Latest Health news
BMC to give illegal street vendors hygiene lessons
Oct 31, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Want to eat that roadside pani puri, but scared that it might be unhygienic ? The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has a solution. It has decided to impart hygiene and sanitary lessons to street vendors. According to the chief secretary at Mantralaya, the decision was made in order to …
Mumbai dengue update: Govt makes reporting of dengue cases mandatory
Oct 31, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Trying to control the dengue outbreak, the health department has asked all government and private laboratories to immediately report dengue cases. This move is to ensure that the patients receive immediate treatment. According to officials, laboratories take about three days to send back a report …
Karnataka Bird Flu: Ban on poultry sales till Nov 15
Oct 31, 2012 at 8:04 AM
The CPDO has the look of a ghost town with over 30,000 of its inhabitants killed in the last five days. There are no people around except those participating in the culling exercises, a school has been closed and all poultry sales from in and around the area have been banned till November 15. …
You smoking could give your grandchildren asthma!
Oct 31, 2012 at 7:45 AM
A new research demonstrates how the effects of smoking are far more long-term than we ever thought. Carried out in an animal model the research showed that nicotine exposure during pregnancy reduced lung function in the offspring. To top it off, there was impaired lung function in the …
Over 33,000 birds culled due to bird flu outbreak near Bangalore
Oct 30, 2012 at 11:32 AM
The avian influenza outbreak has really wreaked havoc at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) at Hesaraghatta, 40 km from Bangalore. Due to the outbreak, thousands of chickens, ducks and emus had to be culled. On Monday, the state government confirmed that 206 chickens and 17 ducks …
Fortis launches India’s very first ‘hospital mall’
Oct 30, 2012 at 8:24 AM
On Monday, the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) was officially inaugurated in Gurgaon. Billed as a ‘next-generation concept hospital’, the facility is a unique combination of multi-specialty hospital and shopping mall with eighteen retail and food outlets on the premises. ‘This is a …
Maha state government to fund ZTCCs to boost organ donation
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:59 AM
In a bid to boost Zonal Transplant Coordination Committees (ZTCC) in Maharashtra the state government has proposed to give each of the four ZTCCs a sum of Rs 61,000 per month. Currently, they run on donations from institutions and individuals. The ZTCC is a non-profit NGO which works to improve …
Now a new treatment method for acute allergies!
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:44 AM
An international team of researchers has found that a discovery based on a synthetic molecule could pave the way for quick-acting remedies for a host of acute allergic reactions. Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine, US, and the University of Bern, Switzerland, found that the new …
Hidden heart disease, not sports to blame for cardiac arrests
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:37 AM
There’s been a recent spate of young, healthy athletes dying of sudden cardiac arrest which has prompted experts to believe that that rigorous physical activity caused the heart disease. There’s a belief that extreme physical exercise is bad for the heart. However, a recent study suggests that …
Hunk John Abraham to lose weight for Shoojit Sircar’s film
Oct 29, 2012 at 4:25 PM
He may have the hottest body in the industry, but now John Abraham is all set to take it to the next level for his role in Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Jaffna’. The movie is a political thriller that requires him to be 8 to 9 kg leaner. John Abraham is also producing the thriller which will
Trans-cranial magnetic stimulation helps alleviate Alzheimer’s symptoms!
Oct 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Magnets can be used to ease the pain of Alzheimer’s, researchers believe. Small-scale studies have shown that using magnetic coil to stimulate various parts of the brain involved in learning and memory can help alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s , the Daily Mail reports. The technology had …
Now a super sensitive test kit that can detect HIV, cancer faster!
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Scientists have developed a super sensitive test kit — 10 times more accurate than the gold standard methods currently available — to detect prostate cancer and viral infections at the earliest stages. Gold standard is any standardised reliable clinical assessment, which is generally …
Indian-American develops first ever mouse model of typhoid fever
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:27 PM
The first mouse model of typhoid fever, developed by an Indian-American microbiologist and colleagues, could help in creating more potent vaccines against the deadly pathogen. ‘The two vaccines currently approved for this disease (typhoid) are only modestly effective, so research aimed at …
Want to burn some calories? Watch a horror movie!
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:14 PM
A new research suggests that watching a scary movie could help burn as much as 113 calories, which is almost equivalent to the amount burned during a half-hour walk. The University of Westminster study also found that the 1980 psychological thriller, ‘The Shining’ was the most calorie burning …
