More Chinese vow to donate organs after death
While most Chinese still take the traditional view that the remains of deceased persons should not be dissected, some 600 residents in Nanjing have chosen to donate their organs for medical use after deaths. They have joined an organ donation group, China's first, which was funded in Nanjing in February. …
Lobotomy cases rock Sweden
A total of 4,500 Swedes who were forcibly lobotomized between 1944 and 1963 plan to seek state compensation after a television documentary alleged that children as young as seven underwent brain surgery.
UN joins drive on women's health
A consortium of United Nations and international groups launched an awareness campaign, in an attempt to reduce the number of women worldwide who die during childbirth. The groups respresentatives came together at a symposium in Washington sponsored by the World Bank. They were told 600,000 women die each year while …
Smithkline fruit drink endorsed
Britain's dentists will endorse a new soft drink from SmithKline Beecham, which has been criticised for the damage caused to children's teeth by its Ribena fruit drinks. The British dental association, the dentists professional body, has confirmed the health claims made by the company for Ribena Tooth Kind, a formulation …
Latest Vitamin advice for would-be mothers
Any woman who might become pregnant should eat specifically fortified foods or take a vitamin supplement of folic acid every day to protect against birth defects, a panel of experts said. Also everyone over age 50 should eat a bowl of fortified cereal every day to take a supplement of …
- Are child cancers in Iraq linked to US weapon?
Children in Iraq are more susceptible to cancers today than they were before the Gulf War. About this there is no doubt. Since 1990 there has been a definite increase in the incidence of cancers such as cute leukaemia across all age cohorts. For children, however, the rate of increase …
- Ayurveda may lose out to its videshi cousins
High on an overdose of swadeshi potion it may be , the BJP -led government seems to be happily unaware of what the department of Indian systems of medicine and homeopathy under the union health and family welfare ministry is facing :Extinction. Ministry officials feel that the proposal to merge …
-Vitamin B a day, keeps the gynaecologist away
Any woman who might become pregnant should either eat specially fortified foods or take a vitamin supplement of folic acid every day to protect against birth defects, a panel of experts said on Tuesday.Also, everyone over 50 should eat a bowl of fortified cereal every day or take a supplement …
-Early decision on Narmada unlikely
The expectations of the new BJP Government in Gujarat to expeditiously sort out the issues facing the implementation of the mega Narmada dam project with the installation of the BJP Government at the Centre has been belied. The party's national president and the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, …
- NGOs role in population control urged
India's population will comprise a good percentage of old people in the next century - courtesy the increasing life span. With this in mind, the younger generation should be imparted the right type of education where they appreciated and respected the needs of their elders. Stating this at an informal …
- Watching violent TV serials could affect pregnancy
Indulging in activities that could agitate the mind, like watching violent television serials while having meals, could have harmful effects on pregnancy. This and many other suggestions were put forward by speakers at a discussion on 'Pregnancy is Special - Let Us Make it safe', organised by Heart Care Foundation …
Doors are closing for poor U.S. patients
Across the U.S. health maintenance organizations are starting to abandon their poorest patients. Having embraced Medicaid patients in the early 1990s after long shunning them, some major HMOs are pulling out of the largest Medicaid programs. Medicaid is a U.S. federal state program that helps pay for health care for …
- U.N. Population Fund scheme for India
Taking cognisance of the country's burgeoning population on the one hand, and the respositioning of family planning as a health intervention at par with child survival and safe motherhood initatives on the other by the Government, the United Nations Population Fund is in the process of designing and implementing a …
- 2 World Bank health projects axed
After two years of planning, preparations, appraisals and clearances, two major World Bank-funded projects for modernisation and expansion of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and the All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health have been dropped. The Centre and the World Bank, to improve disease surveillance nationwide after the …
- 27,000 truck drivers affected by AIDS
Over 27,000 drivers from the nearly 30,000 surveyed on the Ahmedabad -Mumbai national highway No. 8 suffer from HIV(human immuno defeciency virus) or AIDS (acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome). The survey was conducted this year all over the country by the All India Motor Transport Association, this year.
- Court clears way to avoid flooding in Kharicut Canal
In a significant order, the division bench comprising Chief Justice K Sreedharan and Justice A R Dave of Gujarat High Court on Monday, while disposing of the Odhav Industries Association, observed that the respondents, including the state government, roads and building department, the irrigation department and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, shall …
Adults need to increase intake of folate
Women who might become pregnant need 400 micrograms of folic acid per day to reduce their risk of having a child with neural tube defects, according to the latest report on Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) from the Institute of Medicine. The report provides Recommended Dietary Allowances and other dietary reference …
-Maternal mortality rate very high in S.E. Asia
The WHO has expressed concern that the maternal mortality rate in the South East Asia region, which includes India, continues to be "appallingly" high, overshadowing the various gains that have been made in several other areas of the health sector.
- Pregnancy is special, WHO tries to make it safe
In every two minutes one woman dies as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbirth in the South Asia region, which accounts for 40 per cent of the global total, Dr Uton Muchhtar Rafei, the regional director of WHO, said on Monday.
