Encephalitis claims 70 lives in Nepal
At least 70 people have died from encephalitis in four southern districts of Nepal since the start of the monsoon season, officials said on Wednesday.
Transplant centre for Chandigarh
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has proposed to step up its programme for control and prevention of thalssemia by helping to establish four more bone marrow transplantation centres in the country.
Morning after pill offers hope for women
Women who have had unsafe or unprotected sex can now look forward to the Morning After pill or emergency contraception, which prevents pregnancy if taken in prescribed dosage, within 72 hours. Further trials have been initiated to find out the efficacy of emergency contraceptive pills upto five days of sexual …
Outing the gender benders
A major study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency of US is on to investigate the effects of thousands of everyday chemicals on sexuality : a report.
Training for doctors planned
The Delhi government has decided to impart short term training to private doctors for better case management of diarrhoea and dengue.
India raising a whole generation of cretins
India is raising a whole generation of cretins simply because most people are not getting enough of the right food, top nutrition experts warn. "More than 50 per cent of children at the critical under-five age are stunted because of protein and micro-nutrient deficiencies which can readily be corrected through …
Jaipur to witness population explosion
The population of the Jaipur division will touch 7.16 crores in 2050 AD, which will be five times higher than the population of 1.72 crores projected in 2001, if the current rate of population growth remains uncehcked. Making provision for drinking water, education, healthcare, houses, irrigation and industries for the …
Pollution in J & K rising
Vehicular emission has emerged as a prime source of air-pollution in urban as well as some rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. The emission of hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides during morning rush hours leads to development of smog.
Strike cripples Venezuela health care
A two week old walkout by 7,000 of the 27,000 public sector doctors in Venezuela is wreaking havov on a health care system that has been in steady decline for more than a decade. And no one has felt its effects more keenly than the poor, who rely on inexpensive …
Good news for vegetarians
Vegetarians around the globe have a reason to celebrate. More studies are showing that eating a balanced diet of fruits and vegetables can stave off many severe illness, including cancer.A new report takes these findings one step further. Certain fruits and vegetables, particularly carrots, may prevent specific types of cancer, …
PM dispels doubts over Cauvery accord
"I would like to assure the people of Tamil Nadu that their interests have been fully safeguarded while drawing up the Cauvery agreement. People should not have any misgivings on this count", the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, said today. He was responding to a question at a press conference …
Fusion-energy researchers prepare to turn up the heat
The National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan said it expects within the year to raise the temperature of the plasma in the Large Helical Device to 50 million C. The device is the largest helical-type experimental device for research into fusion energy. For fusion energy to become a reality, …
Consumers will feel the pain as U.S. health costs go up
The respite from rising medical bills that consumers have enjoyed for several years is coming to an end, according to a new federal study that concludes that the country's spending on health care is likely to double over the next decade, to $2.1 trillion.
Pfizer to begin EU Viagra sales in two weeks
Pfizer Inc.'s impotence drug, Viagra, will be available in some European Union countries within seven to ten days, despite absence of government reimbursement agreements, the company said after the EU approved the drug. The pills are expected to hit the market in Sweden, the Netherlands and the U.K. within two …
Old diseases on comeback trail
Malaria, Japanese encephalitis and Kala Azar, which were under control for some time, are re-emerging with increased ferocity, claim health officials. Seventy percent of Nepal's population is at risk of malaria and six million of Kala Azar.
White asbestos to be banned from next year
The use and import of asbestos is to be banned from next year, the UK government will announce this week. A consultative document setting out a timetable for the regulations will be published by the Health and Safety Commission. It will bring the UK into line with most other European …
Bandage clots blood instantly
A bandage that can clot blood within seconds will help army medics and ambulance crews save patients from bleeding to death. The bandage, being developed by the American Red Cross with funding from the US Army, contains the two natural clotting agents found in blood--fibrinogen and thrombin.
Argemone not the cause for dropsy
Scientists : Dissension over the cause for symptoms of dropsy in consumers of mustard oil in Delhi has started surfacing, with a senior scientist in Calcutta stating last weekend that argemone contamination may not be the likely cause. Pratap Chakraborty, head of the department of Food Technology and Bio Chemical …
