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Bird flu threat ruled out: Karnataka Forest Department

...geese from China which are likely to arrive in the state in a fortnight," he said. The issue will be discussed in detail during a special session in the seminar on Bird Ecology and Conservation being held here on November 12 and "an action plan will chalked out," Verma said. As per instructions issued by...

Land of Kebabs, also reaps enormous profit in fast food

...ken burger and fries every day of the week. It's a state of affairs that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, and yet it's now the norm for many across the country. It's no surprise that, as the WHO report states, the non-insulin dependant variety of diabetes (type 2), with typical onset in late ...

Avian Influenza: Government to set up expert committee

... Central Government has issued instructions to all state governments to strictly monitor any death at the poultry firm and livestock species. Ruling out any possibility of bringing in avian flu through imported frozen poultry products, Hakeem asserted that nothing comes into the country from nations wher...

Patients recover fast when kept in rooms with medicated coir mats

...ts," said K Ravi, former scientific advisor to the state government, who led the pilot study team. The students have sought help from The Balarampuram Handloom Weavers Society (BHWS) for technical assistance regarding the production of medicated coir mats. The organization has also recently developed medi...

Now medicated coir to cure ailments

...s," said K. Ravi, former scientific advisor to the state government, who led the pilot study team. BHWS was in the news recently after it developed medicated clothes using herbs. -(IANS)...

Researchers discover mechanism behind protein folding

...ul in finding the reasons for transition of folded state of the protein to unfolded state, they feel that the surrounding energy influences the protein to fold or to unfold and this may sometime leads to wrong folding leading to disease conditions....

Vietnamese Scientists Unravel Genetic Code Of Bird Flu Virus

...ng the first to decode the gene. Officials of the state health department have reported the identification of two more new forms of the deadly virus. While H5 is the most commonly observed, two other forms designated as H3 and H4 have been identified from poultry samples. This finding adds evidence to the...

Gynaecologist Faces Stiff Prison Sentence On Counts Of Sexual Abuse

...deral Way, Burien and Issaquah are now closed. The state suspended his medical license in 2003....

A Change In Lifestyle Can Help In Weight Reduction

...ical activity. The NIH Obesity Clinical Guidelines state that the most successful strategies for weight loss include calorie reduction, increased physical activity, and behavioral therapy designed to improve eating and physical activity habits. The Guidelines also recommend that physicians prescribe a regi...

AIDS Picture In India Not As Rosy As It Seems To Be

...an areas but rising in rural areas in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Two sates, particularly Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with a combined population of more than 250 million had poor surveillance. According to India's state-run National AIDS Control Organization, more than 0.92 percent of the country's adu...

Time For Jodhpur Residents To Have A Health Check: New Hospital Coming Up

... Several rounds of high-level meetings between the state government and CAZRI have proved fruitful with respect to land acquisition. "With the sorting out of the land problem, the construction of the hospital is likely to be soon," an official from the technical education department told IANS. In view o...

Stress Levels Determine Problem-Solving Abilities Of An Individual

...a poor performance. It has been proposed that a state of arousal, due to the stress hormone norepinephrine, inhibits an individual’s ability to effectively exploit the human mind for problem solving. There is also a brighter side of the coin, with another aspect of the study suggesting that a beta-bl...

New Sexual Misconduct Rule Against Doctors In The US

...d that every doctor and physician assistant in the state will come under the scanner once the rule takes effect in about two months' time. The policy contains 11 prohibited acts, the violation of which would cost doctors their licenses. Besides sexual contact, the rules also forbid kissing in a romantic ma...

Vegetables And Fruits Cause More US Food Illnesses

...e Control and Prevention. Other sources, including state health departments and medical journals, make up 7 percent of the data. ...

Now,Swine-Flu!

...had no occupational contact with pigs in Iowa, the state with the highest swine production. They found that, of the four groups, farmers were most likely to be seropositive, i.e., to have antibodies in their blood against swine influenza, indicating previous infection with the virus. Veterinarians also h...

Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea

...n Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.// The next state cabinet meeting on November 30 will also discuss a...the Minister that his daughter was not in a mental state to continue her studies at the School of Medical Education. The Minister said that campus committe...

Curtailing AIDS - The Fight has to Go On

...ng uniform behavioral changes among the men of the state so that the fight against AIDS spread can continue to show success. <br...

Running Water Restored In Chinese City

...s to treat supplies from the Songhua, according to state media. In preparation, people lined up for another... had been poisoned with 100 tons of benzene. The state media have criticized local officials for reacting too slowly and not telling the public the truth i...

Passion Fizzling Out? Blame The “Love Molecule

... in love has been attributed to many things like a state of mind to harmony with nature, but this is the first time that a biochemical link has been found....

Mystery Surrounding Use Of Abortion Pill Yet To Be Resolved

...edy is the incidence of all four cases in a single state while the FDA confirms the uniform frequency of drug usage throughout California. The CDC is hoping to raise awareness about the potential risks with the new report. In view of the above report, may be it is time for doctors to closely examine the ...

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