Muddled judgement on Marsyangdi
Often it is the government which is chastised for not following the procurement guidelines and the terms and the conditions of the donor agencies. But what does one say when the donor agency itself not follows its own guidelines. This is exactly what happened in the evaluation and award of …
WB project aims to reduce infant mortality rate
The World bank sponsored Assam Area project aims to bring down the infant mortality rate in the State from 80 per thousand live births, which is higher than the national average, to 50 per thousand live births, said the director of the Project Dr P K Deka.
Indian Viagra facing Govt's reservations
Indian pharmaceutical companies are ready with the Indian version of the Viagra. But the government has serious reservations on allowing its marketing in the country.
Graze away
Wheatgrass, a simple kitchen ingredient, is now a favourite of the allopaths for its antioxidant properties.
New method to detect filarial parasite
An easy and accurate technique to detect the parasite which causes filariasis in human beings has been discovered by the Centre for Biotechnology at Anna University, Chennai, according to the institute's Director Dr P . Kaliraj. The technique was discovered by the centre after exhaustive research on a project undertaken …
Cancer Control Programme on September 21,22
To create awareness and alleviate the fear of the community associated with cancer, the Delhi Government is organising the second phase of the Cancer Control Programme here on September 21 and 22.
Impotence pains
The principle for the National Health Service is easy. The practice is a great deal more difficult. Around the world, health systems have reacted in sharply differing ways to the arrival of Viagra, the anti-impotence pill. In the UK, the challenge for health ministers is to decide a set of …
Thumb implant
For the first time, doctors implanted bone cells engineered in a laboratory on a man's thumb on Friday, hoping to grow a new segment of bone where the thumb had been severed. The technique was pioneered by the Chairman of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the Univerisy of Massachusetts Medical …
Ghana gives new thrust to saving mother's lives
The primary killer of Ghananian women aged 15 to 44 years is unsafe abortion. High death rates have spurred the government into action. A programme to train midwives to deal with emergencies arising from unsafe abortions is saving many women an expensive - and sometimes dangerous - journey to the …
Insulin inhalation for diabetics developed
A pharmaceutical company has developed an insulin delivery system that allows diabetics to inhale the drug rather than having to take daily injections. At the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in Chicago, Inhale Therapeutic Systems, a drug delivery company, reported that results of major clinical trials of lung-delivered …
CHAD dept. of CMC gets WHO award
The Community Health and Development (CHAD) department of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, was one of the 10 recipients of the award given by the South East Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its significant contribution to the development of primary health care in connection …
A French debate about death
A fresh debate on euthanasia has bubbled up in France since, a fortnight ago, a nurse in a hospital near Paris was put on trial for helping patients to die. French law, as almost everywhere else in the developed world, does not allow for euthanasia. In practice, however, people brought …
New neem-based contraceptive
Defence scientists have entered into an agreement with a Bangalore-based comapny for the commerical production of a neem-based contraceptive. The herbal contraceptive developed by the sceintists at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) in collaboraiton with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute , can kill the sperm without …
Japan's hybrid cars
The Japanese automakers are going green with a venegance. And there are several reasons. In the next century, as millions of new car owners in China, India and elsewhere take to the road, the Japanese predict that gasoline prices will rise worldwide. At the same time, Japan's carmakers expect pollution …
Rezulin
The FDA made the right call : When a promising new diabetes drug, troglitzone, was associated with liver injuries in 150 patients and four deaths, many thought the appropriate response was obvious. Sure enough, on Dec.1, Britain's Glaxo Wellcome, distributor of troglitazone under the name Romozin, decided to pull the …
Radon in drinking water constitutes small health risk
Radon in household water supplies increases people's overall exposure to the gas, but waterborne radon poses few risks to human health, says a new report by a committee of the National Research Council. Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water, a US congressionally requested study, found that drinking water which …
Unicef warns of water crisis
A Unicef-World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) combined study has warned of a serious water crisis in India. The consequences would be more health problems for the people and more shortage of quality warer for agriculture and industries. The study has found that no less than 44 million people in …
