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Chikungunya Affects Kerala's Healthcare Status

...re than 40 people die in the past two weeks in the south and central districts of Kollam, Pathanamthitta, K...ore than 100,000 people are down with fever in the south and central districts of the state and the disease is now spreading to the northern districts as wel...

Sunstroke Claims Fourteen More Lives in Delhi

...covered nine bodies from various neighbourhoods of south Delhi - three from Lajpat Nagar, two from Kalkaji, one each from Okhla, Badarpur, Sangam Vihar and Srinivaspuri. However, only three of them could be identified: G.L. Mehta, 70, from Lajpat Nagar, Rajesh, 28, from Okhla, and Ram Babu, 42, from Bad...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...eir geographical reach is expanding both north and south of the Equator."Even Singapore, which is so affluent and modern, can't exercise adequate control, Lo added. Dengue sufferers often describe the onset of high fever, nausea and intense joint pain. There is no real treatment, apart from rest and re...

Notion Behind Spread of Flu Epidemic may Not Hold True for the Tropics

...that weather may determine how the disease travels south from the Equator. "More delicate experiments are definitely needed to tease apart the complex relationships being uncovered here. This research takes a nice first look at viral behavior in the tropics," said Eddie Holmes, evolutionary virologist at P...

Kerala Seeks Centres Help to Curb Chikungunya Spread

With nearly 30,000 people in south and central districts of Kerala hospitalised with chikungunya fever, an infection spread by the Aedes mosquito , the state has decided to seek help from the central government. Reports from Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Ernakulam districts indicate t...

Earthquake Kills Three, Injures 290 in Southwest China

... Dai autonomous prefecture of Xishuangbanna in the south of the province, about 300 km from the epicentre, have also felt the tremor. The government of Pu'er city has allocated one million yuan for relieving the disaster. Rescue officials from the China Earthquake Administration have been dispatched to...

Tropical Cyclones Play Important Role in Climate-control

...ere works like a conveyer belt travelling from the south to the north, passing through the Pacific Ocean and Indian oceans and past warmer latitudes warming the water brought to North America and Europe, in the tropics, this pattern must be reversed. Warm, buoyant water must be mixed downward, and cold, ...

Senior Doctor of Apollo Hospital Commits Suicide

.... in his cabin in Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar, south Delhi. Sharma, who is said to have had an ongoing family dispute, came to the hospital at around 6.00 a.m. to monitor his patients. After 20 minutes he retired to his cabin, police said. He was found dead when some doctors went to consult him in ...

Fire Ants are Emerging Nuisance for Virginians

...fire ants are still extending their range from the south to the north," said Schultz, who is also director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Virginia Beach. "Even though sod and nursery plants are treated and must meet strict guidelines to be transported from areas with fir...

Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study

...o India, Bangladesh, China, and other countries in south East Asia. The shift over far western Tibet was probably to a drier phase. Aldenderfer said scientists are still working out the exact nature of the shiftfor example, whether bouts of rainfall became harder but shorter, or whether it didn't rain a...

Maninder Singh Confesses of Using Drugs

...ure drugs from Siddiqui, who purchased them from a south Delhi based drug peddler," Cheema said. Cheema added that the police would seek Siddiqui's custody to know the source of contraband. While Maninder was arrested with one-and-a-half grams of cocaine, sleuths nabbed Siddiqui with 100 grams of mari...

Scientists Develop Toothpaste That Rebuilds Tooth Enamel

...rnby, who tested the new product at his clinics in south England, said, "This is a unique product. Current toothpastes aimed at people with sensitive teeth simply mask the pain while this one solves the problem." The toothpaste, which has been five years in the making, will be available in Britain by the...

UC Regents Approve Fundraised Campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

...nd cancer patients on a 14.5-acre parcel, which is south of UCSFs existing 43-acre life sciences campus at Mission Bay. Upon completion of the first phase in 2014, the 865,000-plus-gross-square-foot hospital complex will include: A 183-bed childrens hospital and pediatric primary and specialty ambulatory...

Bird Flu Outbreak Expands in Vietnam

...ee household farms in Hung Nguyen district, 300 km south of Hanoi, and tests showed they were positive to H5N1, according to a report by the Department of Animal Health of Vietnam. The dead ducks were part of three flocks that had been not been vaccinated despite Vietnam's aggressive programme to immuniz...

Major Medicare Fraud Detected in Florida

Dozens of south Floridans are being charged with ripping off the state treasury of millions of dollars paid for medical services and equipment not needed. Officials there said most of the schemes involve infusion therapy and medical equipment suppliers. "Tuesda...

Nature Unleashes Terror Across America

...he iconic Griffith Observatory.The danger to homes south of the park eased Wednesday and many of the hundreds of residents evacuated overnight were allowed to return. The fire appears to have been accidental, according to Battalion chief John Miller, who oversees arson investigations. In the Southeast, ...

Useful Parasites

...ies more than 20 years ago, now it has spread from south to north. Earlier the parasite was s seen to decrease the fertility of the infected host by 15 to 20% under lab condition. But now after the laborious research it was found that there is a boost of 10% in fertility among the infected host. We jus...

War Spreading AIDS a Myth-UNHCR

...about 25 million are in the poor African countries south of the Sahara. The data on HIV prevalence in 12 refugee camps showed that nine actually had a lower prevalence of infection than surrounding host communities, while two had similar rates and only one a higher prevalence. Dr. Paul Spiegel, stressed ...

Rheumatologists Underestimate the Patients Ability to Work

Researchers at University of south Florida has found that Rheumatologists substantially overestimate the physical disability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis which may lead to inaccurate evaluations of the patients ability to work and need for lifestyle modifications. The rhe...

Leading Hospital in Andhra Plans Expansion

... also plans to double its bed strength to 2,000 in south and central India by the end of next year. It has a target of 5,000 beds by end of 2010 across the country, Raju said. Care Hospital, which started as a heart institute with 100 beds in Hyderabad in 1997, has expanded to the neighbouring states. Th...

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