Karunya Lottery sets aside Rs.36.50 crore for dialysis machines
byThiruvananthapuram, June 9 (IANS) “Karunya Lottery”, the brainchild of state Finance Minister K.M. Mani, has set aside Rs.36.50 crore for new dialysis machines. The…
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Sheesha smoking hooks more Pakistani students
byIslamabad, June 9 (IANS) One-fifth of college and university students in Pakistan — aged from 20 to 25 years — are addicted to smoking…
Measles toll in Pakistan’s Punjab rises to 146
byIslamabad, June 8 (IANS) Two more people died of measles Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab province, raising the number of deaths in the region to…
Punjab doctors’ two-day strike from Monday
byChandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Upset over the recent decision of the Punjab health department to transfer the state’s 523 specialist doctors, an association of…
Centre gives over Rs.500 crore for alternate medicine
byNew Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The central government has given more than Rs.500 crore to various states for bringing AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha…
Singapore launches blood donation website
bySingapore, June 8 (IANS) In a first, Singapore Saturday launched a website to make blood donation more convenient, with real-time updates on blood stocks…
Food ads linked to eating more junk food
byLos Angeles, June 8 (IANS) Watching food advertisements by parents leads to greater consumption of junk food by their children, as the kids often…
Homeopathy, yurveda gaining global acceptance: Azad
byKolkata, June 8 (IANS) Highlighting the growing “coalition of allopathic and homeopathic” systems of medical treatment, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said traditional…
Asthmatics queue up for fish medicine in Andhra
byHyderabad, June 8 (IANS) Thousands of asthma patients from across Andhra Pradesh and other states Saturday lined up for fish ‘prasadam’ (medicine), believed to…
Five kids die of Encephalitis in Bihar
byPatna, June 8 (IANS) Five children died of encephalitis in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district since Friday, an official said Saturday. Muzaffarpur civil surgeon Gayan Bhushan…