US hits at EU on food safety
The "common denominator" in most US food safety disputes with the EU is that food import bans are based on European politics rather than scientific evidence, according to a senior US official Peter Scher.
Free medicare to poor not mandatory
Apollo council : Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, set up on the land given by Delhi government for a song, told the Delhi High Court that it was not obliged to provide free medicines to poor patients as per its agreement with the Government.
110 given infected fluid
Nearly 110 patients in Hong Kong were given a fluid suspected to have been contaminated with a human variant of the mad cow disease, hospital authorities said.
Amendment sought in Basel Convention
Environmentalists have called for an amendment in the Basel Convention to include toxic ships in the list of banned substances to prevent the import of toxic laden ships into India and other south Asian countries.
Hospital rid of animal menance, MCD tells HC
The Delhi Muncipal Corporation claimed in the Delhi High Court that the country's largest TB hospital, Rajan Babu TB Hospital has been rid of the menance of stray dogs and other animals. The MCD made this claim while apprising the division bench of the steps taken by it to rid …
Philips bags Rs 200 cr Gujarat health care order
Philips Medical Systems has bagged a Rs 200 crore healthcare development project in Gujarat. The project involves the upgradation and maintainance of the medical infrastructure in the state focusing on four key medical disciplines - mother and child health, trauma care, kidney disease and ophthalmologic diseases over a period of …
J&K drive against hepatitis -B
A drive to innoculate about 30,000 employees of health services, including doctors and paramedical staff, has been started in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the plan to prevent hepatitis-B from assuming serius dimensions.
Power play over the Danube
After many years of wrangling, the Hungarian government appears ready to climb down in a dispute over a hydro-electric project on the Danube that is one of the two main issues dividing Hungary and Slovakia.
Do not take weakness or numbness lightly
Look out for symptoms like sudden weakness or numbness of one half of the body or sudden loss of speech or blindness that resolves on its own, only to recur later. These could be indications of an impending stroke or "brain attack" which is like a heart attack-of the brain. …
Commission moves cautiously in row over PVC disposal
The European Commission is treading carefully, as it considers how to respond to "green groups" calls for a ban on PVC if manufacturers fail to dispose of the material in an environmentally friendly way. Following the Commissions announcement last year that it would develop a specific policy for polyvinyl chloride, …
State holds up funds for blood purchase
At a time when the city is facing a severe shortage of blood, the state health department is holding on to Rs 96.9 lakh of funds from the Centre, earmarked mostly for purchase of blood bags, essential to deal with the scarcity. The stocks of these approved poly bags at …
Protest against US plan to export toxic waste
Members of several organisations including activists from the Indian Central Trade Union and citizens groups came together to protest aginst the United STates government's decision to allow the US Navy and Federal Maritime Administration to export their toxic laden ships to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Ranbaxy's prescription drugs at US chemists
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd (RLL), India's largest pharmaceutical company, has become the country's first to launch prescription products under its own label in the United States, the world's largest pharmaceutical market.
Saudi Arabia bans asbestos
Saudi Arabia had banned the import, supply and use of asbestos. It said the Saudi cabinet decided to put a ban on the import of asbestos starting in 90 days.
Project report for cancer centre okayed
The Kerala government has approved the project report prepared by the Canadian consultants, SNC Lavin, Montreal, for providing basic facilities for the proposed Rs 103 crore Malabar Cancer Centre to be located at Thalasseri.
Pak population may double in 24 years
Pakistan's population is likely to double in the next 24 years and the country will inevitably face a socio-economic resource crunch, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said. Representatives of the international body said they would soon be conducting a population assessment of Pakistan as part of its country …
AIDS vaccine trials launched
US and Thai researchers have launched the world's first trials for a potential vaccine against a strain of the AIDS virus which is prevalent in Southeast Asia. The project, announced involves the Thailand military, hospitals, universities and research institutes and the United States based Chiron Biocine firm which developed the …
4-day global talks on cardiology begin tomorrow
The Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences is organising a four-day international conference here on 'Newer frontiers in the interventional and clinical cardiology' from January 22.
Untreated rheumatoid arthritis may lead to cardiac disorders
If you thought having arthritis was bad enough, this is worse news. Even as the country grapples with rheumatic heart diseases caused by untreated rheumatic arthritis, three doctors in Bangalore have found that almost half of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients also suffer from cardiac problems., The study is among the …
