Gogoi announces Rs.5 lakh each to HIV victims, four officials suspended
byGuwahati, June 17 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday announced compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the three people who tested HIV-positive after…
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Painkiller receptor variant developed
byLos Angeles, June 17 (IANS) Researchers have developed a variant of a major painkiller receptor that enables scientists to perform experiments previously deemed difficult…
Australia temporarily bans 19 synthetic drugs
bySydney, June 17 (IANS/EFE) A temporary ban has been imposed by the Australian government on the sale of 19 synthetic drugs in the wake…
Woman’s complain against hospital dismissed
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A woman who filed a negligence complaint against St. Stephen’s Hospital here for a botched up sterilisation has been…
Mandela’s condition serious but improving: President Zuma
byCape Town, June 17 (IANS) Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalised for over a week, continues to get better in…
Apollo Hospital offers senior citizens only OPD
byNoida, June 16 (IANS) An exclusive OPD service, complimentary pick up and drop facility and discounted consultation fee are among the latest offerings for…
New mental health bill bans electric shocks, gives right to treatment
byNew Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The right of mentally-ill patients to decide their mode of treatment, decriminalising suicide for them and a ban on…
Caution: Eating Goan frog legs could cause cancer
byPanaji, June 16 (IANS) Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat…
Veganism catches fancy of health-conscious Indians
byNew Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Meenu Nageshwaran, 53, felt she had been handed a life sentence when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes…
80 fall ill after having food in China temple
byBeijing, June 16 (IANS) More than 80 villagers in China’s northwest Shaanxi province were hospitalised after they ate at a temple gathering, authorities said….