Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

If you want a good massage, a bath under a medicinal waterfall, followed by a good south Indian meal and rounded off by a good sleep at a comfortable resting place, visit Kuttralam in Tamil Nadu. The waterfall is certified to have curative qualities by thousands of people who have been vis...

Textile City Tirupur in Tamil Nadu Tops in Pollution Generation

Tamil Nadu textile city Tirupur, which has nearly 720 dyeing units, is ranked topmost in terms of generating hazardous waste. According to a study commissioned by the state's pollution watchdog, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, an estimated 8,33,365.75 tons of hazardous waste is generate...

Village Panchayat in Tamil Nadu Bans Tobacco Consumption

Setting an example for others to follow, the Varanavasi Village Panchayat near Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu has imposed a ban on tobacco consumption among villagers . Aghast over an ever-increasing trend of tobacco consumption, the village panchayat unanimously passed a resolution to ban the e...

Busting the Organ Trade Racket in Tamil Nadu

Phase II of busting the illegal organ trade in Tamil Nadu, led to the exposure of two more hospitals in Chennai involved //in the illegal organ trade; their license has been revoked. This operation followed phase–I of the crackdown on illegal organ trade, following the sale of kidneys by poor fishe...

Doctors in Tamil Nadu Reluctant to Serve in Backward Pockets

Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu told the Legislative Assembly on March 28 that doctors were reluctant// to join duty in the relatively backward pockets of the state. Consequently as many as ten districts went without proper medical care, he not...

Chicken Pox Rears Its Head in Tamil Nadu, Yet Again

It is summer time and hence the incidence of chicken pox cases is on the rise. District administrations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu//, especially in the southern districts, are gearing up to tackle the problem. Doctors caution that brain membrane would be the first casualty if c...

TB Incidence on Rise Among Children in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra

TB in India apparently accounts for one-third of the global TB burden, with about 40 per cent of the country's population// infected by the TB bacillus. Every year, two million people in India develop TB and 4,50,000 die from it, resulting in 1,000 deaths every day. TB kills more youth in Indi...

Liver Clinic Opened At GH, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran commissioned a specialty outpatient clinic for patients// with liver-related disorders at the Government General Hospital on Wednesday. This Clinic, besides providing advanced therapeutic options to diseases like jaundice, kidney failure and lo...

Anti-AIDS Plan for 1,000 Tamil Nadu Colleges

Tamil Nadu Saturday kick-started an HIV/AIDS control initiative to bring 1,000 higher educational institutions under the 'Red Ribbon Club' (RRC).// State Governor S.S. Barnala called on varsity vice-chancellors and principals to "take it as their personal and onerous responsibility to chalk ou...

Villagers in Tamil Nadu Take Part in Diabetes Pilot Project

As many as 2,300 people in a Tamil Nadu village and over 60 doctors are taking part in a research project to study diabetes complications.// A medical technology company, DyAnsys India, has begun the study in association with the Tirunelveli Medical College at the Ariyanayakipuram village, nea...

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Tamil in Medical Dictionary

Spur

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Shock

... Shock (circulatory), a circulatory ... Shock (economics), an unexpected or unpredictable event that ... Shock (2004 film), a 2004 tamil film starring ... Circulatory shock , commonly known as just shock , is a serious, life-threatening medical condition where insufficient blood ...

Tamil in Biological News

Biomedical engineering student recognized as IEEE's 'New Face of Engineering'

...he lower leg musculature could help enhance venous return and cardiovascular recirculation of oxygen-rich blood. Madhavan was born in a village in tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. He became the first person in his family's history to earn an engineering degree when he received his bachelor's (hon...

Reduction in parasite infections ahead for India

...health each year. A delegation led by Dr Gerry Brennan from the School of Biological Sciences at Queen's has been invited to Alagappa University in tamil Nadu in southern India to share its expertise at the International Colloquium on Emerging Biotechnologies in Agriculture, Animal Health and Productivi...

UT researchers find link between advertising and increased tobacco use among India's youth

... sixth and eighth graders, was produced in collaboration with Indian organizations Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth in Delhi and tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association in Chennai. The researchers found that 37 percent of youth in the study had seen tobacco advertising in more than...

Entomological Society announces 2007 award winners

...ral fellow at Universidade Federal do Paran in Curitiba, Brazil. Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (Pacific Branch) obtained his M.S. in entomology from tamil Nadu Agricultural University. His M.S. research revealed that the granulosis virus of diamondback moth, in conjunction with insecticides, mitigated pe...

Tamil in Biological Technology

Siemens to Launch PETNET Services in India

...dents of Chennai and the surrounding community is a giant step in making this dream a reality." Currently, there is no PET-CT in the Indian state of tamil Nadu due to a critical lack of F18-FDG, which has a half-life of only 110 minutes (losing half of its radioactivity every 110 minutes) and, hence, can...

Mathew to Lead PPD Drug Development Operations and Expansion in India

...es in medicine and surgery from Calicut Medical College. He earned his medical degree in general medicine from Christian Medical College at Vellore in tamil Nadu, India. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in its subspecialty of infectious diseases, Dr. Mathew has authored numerous pub...

Alba Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Betsy Van Parijs as Its Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs

...ialization process. Dr. Van Parijs holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and earned her M.D. from Christian Medical College, Vellore, University of Madras in tamil Nadu, India. She has published numerous research and clinical development articles and has received various honors including GSK's R&D Silver Award fo...

Tamil in Biological Dictionary

Map distance

...t. Clickable map of the Middle East region. Andhra Pradesh Road Map with information like Facts & Figures, Fairs & Festivals and ... tamil Nadu Road Atlas and Distance Guide. Bangalore Road Guide and Map ... the maximum likelihood estimate of the map distance as zero, without t...