Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

With rising gas prices and breakdown of electricity supplies, upto 90,000 senior citizens could die due to severe cold, charity organizations have warned.// As the Meteorological Office has issued its second severe weather warning, parliament debated the rising price of gas - essential to warm hom...

Stray Kerala Dogs Face Keyhole Surgery to Control Birth Rate

...C programme. In keyhole surgery, male dogs and bitches ed by removing the testicles and uterus respectively. A good doctor can perform upto ten surgeries a day. Doctors undertaking such surgeries are provided with sterilized operation kits and syringe sets. After the operation and...

China to Curtail Organ Sale

...everal business centers have opened in China to indulge the 'needy'. Some of these centers charge a minimum of $50,000 for a kidney transplant and upto $120,000 for a heart or liver transplant. Earlier the Amnesty international had exposed the organ trade that was carried out in China. ...

Awareness About HIV/AIDS is High Among the Transgenders: Survey

...nders actually responded. According to Isabel, 77 percent of the respondents were aged between 20 and 40 years and over 60 percent had studied upto Class 12. "It is then that their lives change and they drop out of education," Isabel told IANS here. A majority 64 percent revealed t...

Alli- a New Weapon for War Against the Bulges

...6.95 for the refill package of 120 capsules. The drug maker emphasizes that people can only take alli when eating 15 grams of fat at each meal and upto three pills in a day. A higher fat consumption could lead to unsavory side effects including gastrointestinal issues such as urgently needing to go to...

Awareness About HIV/AIDS is High Among the Transgenders: Survey

...genders actually responded. According to Isabel, 77 percent of the respondents were aged between 20 and 40 years and over 60 percent had studied upto Class 12. "It is then that their lives change and they drop out of education," Isabel told IANS here. A majority 64 percent revealed that ...

Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning

... Ciguatera, human poisoning resulting from eating some exotic fish varieties, is increasing all along the coastal regions in the world, reports say. upto 50,000 people worldwide fall victims to it every year, it is estimated. // Scientists say the risks are getting worse, because of the damage that ...

Private Clinics on Public Land Must Treat Poor Free: Court

...ilt on subsidised land, a division bench of Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice H.R. Malhotra said the hospitals are obliged to provide free treatment upto 25 percent of their outdoor patients and 10 percent of their indoor patients. "All the private hospitals are bound to abide by the recommendatio...

Hong Kong to Charge More Birth Fee on Chinese Women

... Hong Kong is to impose a birthing fee of upto $6,150 on women from mainland China crossing the border// to give birth in the city's public hospitals, officials said Monday. The fee - expected...

Trauma Centres on NH-5 in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa

... Under the scheme 'Assistance for capacity Building', Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides financial assistance upto a maximum //of Rs. 1.50 crores or actual, whichever is less, for upgradation and strengthening of emergency facilities of State Hospitals of towns/cit...

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Radial head dislocation

...can present as a chronic radial head dislocation .6 ... Felix N. Traumatic anterior dislocation of the radial head in an adult. ... upto 10 % of comminuted frx of radial head occurr in assoc w/ elbow dislocation ; ... Posterior Dislocation of the Elbow with Fractures of the Radi...

Lipstick

...ee eye colors, one cheek color and lipstick , plus eye and cheek color applicators It has been estimated that in her lifetime a woman ingests upto 4 pounds of lipstick . ... The use of the lipstick is not new; in fact it has been in vogue for ... Style Warrior Lipstick ... Limited-editio...

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FERMENTATION BASICS

...transfer. The frozen storage is the most common and frozen cultures may be kept for several years. The proportion of survivors is critical because upto 95% of the microorganisms are generally killed during freezing and subsequent thawing. The best method of strain preservation is Lyophilization (f...