Archives August 2012

31 August 2012

• Six orphaned siblings in UP seek permission to die as they have no food
• Vaginal tightening creams - the new way to empower our women?
• Punjab's health secy exposes doc in sting operation
• AIIMS bill passed in parliament
• Dead rats from Jaipur's flooded areas set off alarm
• Indian Navy hospitals to use IT to provide better healthcare services
• West Bengal Dengue Update: 517 cases so far
• Acid attack victim hopes to have normal face after surgeries

30 August 2012

• "Novartis win will have an adverse impact on the access to treatment"
• Malnutrition in children a big challenge says the PM
• Lifestyle diseases on the rise in developing nations
• Research suggests the flu transmission occurs before symptoms appear!
• Why Thomas Edison is responsible for the global obesity epidemic
• Can junk food give you Alzheimer's?
• Climate changes could cause bird flu pandemic: Experts
• Rules to curb junk food sale in and around schools on the cards?
• Curb commercials promising 'magical cures': Delhi Govt to I&B Ministry
• Vitamins could strengthen immune system to fight against superbugs
• President stresses the need to provide healthcare to all
• Stroke victims who smoke are likelier to die
• Why men are sadder than women
• From Thailand with love - a condom vending machine!
• Never too late to start walking!
• US lauds India's efforts to eradicate polio
• Tummy out after pain killers? Kolkata scientists find a cure
• Children given anaesthesia suffer from learning disabilities
• Prez wants Private-Public Partnership to better healthcare services
• UP-NRHM Scam: Court pulls up CBI for tardy progress

29 August 2012

• Ex-AIIMS director to shape Goa's healthcare policy
• Kashmir Health Minister not worried about uranium levels in water
• No proof that chocolates and red wine protect your heart
• Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Notice issued to hospitals and nursing homes
• Health Minister worried about nation's sperm quality
• Breast milk provides greater immunity than any infant formula
• Delhi's state health scheme to cover more people

28 August 2012

• Earthquakes up heart disease risk!
• Central obesity linked to higher death rates?
• Low cal diets has long-term benefits
• Dormant diabetes virus found?
• Can reading actually stimulate your brain?
• West Bengal Dengue Update: 313 cases so far
• Renal denervation with radio waves could revolutionize treatment of high BP
• Punjab becomes eight Indian state to ban gutka and pan masala
• The new Solitaire Flow Restoration device - a boon for people with strokes!

27 August 2012

• Now a smartphone case made with spacecraft-material to protect you from radiation!
• Nuclear power plants do no pose a cancer risk: PMO
• Can psychotherapy treat skin ailments?
• One drink a day elevates cancer risk!
• Agra doctor gives new hope to the hearing impaired
• New tactic to disarm superbugs

26 August 2012

• 7000 doctors needed in the rural sector
• Chimps, unlike their human cousins aren't cancer prone
• Scientists find new way of killing tumours
• 80 Ayurveda colleges denied permission to admit students
• An eye test to detect Alzheimer's?
• Brazil company recalls 620,000 condoms!
• New virus that targets children!
• Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Paswan demands CBI probe
• Govt of J&K joins anti tobacco bandwagon, may ban gutka soon

25 August 2012

• No more pinpricks - glucose can now be detected in saliva, tears and urine!

24 August 2012

• No more government hospital admission fees in Akhilesh's UP!
• NGO demands Sahara's misrepresenting ads be withdrawn
• West Bengal Dengue Update: 109 cases so far
• Do Ayurvedic medicines cause lead poisoning?
• UP Swine Flu Update: No govt directive on virus yet

23 August 2012

• Hope floats for childless couple in city of lakes
• Kerala to use Ayurveda to boost tourism
• Five more people tested positive for H1N1 in Lucknow
• Narayana Netralaya to do collaborative research on preventive eye care
• UP gets 200 new ambulances under the NHRM scheme
• Murrah cows fuel Haryana's milk revolution
• Could an additive help you shed those excess pounds?
• Maternal health initiative: Ask women what they want
• BMC's anti-tuberculosis drive lauded
• New healthcare initiatives in Akhilesh's UP
• Senior citizen succumbs to Swine flu

22 August 2012

• Could your daily cuppa cause weight gain?
• Pathbreaking case - India Vs Big Pharma - in Supreme Court tomorrow
• Antibiotics can cause obesity?
• Clinical drug trials killed over a thousand people last year: Health Minister
• Bihar's Conjoined Twins: Mother doesn't want them separated

21 August 2012

• A billion rupee medicine scam in Pakistan's Sindh province
• Five more infants perish at Ruia hospital

20 August 2012

• Instant test to detect fake drugs
• Marriage makes women drink more!
• Could speech reveal level of depression?
• Cereal bars aren't that healthy!
• Pan-fried meat could give your prostate cancer!
• A bug could make you suicidal!
• Indian docs save Pakistani woman's life with successful liver transplant
• Unfeasible to set up regional mental health institutions: Health Minister
• Drug Controller General of India asks ethics committees to keep vigil on trials

19 August 2012

• AP infants' deaths: Medical negligence ruled out

18 August 2012

• New approach to beat Urinary Tract Infections
• What are your chances of developing kidney failure?
• Drug Controller okays clot-busting drug
• Jalandhar Civil Hospital: Action against officials for medical negligence
• Child marriages rampant in Odisha: Survey
• Kerala hospital authorities concede to nurse's demands, strike ends

17 August 2012

• Could mahogany leaves treat diabetes?
• Sleep apnea prevalent in women
• Negligence leads to removal of woman's gall bladder instead of appendix
• Ruia hospital under the scanner for infants' deaths

16 August 2012

• IGNOU to start two new online peadiatric programmes
• China to adjust its anti-dumping duty on Indian antibiotics
• Self control in children may reduce their BMI
• Chemicals in Plastic bottles may be clogging your arteries
• Olive oil enriched diet could protect your bones
• Palanquins to transfer patients to hospitals in Himachal Pradesh
• Breakthrough in blocking morphine addiction
• Hepatitis C vaccine to soon be a reality
• Overweight mothers may be putting unborn babies at risk
• Piramal to initiate clinical research course in Harvard
• Nurses on strike threaten suicide
• India to provide free medicines and better health care

15 August 2012

• Cipla launches Qvir, a four in one HIV drug for Rs 158
• Permanent dental implants give the toothless hope!
• Oral cancer causing chemical found in gutka!
• High acid content in energy drinks bad for tooth enamel
• Most people don't know how to brush properly
• High acid levels in juice bad for your kid's teeth!
• Poor oral hygiene could give you cancer!
• Too many dental X-rays could give you a brain tumour!
• Harvesting stem cells from milk tooth could save your child's life
• Pakistan girl all set to get cochlear implant through Indian NGO
• Egg yolks as bad as smoking for your arteries?

14 August 2012

• Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure: Doctor
• Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away
• Size zero more important than health for young women
• Religious beliefs prolong the suffering of sick children
• Could your soap be affecting your strength?
• Organ donor dead, search for liver and kidney donor for Deshmukh continues
• Vilasrao Deshmukh set to undergo kidney and liver transplant, after being put on the 'super ultra-emergency' list

13 August 2012

• New stem cell therapy promising for post injury arthritis
• Can stethoscopes make you trust your doctor more?
• India conducts survey to combat 'silent killer'
• Could migraines cause decreased brain function ?
• Bizarre - girl has 'nails' growing all over her body!
• Could stress and depression be shrinking your brain?
• Land allotted by UP govt for Rae Barelii-AIIMS
• Could your regular Aspirin reduce your chances of cancer mortality?
• Viper snake causes panic in Kolkata hospital

12 August 2012

• Health regulators to monitor quality of hospital services?
• WB Government to start awareness campaign after 80 dengue cases are confirmed

11 August 2012

• Stressed men prefer larger women
• Stem cells might hold the key to explaining creativity and other higher brain functions!
• Dengue back in Kolkata?

10 August 2012

• Anti-Hepatitis A vaccine provides immunity for 10 years
• Human antibodies against flu virus identified
• Now a blood test to detect Alzeimer's
• UN and World Bank to collectively address global challenges
• Could sleeping pills be making your insomnia worse?
• Dispose Bhopal's toxic waste now: Supreme Court
• Vilasrao Deshmukh suffering from Hepatitis B, liver cancer
• Planning Commission to rethink 'corporatised healthcare' proposal after public outrcy
• Why did the Bombay Hospital nurses go on strike?
• Now potato juice could treat heartburn and ulcers

09 August 2012

• Could sulphuric acid fumes be affecting you?
• Healthcare activists balk at 12th Five year Plan document's proposals
• Now scientists can predict whether teenagers will become heavy drinkers!
• Indian pharma to sell diabetes and hypertension drugs at Rs 2 per tablet!
• India wants AYUSH to be globally recognised
• Don't lie. It's bad for your health!
• Satyamev Jayate Impact: Yamunanagar district to have ramps for the disabled
• Delhi HC issues notice to private hospitals for failing to provide free healthcare to the poor
• Scientists look to ramp up immunity in infants
• Work on Rai Bareli AIIMS-like institution to begin soon
• Vilasrao Deshmukh's condition stable: Hospital official
• Uterus Removal Scam: Over 16,000 illegal hysterectomies performed in Bihar
• Unscrupulous docs in Chattisgarh performed illegal hysterectomies on poor village woman to pocket Govt funds
• Chattisgarh docs grilled about illegal womb removal procedures
• NHRC issues notice to Chattisgarh govt over illegal 'womb removal' cases
• "India ranks second in the world after China in export of medicinal plants"

08 August 2012

• India and other BRICS countries' health spends going up
• Vilasrao Deshmukh on life-support, visited by Maha CM Chavan
• Can grapefruit juice boost the efficacy of cancer drugs?
• Does junk food make your kids dumb?
• Mumbai to host international students' meet
• Affordable diagnostic kits for dengue and chikungunya to be launched by HLL
• Gutka comes under the food category: Maha Govt
• Lack of docs, not funds responsible for healthcare woes: Karnataka Health Minister
• Could weight training beat diabetes?
• Vilasrao Deshmukh showing signs of improvement
• Obese and diabetic? You'll live longer than your slimmer diabetic counterparts!
• Vilasrao Deshmukh's condition criticial
• Can ginger keep diabetes at bay?

07 August 2012

• Vilasrao Deshmukh ill, to undergo major surgery
• Is fasting the new fad diet in town?
• Can tigers contract AIDS?
• Cattle vaccine can halve E. coli levels
• Infants of obese mothers slow developers
• Body painted PETA activist to protest
• IMA asks Chattisgarh govt to reveal findings of 'uterus removal scam' investigation
• Delhi Govt adds 70 new hi-tech ambulances to its fleet
• Imagine a world without malaria - Aussie docs are working on it!

06 August 2012

• Grafting helps normalise heartbeats
• Mothers have sharper memories after childbirth
• New approach could reverse liver failure
• Did the SMS hospital's doctors' negligence result in a young girl's death?
• Schizophrenic brain tries to heal itself
• Australian researchers closer to finding a vaccine for malaria
• 18 affordable health kiosks set up in Bangalore
• Britain may crack down on e-cigarettes
• Fasting best way to quit smoking: Pakistani expert
• Strawberry extract protects skin against UV rays
• Strong hearts help kids secure higher grades
• New 'spray-on skin' heals ulcers faster: Study
• Conman doc nabbed at RML Hospital by Delhi Police
• Sushil Kumar, Vijendar Singh and their fellow Olympians fight for polio eradication
• Max Super Speciality Hospital, Patparganj Holds First Max Cardiocon 2012
• Assam Govt on high alert for epidemics in relief camps

05 August 2012

• Satyamev Jayate: Aamir asks Nitish Kumar to popularise generic drugs
• Former health min Ramadoss granted bail
• Shreya Ghoshal to perform at AAPI US tour
• Saina Nehwal's dietary changes (London Olympics 2012)

04 August 2012

• Weight loss secures long term health benefits
• Mumbai Swine Flu Update: Virus back in the city?
• Gilead Sciences inks deal with Ranbaxy and others to provide low-cost generic HIV drug
• Does wine protect against osteoporosis?
• Insomnia rampant in third world countries: Study

03 August 2012

• Flatworm may help battle eye diseases
• Sister gives brother an irreplaceable Rakhi gift - one of her kidneys!
• Harnessing deadly fumes to reverse heart disease?
• Mindfulness helps women deliver healthier babies
• Infrared light heals vision damaged by Parkinson's
• Revealed – the reason behind Abhinav Bindra’s dismal performance at the London Olympics
• Tuberculosis ups diabetes risk
• Should India follow Israel's example and tax junk food items?

02 August 2012

• Poor sleep reduces the efficacy of vaccine
• Ineffective shots spur rise in whooping cough
• Oncologist of Indian origin develops method to use old drugs to treat new diseases
• Safe motherhood incidents a success: Health Minister Azad
• Obesity related lifestyle diseases on the rise among Thai Buddhist monks!
• Outrageous - SRK fined just Rs 100 for smoking in stadium!
• Karnataka Swine Flu Update: Virus claims 28 lives
• How dangerous are mobile phone towers in residential buildings?
• Bal Thackeray discharged from Lilavati hospital

01 August 2012

• Parents can spur kids' activity by example
• Boys' impulsiveness linked to better math ability
• Skin bugs protects body from infection
• Women who flirt get better deal
• Poor mental health linked to decreased lifespan?
• Wonder why doctors leave scissors in gut?
• Childhood obesity leads to infertility later in life
• Stress during pregnancy could lead to ill health in children
• Experts emphasise the need for a strategy against Zoonotic diseases
• World Breastfeeding Week 2012: Breastfeeding mummies have babies with healthier tummies
• World Breastfeeding Week 2012: Antibodies in breast milk could neutralize HIV!
• Selenium cuts cancer risk