters of development and management of these natural water bodies. The Committee headed by the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Malti Sinha as the chairperson, would endeavour to formulate guidelines and monitoring …
Gas buildup could lead to Arctic "ozone hole"
Rising levels of "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere will lead to further depletion of earth's protection ozone layer and could produce an Arctic "ozone hole" equivalent to the one already appearing around the south pole, acccording to NASA analysis. That could be bad news for those who thought "we had …
Contamination of IV fluid
Nearly a year after the Assistant drug Controller of India cautioned hospitals about possible contamination of intravenous fluids, a city hospital has reported visible contamination of the IV fluid of a leading company. This is not the first instance of pollution of life-saving IV fluids and injection water coming into …
-Dabur Research relief for stress, arthritis
After Sunova, spirulina, hailed as the 'food of the future', Dabur Research Foundation has developed Sunova Rejuva and Nopane and Memovita for relief from stress, arthritis and memory enhancement respectively.
Observatory discovers water on other planets
Orbiting high above earth, Europe's Infrared Space Observatory has discovered water around stars and planets and in many other unexpected places, raising expectations of life elsewhere in the universe, according to the European Space Agency.The diecovery of water vapour in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has generated the …
- Lecturer isolates rare bacteria from sewage water
For the first time in India, a pathogen believed to be rare, and so far reported only from the human body in gastroenteritis cases, has been isolated from water by a Delhi University lecturer. Yersinia sentero-colitica is a bacteria rated as an emerging pathogen by the Centre for Disease Control, …
