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Government Plans to Set Up Mobile Dispensaries in States

...to the tune of Rs. 1.5 billion to states to set up mobile medical units in rural areas. According to a hea...led in parliament, shows that Maharashtra proposes mobile medical units for 33 districts in the state. The state has also a plan to convert 172 flying medical...

Magnets in Commercial Products may Cause a Fatal Attraction

...to be increasingly used in many hi-fi gadgets like mobile phones and even computer hard drives. It is commercially used in many toys, clothes, and jewellery. Iron or ferrite magnets cause very little danger. However, neodymium magnets, even when held at a distance of 3 cm from a cardiac patient with an i...

Technology To Aid Cancer Patients

...motherapy in remote areas may be monitored using a mobile phone.// The system includes the patient sending ...der of new age technology may be used along with a mobile or a personal digital assistant which sends the data to the central server and reaches the patient’s...

ILO Reports On The Crippling Effects Of HIV On The Workforce

...ar, in favor of workers in resource-poor settings, mobile population and women. SI...

India to Procure Container Based Mobile Hospital

... a pre-fabricated, self-contained, container based mobile hospital. This hospital, with 100 beds would// have state of art operation theatre, diagnostic facilities including CT scan, kitchen, water purification, sanitary unit and its own power generator. This container based hospital would be located in N...

Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations

...ologists sought to improve delivery of traditional mobile mammography, in which a large truck equipped with ...ety of North America. From March to July 2006, a mobile mammography unit owned by Indian Health Service visited seven American Indian reservations in North ...

Spiritual Leaders Join Together to Fight Against HIV/AIDS in India

...l,' said Vasudev, whose Isha Foundation runs 2,432 mobile help clinics in 2,000 Tamil Nadu villages, assisti...and the community. We have won that trust, and our mobile clinics are able to offer assistance in remote rural areas', he added. 'It is also very important ...

Pandemic Planning for Hospitals

...ed,” he said. “These include power, telephones, mobile phones, email and paging services, water, and garbage removal. “For a hospital, supplies of food, pharmaceutical products, medical gases and other consumables would have to be added to the ‘essential’ list.” Hospital staff working in pay office...

Risk-Taking Young Urged To Carry Condoms

...dom among this age group as familiar as carrying a mobile phone, lipstick or putting on a seat-belt. 'This is not about encouraging promiscuity, but saying to those who are already sexually active: sex without a condom is seriously risky, so always use one.' Although Deborah Jack, chief executive of the...

Free health check-ups for captive elephants

...free health check-ups to captive elephants through mobile clinics. // Conceptualised by a team of veterina...e project was assessed through a pilot study where mobile elephant clinics were set up and the team examined nearly 150 elephants in three states - Kerala, Ka...

Madhya Pradesh battles polio with yet another drive

...olio booths besides 2,248 transit booths and 1,778 mobile teams. In order to make the latest campaign successful, 9,886 supervisors and 161,817 workers have been appointed. Source-IANS SRM...

Now A Computer Game To Battle AIDS

... the region, and the need to make the game work on mobile phones. Computer games have also been called 'edutainment' because of their mix of education and entertainment. Source-IANS...

The Coffee- Sperm Damage Link Factor

...ght to be - taking anti-depressants, over usage of mobile phones, wearing tight jeans , and sitting for long hours at a desk job or with a laptop on the lap. MAL...

Peptic ulcer bacterium peps up a host of diseases by traversing the blood stream

...rchers have discovered// the fallout of the highly mobile peptic ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), in the blood stream. Indeed, a thoroughfare for the bacterium which could throw up many diseases- atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and many severe inflammatory conditions. These recent fi...

Mobile use increases risk of infertility in men

...sets may affect fertility in men as heavy users of mobile have markedly lower sperm count than normal.// ...he U.S. showed that with the increase in the daily mobile use by the man, there was a decrease in both the quantity and quality of his sperm. There was a 40% ...

Tribals in the Brink of Extinction due to Malnutrition and Diseases

...action. Doctors were ordered to be present in a mobile health unit set up in Gudgudia to arrest the health crisis. The supervisor of the area was suspended, the anganwadi worker was given a show-cause notice, and the child development project officer's salary stopped. These short-term measures may hav...

Asthma Symptoms Linked to Soot from Diesel Trucks in So. Bronx

...rt of the investigation, the NYU team dispatched a mobile van lab to assess ground-level pollution levels, and they conducted a "Backpack Study" to monitor carbon concentrations taken from air samples collected by commuting students. The findings have shown that high concentrations of air pollution worsen a...

Insufficient sleep linked to the rise in childhood obesity

... Bristol University, excessive use of televisions, mobile phones and computers have resulted in lesser hours of sleep// among youngsters. Dr Shahrad Taheri said, "Children and adolescents are getting fewer hours of sleep than they used to, affecting the levels of hormones that control appetite and energy ...

Telstra Must Send Lifeline to Rural Doctor Landlines

...a rubber band. “While most rural doctors carry a mobile phone, reception can be patchy or non-existent in ...ecially when the doctor lives out of town. “Poor mobile reception is not limited to remote areas, either. We have reports from doctors in larger regional c...

Ban on mobile usage in hospitals uncalled for, says a report

...h Medical Journal that the ongoing restrictions on mobile phone use in hospitals since 1990, based on mythical safety risks, are uncalled for and should be quashed. // Mobile phones were banned in hospitals after fears of their interference in medical equipment, and to prevent the potential confusion betw...

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