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Light therapy and technology

October 3, 2012
If nature is here, can technology be far behind? Gone are the days when color therapy required the sun. The modern therapist makes use of colored bulbs to give out radiation on infected areas. In fact, Italy has also invented a …

Wisdom varies from culture to culture

September 1, 2012
Wisdom may not be everybody’s cup of tea. According to scientists, wisdom is directly linked to the ability of resolving conflict. Conflicts are usually resolved differently in different cultures. Americans are known to …

Earthquakes up heart disease risk!

August 28, 2012
The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11 last year, in which nearly 16,000 people were killed, also triggered a sharp rise in the incidence of heart disease, according to medical records. Based on the …

Aromatherapy: The basics

October 3, 2012
Sleepless nights, six weeks of a hacking cough, the mandatory course of antibiotics, changing bottle of fat, sweet globules of homeopathic medicine, experimenting with what seemed like everybody's grandmother's remedies—I went …

India gets 120 mn yen (Rs 7.2 cr) from Japan to fight polio

March 27, 2012
Continuing support to the polio eradication initiative in India, the government of Japan Monday provided 120 million Yen (Rs.7.2 crore) grant to the UNICEF for purchase of vaccines, supplies, equipment and services for the year …