Cost concerns surrond Three Gorges Dam in China
Both supporters and critics say financing the colossal Three Gorges Dam Project may be tougher than expected, given slower economic growth at home and the bubbling financial crisis in Asia. While most of China's funds for the Three Gorges will be generated internally, there's a pressing need to find more …
Vitamins sharply reduce risk of heart attack, study finds
Consuming large amounts of folic acid and vitamin B6 may sharply reduce the risk of heart attack, according to a major study released. The 14-year study found that women whose diets contain high levels of the two vitamins are significantly less likely to develop-heart disease. The findings suggest that the …
Study of H.I.V family tree pushes back origins
An analysis of a blood sample preserved since 1959 from the oldest documented case of infection with the AIDS virus called H.I.V shows that the first such infections probably occured in people in the late 1940's or early 1950's, about a decade earlier than many estimates, scientists said. The study …
New bill to enable govt to review deals in bio-resources
All existing agreements on transfer of biological resources from India will be reviewed after the enactment of the proposed biodiversity bill. This condition is provided in the draft bill being circulated for inter-ministerial comments before it is placed before the cabinet and then in Parliament.
500 leprosy cases in Ahmedabad
Over 500 suspected leprosy cases were detected in Ahmedabad city and district in a survey, which began on Friday as part of a leprosy elimination campaign. The district tuberculosis officer and head of the leprosy campaign in Ahmedabad district, said about 493 suspected cases were detected from 3,96,367 persons covered …
Aid sought in tobacco action
Anti-smoking groups have called on federal and state government's to fund a class action against Australian tobacco companies after a Melbourne woman with emphysema and chronic bronchitis withdrew a long running lawsuit. The national lobby group, Action on Smoking and Health, said Australian tobacco companies would continue to deny the …
287 foreign bodies inside a cow
Discarding polythene carrier bags, wrappers and other foreign mateials have been posing 'serious threat' to urban cattle population as these animals regularly consume these polythene bags. Not only this, the consumption of polythene bags by urban cattle population , mostly cows and milk producing buffaloes, is slowly turning into a …
Shantha Biotechnics alleges smear campaign by SmithKline Beecham
The Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Private Limited (SBPL) has threatened to take drug ginat SmithKline Beecham (SB) to court for indulging in a 'smear campaign' against its new hepatitis vaccine. The company has accused SB of internationally launching a "vilification campaign" aimed at damaging the reputation of "shanvac-B, a product developed …
Heart disease of unborn foetus
Three-day-long World Cardiography Conference is starting on February 6, in the Capital. This is being organised by Indian Academy of Eco-Cardiography .
Clinton eyes tobacco goldmine
The enactment of President Bill Clinton's ambitious new social policy agenda depends in large part on a projected $65.5bn extra revenue from the tobacco industry over the next five years.
Row over cancer report
Scientists believe the UK government may be delaying a report on diet and cancer because its findings on red meat do not back up controversial official advice to cut consumption.
'Boost family planning project'
Although the initiatives of the World Bank on family planning and reproductive health programmes in India are commendable, much needs to be done to improve the situation as a whole, an international research agency said. "The bank should spend more and give higher priority to the issues of family planning …
Roche in Iceland research
Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical group, announced a research agreement that could bring DeCode Genetics, Iceland's first biotechnology company,$200m over five years. The two companies aim to discover the genes involved in 12 common diseases.
Anatomy of advancement
It has been little short of a revolution. Over the past few decades, medical technology has advanced through a series of dazzling innovations, ranging from heart transplants to test tube babies. Computers will allow doctors to work more efficiently, more invasive procedures will be replaced with non-invasive ones and more …
Multiple sclerosis
new treatments? : In a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers compared brains taken at autopsy from 11 patients with multiple sclerosis and four people who did not have brain disease. The investigators, led by Dr. Bruce D. Trapp, chairman of the department of neurosciences …
Deal to make cleaner cars runs into snarls in U.S.
Auto makers have made a lot of noise about clean car technology for the new millennium. Now the industry must decide whether to roll out cleaner cars this year using technology that could have been on the road two years ago. Whether consumers-in the U.S. at least-will get cleaner cars …
Pain of glucose test is eased
A pain-free way of measuring glucose levels in diabetics may soon go on large-scale clinical trials. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, have already tested the device.
