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Wearable Body Monitoring

"Unobtrusive wearable body monitoring will be to health care what the compound microscope was to the biology of disease." ....Unobtrusive wearable body monitoring,is a simple device worn on the body, such as a band around the arm, which measures a number of physiological levels...This includes time spent lying down or sleeping, time spent doing physical activity, body temperature, calories burned...

French and wine: inseparable and just perfect?

It is a known fact that when there is mention of France and of French there is always mention of that “wine”. It is almost as if they are inseparable and everything is just perfect with that. //But a recent tiff in the wine world has been taken the world over with a pinch of salt. .. The tiff rose over a report for the French Health Ministry stating that synonymous to warning labels over cigarett...

Bird flu virus found in Falcons in Saudi Arabia

Bird flu virus have started spreading in the Gulf region in animals, following reports of bird flu infection among birds in the month of November in Kuwait now the virus seems to be spread to Saudi Arabia infecting 5 falcons.// ..Tests from the falcons revealed that the virus is H5N1 strain of Bird flu virus which has made world wide threat of bird flu infection, the recent spread to 5 falcons...

Arab World Wakes Up To the Call of Science

A declaration was made by the Arab leaders at a summit of the 22-member nations of the Arab League in Khartoum, Sudan. They have agreed to collaborate more closely// on research and increase their funding of science and technology. This has called on the Arab nations to increase their research capacity, enact policies to promote quality in science, and encourage public-private research partnershi...

Arab World Wakes Up To Drug Addiction

Slowly, but surely, the Arab world is awakening to the growing menace of the drug problem, reports The New York Times. This is especially true in Dubai//. ....In order to effectively deal with the problem, police and public health officials in Dubai are addressing this problem openly and stressing on the adverse effects of drugs like heroin and ecstasy. The report said that more and more official...

Doctors Report The Condition Of Sarabijit’s Sister As being Stabl

The doctors attending on Dalbir Kaur, a sister of Indian national Sarabjit Singh who is facing death penalty in Pakistan, have said today that she is out of danger,// and her condition is stable. ....Ms Kaur had on the day before attempted suicide attempt in a town in Punjab. Sources reported that she was then rushed to a private hospital in the town of Bhikhiwind, which was around 50 kms from A...

Saudi Arabia for Enhancing Health Sector Ties with India

Saudi Arabia has expressed its readiness to increase its health sector cooperation with India and further open its doors// for Indian pharmaceutical products. ...."We hope to enhance cooperation in the field of health, especially in areas like telemedicine, training and doctors' exchange programmes," Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Manie, the health minister of Saudi Arabia, said Monday. ....Al-Manie, who...

Saudi Arabia to Set Up Hospital in Jamia University Campus

India's leading university Jamia Milia Islamia will have an ultra-modern hospital in the campus with financial aid from Saudi Arabia//. ....The university and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Tuesday signed an agreement to set up the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Health Center with an investment of Rs.22.5 million. ....The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Jamia vice chancell...