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Foundation Stone Laid for Public Health Institute

.... This is the first of the seven such institutes planned by the central government with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an autonomous body, under public-private partnership. The institute is coming up on 45 acres of land at Rajendernagar on the city outskirts. The Andhra Pradesh government ...

Sunburnt Holiday-makers Boost Their Chances of Fatal Skin Cancer

...ing a tan. Almost one fifth (19 percent) said they planned to get burnt and a further 21 per cent said they might. Scientists know that malignant melanoma, the potentially fatal form of skin cancer, is linked to short intense bursts of over-exposure to the sun. And research has shown that sunburn doubles t...

British Doctors on Everest Mission Get Bitter Dose

...f anaesthesia, intensive care and remote medicine, planned to set up laboratories on Mt Everest as it went higher up, with the final one at South Col, at an altitude of 8,000 m. An offshoot of the experiment, Project Everest, aimed to recruit over 1,000 volunteers to measure their heart rates and breathing...

Bob Woolmer Was Strangled With A Towel

... Meanwhile the police have also said that they planned to collect the DNA samples of every person in the 300-room hotel because it was "highly likely" the killer left behind his DNA in Woolmer’s room. The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the material inside the nucleus of cells that carries genetic info...

Double-penalty System for Bankrupt Health Trusts Lifted

...very firm platform going forward to deliver on our planned improvements in services in the NHS in the coming year. We are now in a strong position to further transform the care we give our patients, reducing waiting times as we move toward a maximum 18 weeks from referral to treatment and delivering more car...

Indian Parliamentarians Join to Fight Against TB

...inst tuberculosis (TB) in the country.// They have planned to start a massive awareness drive and also seeking a special fund to develop a new anti-TB drug. It is stated that at least two people die of the infectious disease every three minutes. Around 20 MPs have decided to form a group next month and t...

Study Finds No Conclusive Benefit from Treating Kleptomania

...s from shoplifting, in which the action is usually planned and motivated by need or monetary gain. People suffering from kleptomania often fail to seek treatment for fear of legal repercussions. The medication in the trial was escitalopram, marketed as. The drug belongs to a class of antidepressants known ...

Alcohol Could Damage Youngsters' Brain

...ere asked how often they had forgotten things they planned or needed to do in the future, such as locking the door or posting a letter. The heavy drinkers were much more forgetful, and found remembering to carry out immediate simple tasks particularly difficult. A parallel study of youngsters who smoke...

Apollo Tyres All Set to Enter the Healthcare Sector

.... "This is the first of similar ventures we have planned over the next seven-eight years. We will focus on cardiology, oncology and orthopedics in these hospitals," Chakarborty told IANS. Senior officials of the group said the second phase will entail an investment of Rs.1 billion and that all the facili...

Regulation Suggested For Private Medical Screening

...m of regulation. The regulative measures which are planned to be introduced would be evidence based which could be from the healthcare commission, advertising standards authority or from office of fair trading. Professor Mayur Lakhani, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, told the magazi...

Transcendental Meditation Can Help

...urther validation of the outcomes of this study is planned via a large, multi-center trial with long-term follow-up. According to the study authors, TM most likely improves heart failure by reducing sympathetic nervous system activation associated with stress that is known to contribute to the failing hear...

EU Considers Allowing Cloned Meat, Milk on Market

... the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it planned to approve cloning for food production later this year. The US regulator has issued a consultation proposing to allow the product into the food chain without the need for labelling. An independent study in the US indicates that 60 per cent of Ame...

Alberta's Mental Health Act Welcomed

Alberta government has planned to introduce an amendment to their Mental Health A...trictly follow the treatment and supervision plans planned by their doctors to live in the community. The bill would be ready for debate during the spring legi...

Mothers Opting for C-Sections- Be Warned

...elivery and nearly 2.3 million women who underwent planned vaginal delivery. It was seen that the risks of severe complications were 27.3 in 1000 cases while that of normal deliveries were 9 in a 1000 cases. The C-section has often been seen as an emergency procedure. But now many women, uninformed abou...

Singapore to Offer Dengue Prevention Training to WHO Member Countries

...ared with WHO member countries at a dengue meeting planned for the middle of the year. The idea is to work on the framework and implement the plan at the end of the year. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

More Women Opting for Caesarean, Unaware of Consequences

...can result. Expectant parents can prepare for a planned c-section. "They should look for a clinic that performs a lot of Caesarean sections and is very familiar with any medical indication that the woman might have," advised Albrecht-Engel. General anaesthesia is no longer necessary. Peridural or spina...

New York Teen’s Miraculous Reviva

...ood transport to his entire body. A transplant was planned for Walker when he his heart suddenly started pumping blood and the capacity is even increased by 60%. His cardiac surgeons are not able to account for this miraculous recovery and according to them it is the first time that such an incident had ha...

Reading Hidden Intentions in Brain

...hen selected the correct answer according to their planned task, revealing their intended action. The researchers found that during the delay between the subjects' choice of task and execution of the task, it was possible to decode from activities in two regions of the prefrontal cortex which of the two a...

The Search for Organ Donors

...ncrease donation rates. Cardiac death following planned withdrawal of life support occurs in 60 per cent of all Intensive Care Unit deaths, says Dr Bhongiri. “Permission for organ donation is required before withdrawal of life support so donor organ teams can be available.” Dr Bhongiri says guidelin...

Indonesia Has Stopped Sharing Vital Bird Flu Data

...rotect its intellectual property rights ahead of a planned vaccine tie-up with Baxter International. The H5N1 virus has spread into the Middle East, Africa and Europe since it reemerged in Asia in 2003 and outbreaks have now been detected in birds in around 50 countries. It remains largely an animal disea...

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