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Andhra Pradesh to set up 'Pharma City'

...nto motion a plan to set up a ‘Pharma City’ in the port town of Vishakhapatnam. By providing world-class i...se. The aim in setting up a ‘Pharma City’ at the port town of Vishakhapatnam is to cater to the needs of global outsourcing in manufacturing of $90 billio...

Blood test for diagnosis of heart attacks

...become routine in casualty departments - the first port of call for patients suffering chest pains. The test provides a more accurate diagnosis because CK-MB is released by dying heart cells. Levels of CK-MB in the blood stream can therefore indicate the severity of damage to the heart and distinguish a...

Fear Of Dengue Epidemic Looms Large: Fever Kills Five in Pakistan

...stry said that hospitals in this southern Pakistan port city had been put on alert and that the government had sent blood samples of five patients from Congo to laboratories in South Africa for tests. Meanwhile, the health minister Nisar Khan appealed to the public not to panic, and asserting that the ...

Take a dose of brandy to stay healthy

...rds of Dr Johnson, "CLARET is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." It underlines the health importance of brandy too. // Drinking 30ml of brandy has the same antioxidant potential as the daily recommended dose of vitamin C. The study was conducted by t...

Bird flu scare in Australia

... collapsed in the flight// from Taipei and the air port authorities removed him from the flight. He was taken to the hospital after he complained of feeling tired and not keeping well. He had arrived on a flight from South –East Asia. He is kept in the hospital in total isolation. The hospital spok...

Ayurvedic Massage & English Food May Cheer England Team

...Willingdon Island, which is the home of the modern port that serves Kochi. (Source:IANS)...

Imran Khan Plans To Open Second Cancer Hospital In Karachi

... second cancer hospital, this time in the southern port city of Karachi.// The new facility will come up in Karachi by January next year, the Daily Times reported. Khan, who heads the Tehreek-e-Insaf political party, had set up the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) ...

Clues To Identify Psychological Seizures

...less than 30 years old, were more likely to have a port system implanted for administration of IV drugs and had lower blood levels of the enzyme creatine kinase, which normally rise after epileptic seizures. “These characteristics can help guide the emergency doctor to the correct diagnosis, which is s...

Seroxat Heart Abnormalities Risk Doubted

...ith the use of the drug, namely, clubfeet, a large port wine mark and neck muscle spasms. However in the group, which did not use the drug, 25 out of 557 babies were affected. But in the Seroxat group 15 percent decided to terminate their pregnancy as against 17 out of 557 in the non-drug group. "We fou...

French Ship docks in Alang, Gujarat

...ipping industry has anchored in the Western Indian port of Alang, the world’s biggest breaking yard, in the Gujarat State//. Asbestos –lined former ocean liner, this ship has come to India to be scrapped. Environmentalists are up in arms against this move, due to the fear of toxic waste that will pollute...

‘Bird flu-free’ India resumes egg expors

... having 4.72 lakh eggs to Muscat through Tuticorin port last week, he said. Subsequently, other Arabian countries like Dubai and Qatar have also initiated talks for egg imports with the Indian poultry industry. According to Valsan, in future, India would export at least 9 containers of eggs daily.The ...

Dengue Death Toll Rises to 25 in Karachi

...gue patients were discharged from hospitals in the port city while 68 new ones were admitted. The total number of such patients in the city's hospitals now stands at 197. The Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in Karachi has started free diagnosis tests for dengue fever. In view of increasing number of patients,...

First Target For Stem Cell Research Will Be Diabetes Cure

...ithin a fortnight. 'Type 1 diabetes is the first port of call for the research. Once we have the cells in the petri dish, we can see what regulates the disease, how we can understand the disease process and how we can go through drug discovery. We can do it in the petri dish, rather than in human or ani...

Celebrating Christmas With Wine – The Elixir of the God

... 11 to 14 percent however fortified wines, such as port have alcohol added (such as Brandy) and this raises the alcohol content to between 18 and 20 percent. Wine occupies an enviable position in the medical journals, and its positive effects on health are a subject of on-going discussion. Many academic...

Kerala To Probe Hospital Equipment Rotting In Kochi Port

...sed entrepreneur //, has been rotting in the Kochi port for three years. Sreemathi said she had read rep...icated that the consignment was stuck in the Kochi port after a top official asked for personal favours to clear the equipment. "This is a very serious iss...

Stomach Banding Surgery Effective for Adolescents

...mount of food they eat. The ring is connected to a port that is placed underneath the skin at the time of surgery. At regular monthly visits, the ring can be made tighter or looser by injecting saline into the port. This minimally invasive procedure is usually performed in under an hour. It is reversible,...

Public Urged To Prevent Mosquito Breeding

...ered the alert zone of 20% to 40%. The index for port areas also dropped from 0.5% in November to 0.2% in December last year. Although the current weather was dry and cool, the spokesman said people should still take effective measures to eliminate mosquito eggs as mosquitoes could hatch from eggs whe...

How Bacteria Generate Energy to Live?

...of the membrane, which corresponds to the "intake" port of the ion pump. The second paper was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. In this study, Barquera focused on structures, known as flavins, within the enzyme that carry the electric current that drives the ion pump. Using an interdisci...

Pakistan: Authorities Plays Down Bird Flu Risk

... least 3.5 million chickens in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. "Poultry farmers should vaccinate chicken stocks every two to three months. They should also maintain bio security and there should be no tree in a 3km radius of a poultry shed," Dr Zafar Jamil Gill, director general at Lahore-bas...

Accident Victims Often Need Psychological Help

...e emergency rescue services in the northern German port city of Hamburg. Clear indications that a person is in shock like screaming is seldom the case, she says. "Some people are quite calm and then often don't get any attention." But First Aid workers should pay special attention to such people. "Som...

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