‘India needs more specialists to combat rare genetic disorder’
byKolkata, April 18 (IANS) India needs more specialists and better networking among doctors, geneticists and test centres to combat lysosomal storage disease (LSD), a…
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Himachal announces medical scheme for school kids
byShimla, April 18 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Thursday announced a health programme under which critical illness of children studying in government schools will…
Orchid transfers intellectual property to European firm
byChennai, April 18 (IANS) City-based Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has transferred the intellectual property (IP) related to an antibiotic discovery programme to Europe-based…
New method devised to detect autism in children
byToronto, April 18 (IANS) Scientists have come up with a new technique to detect autism in children based on their brain activity, says a…
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…
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…