- Dangers lurk behind food colours ; study
Don't be tempted by colourful foodstuffs stacked on the shelves of roadside eateries, warn scientists. These colours can cause damage to liver, kidney, heart as well as skin, eye, lungs and bones, they say. A report published in a recent issue of the journal 'Current Science' says even the permitted …
- 18-kg tumour removed
A team of gynaecologists of the Pandit B D Sharma Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here consisting of Dr Krishna Snagwan and Dr Puhspa Dahiya has achieved a rare distinction by successfully removing a tumour weighing 18 kg from a patient here recently.
- Bacteria double risk of heart attack
Cleaned teeth are more than just a pretty sight and a protection against caries. Those who allow bacteria to multiply double their risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Pregnant women who do not take care of their teeth are more likely to have miscarriages and also put the …
- Silkworms to test produce flu vaccine
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said it plans to begin testing a method using silkworms to mass produce a vaccine to H5N1, the virulent new strain of influenza virus that recently made headlines in Hong Kong.
- Pessimism is bad for your health
The power of negative thinking may have a stronger influence on well being than the power of positive thinking, a study by Ohio State University psychologists suggests. Researchers found that the possible harm associated with a pessimistic outlook - increased anxiety, stress, depression and ill health - appears greater than …
- Tracking a lethal virus that killed millions
Deep in a freezer at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington are tiny vials. They contain submicroscopic shards of one of the most deadly viruses the world has ever known, the influenza virus that swept the world in 1918. Already scientists are analyzing the fragments which may enable …
- Hospital filters keep United's cabin air clean
Passenger concern that poor air quality on flights may be putting them at risk of disease has prompted United Airlines to install filters used by hospitals to sheild transplant patients. It says the filters will keep out all but a tiny percentage of bacteria. Controversy over the issue has been …
- New metal device to treat heart disease
A new metal device has been invented to treat "Mitral Stenosis", where the left side heart valve, known as Mitral Valve, becomes smaller because of Rheumatic Fever. The Bangalore based Jayadava Institute of cardiology has for the first time in the State used the device for treating patients suffering from …
- Health varsity works on new male contraceptive
Tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen drug, widely used for breast cancer treatment, has shown promising results as a male contraceptive agent in experimental studies conducted at the NTR university of health sciences here.
- A case for bio-diversity preservation
Prof. Peter Raven, Director of Missouri Botanical Garden, has suggested appointment of a National Board on Diversity which could actively pursue in-situ preservation of diverse living organisms at a time when much of it is disappearing so fast.
- India warned against environmental risks
A Washington-based think tank , has alerted India against serious environmental risks arising out of the indiscriminate growth of the automobile industry and private sector -funded infrastructure boom in the country. The World Watch Institute, in its new research paper, released here on Saturday, says nine of the world's major …
- The ice babies
Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Hospital announced recently that a baby born there in December came from an embryo frozen for about eight years. Such cases are bringing new hope to thousands of would be parents who may not realize they have frozen embryos in storage.
- DNA offers shot in the arm for vaccines
A promising, powerful new form of vaccine medicine is being developed in Japan based on the strategy of inoculating patients with injections of raw genetic material. The technique is popularly known as a DNA vaccine. DNA contains a living thing's genetic code. The concept of the DNA vaccine emerged from …
Study raises doubts over efficacy of amla in chyavanprash
Chyavanprash, the torchbearer of ayurveda medicine and known for centuries as one cure for all ills, may not be so efficient as its manufacturers claim. Studies by the L M College of Pharmacy reveal that amla, the major ingredient which goes into chyavanprash preparations, loses all the Vitamin C , …
- A state hospital without an ICU
The Indira Gandhi Medical College or the state hospital here, earlier known as Snowdon Hospital, caters to poor himachalis and is a comparatively well equipped one. But this hospital suffers from total mismanagement and maladministration-a report.
- New heart surgery technique
A new surgery for heart patients, who cannot be treated by bypass surgery or angioplasty, has been performed for the first time in India by the Batra Hospital. The technique is percutaneous transluminal myocardial revas-cularisation (PTMR), through which tiny holes in the heart muscle are made, which help in the …
- Liver transplants at center of battle
The Clinton Administration says it intends to revamp the nation's system for allocating livers to people awaiting transplants so that patients most seriously in need of the organs will have priority over those less sick.
- Thrust to consensus on biodiversity initiative
Representatives from 14 countries of the South and South-east Asian region have prepared a statement asking the Government representatives attending the Fourth Conference of Parties (COP-4) to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), to develop consensus and initiate action to implement the provisions of access and benefit-sharing.The statement was prepared …
