China bird-flu toll rises to 17
byBeijing, April 18 (IANS/EFE) Two more people died Wednesday from a new strain of bird flu detected last month in eastern China, bringing to…
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Anaesthetists meet in Kerala from May 10
byThiruvananthapuram, April 18 (IANS) A three-day global meet of anaesthetists is set to begin here May 10, an official said Thursday. The doctors will…
Bird flu cases rise to 31 in Shanghai
byBeijng, April 18 (IANS) The number of avian flu affected cases reached 31 in Shanghai, with the confirmation of a new case Wednesday, health…
Delhi’s tiniest baby survives: Doctors
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A private hospital Wednesday said a baby girl, who was born three-and-a-half months premature and survived despite complications, might…
Indian American surgeon comes to Boston runners’ aid
byBoston, April 17 (IANS) Vivek Shah, an Indian American orthopaedic surgeon at Boston’s New England Baptist Hospital, was 25 yards away from finishing the…
Norms by July-end on junk food curbs in schools, court told
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The government Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that draft guidelines on regulating sale of junk food and carbonated…
Now, non-food plants can provide nutrients
byLos Angeles, April 17 (IANS) Scientists have shown that a component of plant cells can be transformed into starch which consequently could be a…
Haemophilia: High treatment costs bleeding patients (April 17 is World Hemophilia Day)
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Amit Ahuja, 32, is at an age when a man is usually at his productive best. But haemophilia, a…
Brazil to resume production of insulin
byRio de Janeiro, April 17 (IANS) Brazil will resume production of insulin on a large scale after 14 years of depending on imports, Health…
New scale developed to assess dementia in tribal populations
byShimla: Finding the internationally used scale for assessment of dementia difficult to apply in elderly tribal populations, doctors of Tanda medical college, Kangra have developed a…