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Is our brain always working?
Oct 8, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Researchers have discovered that the brain behaves as if it is remembering something, even under anaesthesia. They measured during sleep the activity of a brain region involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s. Researchers simultaneously measured the activity of single neurons (brain …
Provide details of clinical trials in country: Supreme Court
Oct 8, 2012 at 3:16 PM
The central government has been asked by the Supreme Court on Monday to provide details of clinical trials being conducted throughout the country, their side effects and deaths, if any. The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Anil R. Dave, while asking the central government to …
Display treatment costs: Health Ministry to private hospitals
Oct 8, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Soon private hospitals will have to declare and display the cost of various treatments. The health ministry on Sunday said that this exercise will check unnecessary medical tests and procedures, and will bring in transparency in the healthcare sector. ‘Our aim is to notify standard costs for …
Diabetes test in a minute with lesser blood and at Rs 2!
Oct 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM
A low cost super-fast diabetes testing device created by Indian scientists from BITS Pilani has passed the final evaluation conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It was confirmed by a panel of experts, including the director general of ICMR that the test and diagnostic tool …
Breast cancer survivor on a mission to conquer the Himalayas
Oct 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM
A dental surgeon, after defeating breast cancer, has taken up the challenge to conquer the Himalayas in an off-road motor race that began on Sunday. Ritu Biyani, 53, is one the participants in the Raid de Himalaya, one of the most gruelling motor rallies in the world. For the former Army Dental …
Patient admitted for dialysis and discharged with Hepatitis C?
Oct 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Department of health and family welfare is probing a complaint of alleged negligence towards a patient undergoing dialysis at the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital in Bangalore. In his complaint, a Pune based 28-year-old mechanical engineer has alleged that he got infected with Hepatitis C virus …
Researchers identify ‘trauma switch’ that keeps us from going insane
Oct 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM
It seems that our brain has a ‘trauma switch’ that prevents us from going insane! Researchers have identified a trauma switch that protects us from developing irrational and uncontrollable fear. Our brains have the extraordinary capacity to adapt to changing environments, which …
Delhi dengue update: 33 new cases on Sunday
Oct 8, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Delhi Health Minister Dr A K Walia has warned officials responsible for fumigation and other anti-dengue drives that goofing on the job will simply not be tolerated as the number of dengue cases continue to increase in the national capital. On Sunday the capital reported 33 new dengue cases, taking …
Vitamin pills to boost memory?
Oct 8, 2012 at 8:27 AM
A daily multivitamin tablet may improve the memory and slow mental deterioration, the Daily Mail reported Sunday. According to new studies, taking supplements has a beneficial effect on memory and may work by increasing the efficiency of brain cells. One study showed that after just four weeks …
One in 20 women in cities suffer from breast cancer every year
Oct 8, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Tata Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Cancer Initiative (WCI) and Pune-based support group Breast Friends (BF) jointly organised a two-day Indian Breast Cancer Survivors Conference in the city on October 6 and 7. The conference was organised by Pune oncologists and founder of Breast Friends Pune, Dr …
Masina hospital update: Unrest continues
Oct 8, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Protesting workers did not allow the hospital’s medical director, administrator and human resources officers to enter the premises on day 2 of protest at Masina Hospital in Byculla. Workers, however, insisted that they were discharging their duties as per their routine. About 450 hospital …
70 million people received free drugs in Rajasthan: Officials
Oct 8, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Officials said on Sunday that the free medicine scheme launched by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot a year ago has benefit 70 million people. The scheme was officially launched on Oct 2, 2011 on Mahatma Gandhi’s 142nd birth anniversary. ’Two lakh (200,000) people take advantage of this scheme …
Superfoods – are they just a myth?
Oct 7, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Superfoods may have been the mainstay of the health industry for a long time, but now researchers are questioning their much touted health promoting properties. Foods such as broccoli, blueberries and whole grains do contain polyphenols, compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory …
Mothers responsible for their kids’ drinking problems!
Oct 7, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Kids often emulate their mother, not father, when it comes to drinking habits in adulthood, says a landmark study. Children are more likely to see their mothers drink than their fathers, who do most of their drinking outside the home, the researcher said. Demos, the think-tank, tracked the …
