Archives May 2012

31 May 2012

• AIIMS II launched in Haryana
• Bill Gates and Akhilesh Yadav meeting: UP and Gates foundation to tie up to improve healthcare in the state

30 May 2012

• Bill Gates to meet UP CM Akhilesh Yadav today to discuss healthcare in the state
• World MS Day 2012: AIIMS to set up database
• World MS Day 2012: Multiple Sclerosis development can be halted by blocking a protein

29 May 2012

• Stem cell procedure - a new hope for arthritis patients
• Beyonce's post-pregnancy fitness regime
• Nine people go blind after undergoing eye surgery in private hospital in Andhra Pradesh
• India - the world's surrogacy capital?

28 May 2012

• 'Donate a kidney, buy the new iPad'
• Kerala bans gutka and pan masala!

27 May 2012

• 33% of all malaria drugs used across the world are 'fake'!

26 May 2012

• Why Vivek Oberoi is a poster-boy for anti-smoking (World No Tobacco Day)
• Eating apes, monkeys could give rise to a new kind of 'HIV'!

25 May 2012

• Are the big tobacco companies using dubious methods to disrupt anti-tobacco policies?
• Ukraine bans public smoking
• How has the UPA II health ministry performed?
• Caesarian babies more likely to be obese
• Constantly checking emails bad for your heart?
• Those calcium tablets might be increasing your risk for heart attacks
• UP government contemplating banning 'gutka', 'paan masala'
• Have officials in Chennai taken enough precautions for dengue season?
• Heart transplant patient celebrates with Sir Ganga Ram docs!

24 May 2012

• AIIMS-Patna to start this year: Ghulam Nabi Azad
• West Bengal government orders inquiry into crib deaths
• Chhattisgarh couple create record for being oldest couple to undergo knee replacement surgery
• Shahrukh Khan flouting anti-tobacco laws: National Organisation of Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)
• With the ICH4 test, some breast cancer patients can now avoid chemo post-surgery
• CM Jayalalithaa takes measures to control dengue outbreak in Tamil Nadu
• A portable device to detect dengue carrying mosquitoes?

23 May 2012

• Scientists figure out why superbugs are resistant to antibiotics
• Rock concerts will make you deaf!
• Israeli scientists figure out way to repair damaged heart with patient's skin cells
• Chinese hospital gives out sperm IDs!
• Gut probe can spot pancreatic cancer
• Should India follow China's lead to curb drunk driving cases?
• Slow electric currents responsible for cardiac deaths?
• Can cellphone towers give you cancer?
• BARC devises quick method to detect Parkinson's and other neurological disorders using radiopharmaceuticals!
• Shahrukh Khan summoned by Jaipur court for smoking
• Indian pharma firm Ideal cures to launch coating product in Geneva
• G B Pant infant deaths: Docs hit back at corrupt administration

22 May 2012

• Attention to the affected side of the body post-stroke key to recovery
• Musical pacifiers to help pre-mature babies feed?
• G B Pant Hospital infant deaths: Who is to be blamed?
• Dr Reddy's Lab launches generic drug for acidity and heartburn in the USA

21 May 2012

• People with higher EQ easier to deceive?
• Arthritis drug effective against amoebic dysentery?
• Folic acid could prevent cancer in children
• Scientists discover molecular 'switch' that triggers immune system!
• Are heavy snorers likelier to die of cancer?
• Yoga and sports made compulsory for medical students
• Rajesh and Vinod Khanna ill?
• Prenatal exposure to pollution bad for kids!
• Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb loses battle against colon and liver cancer
• Could statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients?
• Want to be smarter? Exercise!

20 May 2012

• Minimally invasive fistula treatment - a better option for fistula patients
• Honey has the power to heal wounds, says study
• Genes responsible for self-control, decision-making and sociability!
• Key to happiness? Parenthood!
• Health Minister calls J & K crib deaths a 'matter of shame'
• G B Pant infant deaths: Omar Abdullah promises visible improvement within 10 days

19 May 2012

• Can eating food loaded with trans-fat make you dumb?
• Strawberries can help fight acidity and gastric ulcers

18 May 2012

• Prosthetic retina being developed can help restore sight
• Three more AIIMS-like institutes needed in UP, says Akhilesh Yadav
• India's first cloud-based Hosp Info System deployed by HCL for Narayan Hrudayalaya
• Odisha govt to look into 'sunstroke' deaths
• MLA blames Kashimiri hospital for children's deaths
• J & K Chief Min orders probe into infant deaths at G.B.Pant Hospital

17 May 2012

• Breakthrough surgery allows paralysed man to move hand!
• Is 'good' cholesterol really good for your heart?
• Alcohol responsible for one out of every eight deaths in Britain
• Avoid sweets, eat fish to become smarter!
• India accounted for 1/5th of all maternal deaths in 2010: UN
• LNJP doctor, Maulana Azad medical prof held on graft charges

16 May 2012

• An ultra-sensitive biosensor that helps diagnose cancer early?
• Kerala tobacco sales order: CM threatens strict action
• Go vegetarian to prevent bowel disorders
• Health Minister initiates pilot diabetes screening in schools
• Those multivitamin pills you pop could increase your cancer risk
• Patients can now get organ transplants from distant relatives too, according to a Delhi HC ruling
• Avoid being sedentary to prevent clots and Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Children carrying heavy schoolbags exposed to spinal injury
• Lara Dutta launches yoga DVD for pregnant women
• How your food habits can help reduce our carbon footprint
• Dalai Lama donates $1.6 mn to fight child malnutrition
• The EnligHTN Renal denervation system to fight hypertension to be launched!
• In genetic disorders, awareness and early diagnosis are important
• Want to be smarter? Take a walk in the park!

15 May 2012

• Anorexic or obese? Your brain's reward circuits decide!
• Sonam Kapoor says quit smoking or opt for electronic cigarettes
• Govt doing everything to improve medical education and healthcare sector: Azad
• Are our drug inspectors woefully unqualified?
• Are alternative therapies really safer than Allopathy?

14 May 2012

• Practice Sahaja Yoga for better mental health
• Aishwarya Rai's Cannes visit to raise funds for fight against AIDS
• Do you have a name for Bipasha Basu's new fitness DVD?
• Three hours - time it takes your body to turn fat into flab
• High-fat, low-carb diet good for type 2 diabetics?
• Infrared light stops eye damage caused by bright lights
• 36 nurses honoured by with the National Florence Nightingale Award
• Russians say scary pictures won't dissuade them from smoking
• Vitamin K2 could treat Parkinson's
• Did Lilavati Hospital's gross negligence leave a heart surgery patient with leg burn injuries?
• Elite panel to scrutinize CDSCO irregularities: Azad
• 16.8 lakh children deaths from infectious diseases in 2010 could have been prevented: Study

13 May 2012

• Brits spend 50 million pounds on sleeping pills in a year!

12 May 2012

• Art of Living to conduct nation-wide meditation camps
• Going against your body clock will make you obese!

11 May 2012

• Is protein the key to immortality?
• Gut bugs battle E.coli bacteria
• Ranbaxy launches anti-malaria drug in Africa
• Kids who sleep with their parents healthier, less obese
• Four people die in Andhra Pradesh after consuming 'tharra'
• Drug scam: MCI to take strict action against rogue doctors
• Kashmiri woman gives birth to quintuplets!
• Truvada - the first pill to beat HIV now goes for FDA approval!

10 May 2012

• Huge irregularities in the functioning of CDSCO
• UP-NRHM Health Scam: Former IAS officer arrested
• UP Health Scam: Former Chief Medical Officer arrested on murder charges
• Diabetes drug could prevent Uveitis - a type of blindness
• Ella Foundation wins $100,000 grant from the Gates foundation
• Curb sale and supply of adulterated milk: Supreme Court
• Eat yoghurt or dahi to improve your virility
• Anti-smoking activists in Kerala oppose I&B ministry decision
• Why are there so few drug inspectors? Parliament standing committee asks the CDSCO
• Health Ministry makes TB a notifiable disease
• Satyameva Jayate effect: MP Health Department suspends licences of 65 MTP centres
• Health Ministry approving drugs without clinical trials - are patients the new guinea pigs?

09 May 2012

• Indo-Pak docs and researchers come together to launch a medical research journal
• Revealed - why children prefer junk food to fruits!
• Manoj Tiwari to spread awareness about Kala Azar
• Now you can measure your FB addiction on the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale
• Found - how sperms fight their way to female egg!
• Quit that job with long commute, improve your health (Survey)
• A vaccine for brain infection causing Meningococcus B coming soon
• India ranks fourth worst in maternal care - again!
• Bihar's child healthcare model to be taken up as global best practice
• AIIMS-like institute in UP's Raebareli district?
• Skin condition Lupus Erythematosus worsens with low Vitamin D levels
• Suffer from heart disease? Avoid living near major roads.
• Cipla to continue slashing cancer drug prices
• Depressed at 40? It could be a sign of impending Alzheimer's.

08 May 2012

• 42 percent Americans will be obese by 2030
• Parliament committee pulls up NACO for lapses in dispensation of HIV drugs
• Bayer challenges 'compulsory license' ruling
• A cure-all method for treating all brain diseases, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's on the cards?
• Fad diets, fat burning pills less effective than exercising and eating less fat for weight loss
• Your eye colour can tell what skin disease you'll have!

07 May 2012

• Aamir Khan and Prasoon Joshi to make films on malnutrition
• BJP to bring a privilege motion against Health Minister Azad for misleading parliament
• Medical council of India won't be dissolved: Azad
• Want to avoid osteoporosis? Play some football or basketball!
• Multiple signalling channels prevent brain overload
• Have smartphones and other devices made porn too easy to access for children?
• British lab grows human body parts like ear and nose
• 'Compulsory licence' to Natco will bring down cost of cancer drug by 97%

06 May 2012

• Don't blame doctors for female foeticide: Aamir Khan
• Can beehive extract slow down cancerous cell growth?
• HIV+ women face more domestic abuse

05 May 2012

• Compulsory licensing effect: Cipla slashes price of generic cancer drug by 80%!

04 May 2012

• Garlic 100 times more potent than popular antibiotics at combating food-borne illnesses
• May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day
• Want to live longer? Jog regularly!
• 'Dirty' Vidya says sanitation needs to become a national obsession!
• Prebiotic helps lower colon cancer risk: study
• Want to be more productive? Take a vacation from work emails!
• Diabetics can reduce heart attack risk and arterial stiffness by losing weight
• Can black pepper keep obesity away?
• NGO hits out at Jannat 2 poster which shows Emraan Hashmi smoking
• Beta-carotene in carrots could affect your vision, bone strength and immunity!
• Dengue back in Delhi with 21 confirmed cases

03 May 2012

• Rajnikanth meets kids with Cystinosis, a rare genetic disorder
• AIIMS in big trouble as doctors continue to leave
• Why is AIIMS severely understaffed?
• More sets and reps with light weights better for muscle hypertrophy than working out with heavy weights!
• Half of all child deaths in India are preterm births
• Did the Delhi zoo rhino die of an anthrax infection?
• Terminal leukodystrophy - The 'Benjamin Button' condition that is turning two Brits into kids!
• Multitasking may feel good but it makes you less efficient!
• Mixing conventional medicine and herbs could be toxic!

02 May 2012

• Passive smoking extremely harmful for asthmatic children
• Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) linked to learning and behaviour problems
• Now - a toll free helpline for stroke victims
• Fruits kept within reach increases their intake, staves off obesity
• Were the ten children who died of measles in the last 20 days from Odisha's Rayagada Kasipur block vaccinated?
• Delhi to get eight new hospitals including a super-speciality one for cancer patients

01 May 2012

• Vitamin D could protect you from viral infections!
• Swine flu updates in India (2012)
• Two more people test positive for swine flu in Mumbai
• UNAIDS head lauds India's HIV-AIDS prevention efforts
• Wedding feast lands 148 people in the hospital!