- Quality health care soon at Jaipur
A Letter of Intent was signed here for a working arrangement between the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre for receiving technology, training and managerial systems in health care.Both the parties siagned the agreement for cooperation at the inauguration of an international seminar on hi-tech …
- Acolysis tried for first time
A new procedure to dissolve blood clot in the blocked-artery of the heart has been tried for the first time in India. The new procedure called "acolysis" was successfully performed on a 48-year-old patient, Mr K K Verma, from Noida, UP, who recently suffered from heart attack but kept on …
- Scientists develop new low-cost ultrasound scan for eye diseases
Scientists have developed a unique low-cost instrument to detect various kinds of eye diseases. This would mean a massive saving in foreign exchange. The less expensive and low cost instrument, called Ultra sound A-Scan Opthalmoscope, has been made using indigenous resources in a joint project of the National Physical Laboratory …
Eye disease detection device
Scientists have developed a unique low-cost instrument to detect various eye diseases that would help save huge amounts of foreign exchange. It was joint project of National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Dr R. P. Centre of Opthalmological Science at the AIIMS here.
Showing the strain
Rafiq Mughal might have felt a sense of injustice last week after the publication of research which linked the symptoms of repetitive strain injury to physical damage to nerves in the arm and hand. They link symptoms such as pain, tingling and numbness to physical changes in upper limb tissue.
- Foscan shines for oral cancer
Trials at the University College of London using photodynamic therapy (PDT) with a new drug called Foscan have produced excellent results in treatment of oral cancers.
- Bacterial link to peptic ulcer
Millions of people with a history of peptic ulcer disease continue to receive unnecessary treatment, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center. The study, which was recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, concluded that people with ulcer disease who are being treated with acid-blocking medication …
Locals say HK cholera claims untrue
Residents around Wat Sai Floating Market are dismayed by a recent report that 25 Hong Kong visitors contracted cholera on tours to the market. They say nobody living there has suffered from severe diarrhoea. Many believe Hong Kong is trying to damage Thai tourism, since Thailand is now promoting the …
- Dilemma of bio-diversity conservation
Given the level of poverty and level of information on Nepal's indigenous breeds of livestock, a dilemma exists on whether to save the tiger which number 5,000 in five countries of the Indian subcontinent or Lulu, an endemic breed of cattle numbering 3,000 which survives in harshest climate in Mustang. …
- CSIR joins hands with Kerala ayurvedic body for new drugs
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has entered into a landmark agreement with the Kottakkal(Kerala)based Aarya Vaidhya Shala to prospect new drug molecules from traditional ayurvedic medicines. This will be the first comemrcial attempt to search for sources of new allopathic drugs from Ayurveda. Previous attempts have been at …
- Embryo frozen for 7 yrs a healthy baby
Am embryo kept on ice for seven years has developed into a healthy baby boy, with experts calling the four kg infant the world's oldest newborn.The child was delivered by caesarean section on Monday at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Centre.
- Donors seminar on Ganges barrage Mar 8
PM : A three-day international seminar of donors will be held in Dhaka on March 8 to study the proposed Ganges Barrage project, reports UNB. The project is aimed at optimum use of the Ganges water, maintain ecological balance and protect the world's largest mangrove forest of the Sundarbans.
Future immunity for tobacco groups rejected
An independent congressional advisory panel and leading public health groups yesterday said they would not support any legislative settlement with tobacco companies that grants the industry immunity from future lawsuits.
Sunscreens may contribute to skin cancer rise
Sunscreens do not prevent every type of skin cancer and they may even take some blame for the rising incidence of melanoma, a particularly serious form of skin cancer, the American Association for the Advancement of Science was told.
EU attacks Australian meat insepection plan
Australia's plan to privatise meat inspection services has met fresh opposition from the European Union, following US objections to the plan earlier this month. EU officials in Canberra said yesterday they would reject exports of meat approved under the proposed new system which would contravene EU regulations.
Treaties to curb toxic chemicals
The use of certain toxic chemicals and poisonous heavy metals associated with cancer, low intelligence, birth defects and male infertility will be banned or severely restricted under two international treaties just concluded in Geneva. The draft protocols, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, will …
- Dirty teeth cause heart attacks
The bacteria found in plaque can cause blood platelets to clump up - the first stage toward a blood clot that could cause a heart attack or stroke, University of Minnesota researchers said.
