NASA seeks aid for Russia on new station
Worried that trouble in Moscow is threatening its own dreams, NASA wants to spend up to $660 million over five years to bail out its Russian partner in building a planned international space station.
Ban on doctors private practice lifted
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to lift the ban on private practice by doctors of the health and family welfare department with immediate effect.
London lags in health
Londoners trail residents of other European capitals in terms of health, with high rates of infant mortality, disease and teenage pregnancy, an official report said. The study carried out for the public health departments of various London boroughs, put the Nordic capitals of Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki at the top …
Tobacco companies to challenge advertising ban
UK tobacco companies are to mount a legal challenge to the European Union ban on tobacco advertising. The Tobacco Manufacturer's Association will announce plans to appeal to the European Court against the measure phasing out almost all tobacco advertising and sponsorship between 2001 and 2006.
American Cancer Society hardens advertisements
The American Cancer Society launched its national anti-tobacco advertising campaign as part of a new no-holds barred approach to stop people smoking. The new generaton of television commercials is going for a harder-hitting approach.
Brussels criticises Lisbon
Portugal has been asked to provide a full explaination to the European Commission, the European Union's executive, after an alarming rise in outbreaks of BSE or "mad cow disease".
As space missions become longer, effects on body and mind need study
Construction of the International Space Station scheduled to start later this year marks another milestone in space exploration. Research missions that once lasted only a few weeks, could routinely last many months, even years. But health effects of the space environment observed during short flights raise concerns about the safety …
Norwegian experts will help in blasting Koyna river bed
A five-member team of Norweigian experts will be arriving after christmas to conduct an explosion in the belly of the Koyna lake. This most "delicate" operation will mark the completion of the major process of the Stage IV Koyna Hydroelectric Project (KHP) --Asia's biggest undergound power project.
Authorities fear outbreak of diseases in Vadodara
Even as the intersity of the rains reduced on Friday, hundreds of slum residents are finding themselves in a vulnerable situation. The post-flood scenario too has started rearing its ugly head. Garbage is strewn all around . The dirty water in the streets and man-made dumping yards in the slums …
Threat to stop Tehri dam work
The chairman of the Tehri Zila Parishad and Tehri Nagar Palika have threatened to forcefully stop work at the Tehri Dam Project if the order to rehabilitate the dam oustees in Hardwar and Saharanpur districts was not withdrawn within 15 days.
Homoepathic drug proves potent anti-infertility agent
The homoepathic drug Pulsatilla is found to have a promising effect on the female reproductive mechanism. This was found during the studies on the anti-fertility effect on the vegetable kingdom drug on the Albino rats recently by research scholar Ms Zaheda Nikhat attached with the Bhawant's New Science college , …
Magic cures might cause health hazards
Even as the national media goes into an orgasmic frenzy over the new potency drug Viagra, media observers have expressed concern that such blatant advertising of wonder drugs might spawn 'desi' unproved version of the American pill with impunity. Cautioning that unchecked advertisement and practice of magic cures might cause …
Carcinogen found in Yamuna
In what can be called potential health threat, scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), have found Polychlorinated Benzene (PCB), a well known cancer causing agent, in the Yamuna, which is the main source of drinking water in Delhi. The threat is maximum near the Nazafgarh area of West Delhi where …
Traffic policemen found suffering from respiratory ailments
At least 25 out of 100 traffic police officials, who underwent a health check-up camp on Sunday, are likely to show symptoms of "severe respiratory problems" indicating the extend of the health hazards they undergo during the course of their duties. "The exact findings of the tests conducted on the …
Give thanks for the memories
The announcement last week that bacteria of a strain associated with chest infections could be found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease raised pulse rates in the world of medical research. If the bug in question Chalmydia pneumoniae, which is spread by coughs and sneezes, plays a significant part in …
Hitachi 'virtual lab' for drug testing
Computers capable of predicting how drugs will react and move through the human body are the target of a collaboration between Japanese electronics group Hitachi and a team of Irish academics.
DTC launhces eco-friendly bus
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) launhced an eco-friendly bas, designed and manufactured by Tata Engineering and Locomotives Company (TELCO), to be run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at a function in New Delhi.
Study on goat milk
A protein found in goat milk can keep a number of diseases at bay. The protein, lactoperoxidabse (LP), was found effective against a battery of bacteria causing cholera, pneumonia,gastroenteritis, dysentry and food poisoning. The study by researchers from the School of Biosciences at the Mahatma Gandhi University at Kottayam found …
New process for removing blockages in food pipe
Surgery without surgery. Well this is the new concept in the treatment of jaundice due to obstruction of the bile passages, cancerous blockages of the food pipe and life threatening bleeding from the food pipe due to cirrh osis of the liver. It can now be immediately and effectively treated …
