Dropsy-related ailments pose new threat
While the spread of dropsy has been contained after it claimed 49 lives over six weeks, largely due to ban on sale and consumption of mustard oil, experts have adviced restraint for some more time, as dropsy-related afflictions of the eye, kidneys and heart and other ailments have emerged as …
Three die of rare disease, medical team rushed
A medical team, comprising a skin specialists, a Professor of Social and preventive Medicine, a micro-biologist and the District Medical and health Officer, left Visakhapatnam on Monday for Lakshmipuram and Savaravalli villages in Bheemunipatnam, where three persons were reported to have died of anthrax recently.
New surgical method to save gangrenous limbs developed
A new surgical technique to save gangrenous limbs has been developed by the Jalandhar based Tagore Heart Care and Research Centre. Surgeons in the department of cardiac surgery had used the technique to bypass a blocked artery in the patient's right leg, with radical artery from her left arm, and …
Import licence for vitamin-B1 on actual user basis
The government today decided to clear grant of import licence for vitamin-B1 bulk drug on actual user basis. An official release said quantity of imports of this bulk drug will be based on the past consumption by the formulators.
WHO team for India
An independent commission constituted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will undertake a visit to the country in September this year to scrutinise the number of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases in the nation.
New breast-feeding norms to prevent AIDS
Countering decades of promoting "breast is best" for infant nutrition, the United Nations is issuing recommendations intended to discourage women infected with the AIDS virus from breast-feeding. The much-debated step aims at preventing transmission of the virus from mothers to babies in what United Nations officials says is "a runaway …
Effective blood substitute found
A blood substitute, that is as effective as normal human blood, has been found. Reports from Chicago quoted a study reported in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons as saying that the substitute provided life-sustaining oxygen to organs and tissues as normal blood would …
30,000 quacks operate in city
The population of quacks in Delhi is estimated to be a staggering 30,000 and the number is increasing with no effective legislation to curb their activities. The Quackery Prohibition Act, 1997, enacted specifically to counter the quackery has been referred to the select committee for further deliberations.
A fake foot that walks like a real one
Russian and American engineers have teamed up to develop a new, natural feeling prosthetic foot. It was invented in the mid 1970s by Mark Pitkin, a Russian born professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. Pitkin's work caught the eye of Mort Lieberman, an engineer …
Teflon coating in neck can cure high blood pressure
Doctors in Germany claim to have found a permament cure for high blood pressure. They perform surgery to relieve the compression of nerves by arteries in the patient's neck, a disorder that is thought to lead to hypertension.
Construction to start shortly
The construction of the Pagladiya dam project will start shortly and the Assam government will appoint a commissioner to adopt measures for the rehabilitation of the people feared to be affected by the project.
Montreal Protocol funds for 4 firms
The Montreal Protocol multilateral fund has decided to provide a grant-in-aid for four more Indian projects _ BPL Refrigeration Ltd, Sandeep Refrigeration, Prashant Refrigeration Appliances and Malhotra Shaving Products Ltd-for the development of substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS).
Ban on export of drug molecules may destabilise pharma industry
The health ministry's recent decision banning the export of new drug molecules from India is set to erupt into a major controversy with the domestic pharma industry already facing the threat of losing export orders worth over Rs 150 crore in two months.
53 pc Indian kids malnourished
Unicef : High incidence of malnutrition in South Asian countries has been a major cause for concern calling for immediate steps to contain the malaise with nutritionists trying to find the root cause for its increasing number despite mitigation measures. With as much as 53 pc of children malnourished in …
Nuclear tests choke project on city's sewage system
The city's sewage system seems to be paying a price for the country's recent nuclear tests. Work on a project aimed at the improvement of sewage management and environmental protection in the city has suffered a setback since the Australian government restricted aid following the nuclear tests in May.
Edible oil control order awaiting clearance for a week
Until the edible oil control order is imposed in the Capital, Delhi government's health department says it is unable to impose a ban on the sale of brands of other vegetable oil, samples of which have been found to be adulterated.
FDA lab confirms dropsy outbreak
Even as Gujarat health and food and drugs administrations were rattled by the FDA laboratory in Vadodara confirming that dropsy had indeed struck, five more cases were reported from Dhansura, taking the toll to 13.
Sun powers desalination system
Ebara Corp. of Japan has developed solar powered desalination equipment that can produce drinking water at a lower cost than that of bottled water. The system uses thermal energy collected and stored by solar panels to heat sea water in vacuum tubes, producing steam vapor. As the vapor condenses into …
