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Normalcy Returns To AIIMS; Venugopal Attends Office

... by the apex decision-making body of the hospital, headed by Health Minister A Ramadoss. Source:PTI News...

Power Cuts Cost Patient His Eyesight

...rved the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (North) headed by President K K Chopra. The court has ordered both Shyam Lal Eye Hospital at Malka Ganj here and National Insurance Co Ltd, both parties to the complaint, to jointly or separately pay victim Shanker Lal of Kartar Nagar Rs one lakh in damages. It h...

Genetic Mutation in Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur

...assistant professor of biology at UC San Diego who headed the team that discovered the genetic roots of the color differences in Florida’s mice. The coat pattern and color differences among populations of mice on the mainland and the barrier islands off the Florida Gulf and Atlantic coasts have been studi...

Defective ATM Gene Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer

...of the discovery was realized. The research team headed by Nazneen Rahman, professor of cancer genetics studied 433 breast cancer patients who had a family history of the disease, but did not carry the known breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. They were then compared to 521 healthy women. The researchers...

First Cord Blood Bank in North India to be Opened in Gurgaon

...nks International, a US body, and R.J. Corporation headed by Ravi Jaipuria, will invest Rs.1 billion to build the seven repositories in metro cities. Cryobanks International is a leader in the collection, processing and banking of umbilical cord blood stem cells. The project that starts its first facil...

India needs dental health leadership, says expert

...lthcare centre of excellence in the capital, to be headed by Hari Prakash - currently director of Ghaziabad-based ITS Centre for Dental Studies and Research. Among others, Bedi is keen to get support of governments to ensure that "no advertisements for sugary foods and drinks targeting children are allowed...

Rush of honor for Rush University – Magnet Status for Excellence in Nursin

...y coordinator in the department of Nursing Systems headed the ten-member committee that prepared the 2,500-page application for the Magnet designation and accommodated the site visit. Representatives from each of the nursing units also contributed to the process, which began more than a year ago. "To reap...

NIACL to Pay Rs 2.19 lakh for Repudiating Mediclaim Policy

...ate the same became due. However, the Commission headed by Justice J D Kapoor and Member Ruminita Mittal, though upheld the Forum's verdict, did away the interest part of the award and asked the company to pay Rs 2.19 lakh as full and final compensation including the litigation cost. As per Khosla's com...

'Smoking Kills' Warning Soon on Tobacco Products

...h message. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry headed by Anbumani Ramadoss, who has been a staunch advocate against smoking, has notified rules in this regard. "The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packing and Labelling) Rules 2006 make it mandatory that every package of cigarette or any other to...

Risks/Benefits of Osteoporosis Drug Use in Postmenopausal Women

...al strokes. The multi-site international study was headed by Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. The study showed mixed results. On the positive side, raloxifene therapy reduced invasive breast ca...

Liberated British Mothers Want No Restriction on Breast Feeding In Public

... public in England. They also want the group to be headed by a national infant feeding co-ordinator. The law which supports breastfeeding in public is already in place in Scotland. The entire event is organized by Alison Baum, the founder of campaign group Best Beginnings, and is backed by the National Ch...

Valiathan Committee Seeks Documents from AIIMS

... the functioning of the Institute. The committee, headed by M S Valiathan founder Director of Sri Chitra Ti...ble. The Centre had earlier formed two committees headed by Dr. Ramalingaswamy and Dr S P Agarwal to look into the affairs of the institute. The Bhore Commi...

Are children living as well as they are meant to be?

...exact status of children in UK. This initiative is headed by Prof Richard Layard, a former government adviser. Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of the Children's Society, said the sole purpose of this study is to 'challenge the misconceptions surrounding children and encourage fresh thinking about childhoo...

Complex Surgery Performed on Eight-Month-Old Egyptian Girl

...as performed by a team of cardio-thoracic surgeons headed by specialist K M Cherian, he said. 'During the operation, the holes in the heart were closed with a patch and the valves were repaired. The baby did not have any complication during the surgery,' Sankar explained. 'She was kept under observation i...

High-altitude Illness Affects Pilgrims of Mansarovar

...lgrims from Maharasthtra as well as Nagpur who had headed for the holy circuit of Mount Kailash on the Indo-China border, considered by Hindus to be the abode of Shiva, one of the Hindu trinity, and Mansarovar Lake, about 18 mile South-East of the peak. Apparently, there were no doctors specialising in hi...

New Findings on Autism Research

...he University of Washington. The research team was headed by Schellenberg, Ellen Wijsman, a UW research professor of medical genetics and Geraldine Dawson, director of the UW's Autism Center. "It is highly unlikely that there is only one gene responsible for autism," said Schellenberg. "There may be four ...

Yoga to De-stress Indian Army Soldiers

...eneral Health Services (Civil), said the committee headed by Lok Sabha MP Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (Congress). "The government should increase the strength of AFMS in proportion to its increased workload and responsibility for smooth and effective functioning. For this purpose, the government should set up a...

Parental Role In Embryo-Selection Urged

...s an offshoot of the Human Genome Research Project headed by Mark Henaghan, dean of. Otago University law school. The study looks closely at the ethical issues posed by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), which enables the weeding out of impaired genes before an embryo is implanted into a prospective...

Gait Difficulties Associated with High Blood Pressure

...the institution's Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, headed by Dr. David Bennett. The AD Center is one of 30 across the U.S. supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health to study and care for Alzheimer's patients. The Rush researchers are extremely grateful for the ...

Parental Time Influences Children’s Nutritio

...chieved," she said. Because so many families are headed by two working parents, the focus of the research was to look at how the parents' work-related stress, flexibility and general work conditions influenced the children's nutrition, McIntosh said. "One factor in the development of childhood obesity t...

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