Archives September 2012

30 September 2012

• Ground-breaking rib surgery promises recovery in days!
• Coming soon - trifocal lens to deal with near, far and intermediate vision!
• Food poisoning - 70 hospitalised in West Bengal
• Guinness World Record by Fortis: 14,161 cholesterol tests in a day!

29 September 2012

• Regular screening can enhance epileptics' quality of life
• Akshay Kumar's healthy heart mantra - eat before sunset!
• Free heart check-ups and EMI options for poor
• World Heart Day 2012: Focus on women and children
• World Health Statistics 2012: One in six adults obese, one in three hypertensive,one in 10 diabetic
• 72% corporate employees at a higher risk of heart attack: ASSOCHAM Survey
• Nirmal Bharat Yatra: An effort to end open defecation to start on Oct 3rd
• World Heart Day: Heart disease on the rise among young Indians
• Wake up! Sleeping pill increases dementia risk
• Popping those sleeping pills may not be a good idea

28 September 2012

• HELPSos – a Telecare platform for the elderly
• Consumer court slaps Rs.50,000 penalty for medical negligence
• Five ambulances for Vrindavan widow homes
• Now AIIMS docs can access medical reports like CT scans, X-rays on their smartphones!
• Type-2 diabetes - intestinal bacteria to blame!
• Heart diseases on the rise in women: India's first woman cardiologist
• Rabies control on government’s priority list
• Shocking - docs from Delhi pvt hospital leave surgical swab in pregnant women's stomach!
• Meghalaya docs go on 24-hour strike to protest colleague's detention
• Kerala company to launch blood donors directory
• Gurgaon bans hookah bars

27 September 2012

• Snoring has no connection to cardiovascular disease
• Scientists find a way to keep you young!
• First of its kind - breast cancer survivors' share experiences and get tips!
• Now a 3.5 year course to create community health officers!
• Update: Baba Ramdev's unit given another chance to get products tested

26 September 2012

• 'Don't discount doctor's gut feeling'
• Babus and docs clash in Bihar
• New MCI course evokes resentment among doctors
• Childhood obesity leading to early onset of cardiovascular ailments
• Irregularities found in Baba Ramdev's Trust's products
• Treating accident victims could become compulsory for hospitals
• Red wine may help you live longer and healthier!
• Madhya Pradesh Swine Flu Update: Death toll rises to 16
• West Bengal to have three million unwanted babies by 2021
• Angered at alleged medical negligence villagers set hospital on fire after kin dies
• Cancer death rates in Britain on the decline
• Red wine key to longevity?
• Blame fast food logos for children’s unhealthy food choices!
• Nine small meals a day could make you slimmer!

25 September 2012

• AIIMS-Patna starts functioning
• Cuban scientists test prostate cancer vaccine
• Madhya Pradesh Swine Flu Update: Doctors falling prey to the virus
• Long hours of sitting could give you a desk bum
• Centre to restructure child nutrition plan
• Post-operation survival rates have increased by 88% in the last 50 years!
• Eggs and meat during pregnancy good for the baby
• Would you wear a body suit to hide your moobs and beer belly?
• WHO identifies rare SARS-like virus
• A stem cell jab could help your heart heal itself!
• Scientists isolate gene that causes male breast cancer
• UNAIDS has a new goodwill ambassador - Aishwarya Rai!
• Can genetically modified crops cause cancerous tumours?

24 September 2012

• Monarch - a headset that assists epilepsy, depression treatment
• Can turmeric cure gastric inflammation and ulcers?
• Scientists figure out way to activate infertile sperm!
• Backache could be genetic!
• Sugary beverages could increase risk of obesity
• Chocolate eaters and opium addicts in the same boat: Link found between the obese and drug addicts
• Swiss citizens reject anti-tobacco laws
• Cuban scientists create nano version of immunosuppressant used by organ transplant patients
• Meet RP7 - Britain's first robodoc!
• Painkillers more fatal than heroin and cocaine put together!
• Three Pakistani docs joins 300 Indian ones at Punjab health camp for the poor
• Is chocolate as addictive as opium?
• Lifestyle diseases on the rise in urban India

23 September 2012

• Eye donation hit by lack of technicians: Experts
• Meet Dr Husein Jetpurwala - the man who overcame cerebral palsy to become a doc
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Health finally agree on tobacco scenes in films
• Disease caused by infected mites kills 10 in Himachal Pradesh

22 September 2012

• Rare lung transplant saves the life of 34 year old
• I&B and health ministries agree on middle ground for smoking in films

21 September 2012

• People with psychopathic tendencies seem to have a poor sense of smell!
• Balanced lifestyle key to healthy ageing
• Schoolchildren to Kareena: Please don't smoke onscreen
• Our memory is like a game of 'Chinese whispers'!
• Baby girl with cleft lip abandoned at G.B. Pant hospital

20 September 2012

• Snake venom - could it give rise to drugs that could treat cancer, diabetes and hypertension?
• Party drug mephedrone causes memory damage
• Popping too many painkillers can lead to headaches
• Indian women descend into early menopause, up their risk of cardiovascular disease
• Depressed? It might be prejudice that's getting you down
• Medical negligence lands Chennai woman in ICU

19 September 2012

• A new hope for asthmatics?
• Does Alzheimer's damage brain wiring?
• Oral bugs may double pancreatic cancer risks: Study
• 126 fall ill in Tripura after eating prasad
• Heat waves or cold spells could cause heart attacks
• IVF gaining popularity among villagers in West Bengal
• Dr Sanjeev Dhawan, senior cardiologist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital shot dead
• Single kids at a 50% higher risk of being obese
• iPad v/s books: What would you prefer your child study from?
• Human Rights panel seeks report on dengue from West Bengal government
• What makes you a great mom?
• Allahabad court to Akhilesh: Ban gutka or we will

18 September 2012

• West Bengal Dengue Update: Seven dead, 2033 cases
• One of three British men, too fat to see their penises!
• 'Sound levels in ICUs exceed WHO limits'
• HIV positive caregivers for HIV positive children
• 'Chewing betel leaf may help fight cancer'
• Coming soon via IVF - a child with three parents!
• Kids likelier to eat veggies if they have catchier names!
• When it comes to your health, a 'can-do' attitude makes all the difference!
• Diabetes drug promises cure for Alzheimer's
• Asthmatic kids likelier to suffer from anxiety and depression
• UP Encephalitis Update: Child rights panel summons health official over children's deaths

17 September 2012

• President Pranab Mukherjee wants greater allocation to healthcare sector
• Blame your genes, not your boss for job stress
• Five-day old abandoned girl found at GB Pant Hospital
• Maha govt looks to ease pressure on organ recipents
• PM asks Health Ministry and Planning Commission to sort out their differences
• Where did the gentlemen go?
• Health Ministry discusses ‘Universal Health Coverage’ plan with NAC
• Madhya Pradesh Swine Flu Update: Toll rises to eight
• Beat stress and anxiety through exercise

16 September 2012

• Deep sleep triggers puberty?
• Scientists debunk 'white bread is bad' myth
• Now a low cost ultra low cost scanner that detects foetal defects
• New test detects growth hormone doping
• Exercising and staying away from booze can increase your bone density!
• UP to integrate Yoga, homeopathy and other alternative therapies in its healthcare services
• Massage therapy as an alternative to surgery for heart patients?
• Apollo Hospitals to train docs in Ghana
• New ultrasound technique could do away with injections!
• No more 'Happy Hours' in Chandigarh pubs
• Bombay High Court upholds gutka, pan masala
• Travelling, urbanisation to blame for dengue outbreaks?
• HIV positive man gets 25 year jail sentence for raping stepdaughter
• Losing weight: It's not just what you eat, but when you eat!

15 September 2012

• Pakistani businessman is Delhi's first marrow transplant case from unrelated donor
• Scientists isolate genes that give you unique facial identity
• Fridge greatest innovation related to food and drink: British scientists
• Parental divorce ups stroke risk in males
• Discovery shows statins could fight cancer
• UP government rolls out 133 ambulances
• Bangalore institutes tie up with UK Varsity for cancer research
• Indian generic drugs not fake: WHO

14 September 2012

• New York bans over-sized sugary drinks
• Why has Bipasha been hospitalised?
• Indian pharma launches JEEV - a vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis
• 16.55 lakh Indian children died before they turned five: UNICEF
• Judges tell Novartis at Rs 1.2 lakh a month, drugs too expensive for them!

13 September 2012

• The Dalai Lama joins the fight against obesity!
• Apollo Hospitals to set up 30 telemedicine units in Africa
• Low-cost pain killer can wipe out resistant TB, say researchers
• New ultra-sensitive device detects traces of toxic metals
• Scientists find protein responsible for heart failure!
• Exercising actually diminishes appetite!
• Men more open to counselling now says leading psychotherapist
• Cell phone users hear 'phantom ringing'
• Passive smoking leads to memory loss!
• Novartis claims to have distributed free drugs worth Rs 7,500 cr
• Tv show to focus on Yuvraj's cancer battle
• World Sepsis Day 2012: Disease kills more people than AIDS
• SC asks Novartis to reduce drug price - again!
• Are woman smokers at a higher risk of ovarian cancer?
• Professionals who work for more than 8 hours a day, increase their risk of heart attack by 80%
• Omega 3 pills unable to prevent heart attacks
• Simple lifestyle changes can prevent diabetes
• Fatty foods during pregnancy linked to breast cancer in daughters
• Humane Society International urges global leaders to adopt 'Meatless Mondays'

12 September 2012

• Is GM rice being tested on children?
• Keep dementia at bay with Vitamin C
• Govt working on methods to curb spurious drugs: Health Ministry
• Keep diabetes and heart disease at bay: Cut down on red meat
• Sleeping pills ineffective for 40% insomniacs

11 September 2012

• Weight loss programs across the country unreliable: Experts
• DM Healthcare to invest over Rs 2150 cr in Kerala
• Habitual drinkers likelier to get stroke earlier
• Pregnancy-linked cancers on the rise
• Humans increasingly poisoned by reef fish
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Governor blames state administration for spurt in cases
• Delhiites happy with gutka ban
• Will we have a dengue vaccine by 2015?
• Docs asked to improve their handwriting!
• That's some good shit!
• Men want brains, women want looks!
• DDU hospital hires bouncers to protect docs
• 12th Five Year Plan to focus on drug regulation
• Delhi bans gutka

10 September 2012

• Docs blame babus for Bihar's woeful healthcare scenario
• Older obese kids consume lesser calories than their healthy peers
• New oral spray effectively kills most of flu germs
• Indian scientists find cure for 'kala azar'
• Public Private Partnerships (PPP) can improve country's healthcare scenario
• Can Vitamin A intake prevent cancer?
• World Suicide Prevention Day 2012: Over 1.8 lakh Indians take their lives every year

09 September 2012

• Cryoblation - a technique to normalise irregular heartbeats!
• Bio-sensor may free diabetics from painful pinpricks!
• Placebo works by triggering immune system!
• Finnish company looks to solve India's arsenic water problem
• Viral fever grips Gurgaon
• Grandmother gives 'birth' to her granddaughter!
• 77 new polio cases in Nigeria
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Toll crosses 1000

08 September 2012

• A new class of drugs that only attacks cancer cells!
• Scientists hope to beat cancer cells with guerrilla tactics
• Intellectual property board hears Bayer vs compulsory licencing case, verdict awaited
• Two devices to predict mental blackouts launched
• Centre to address mental health issues launched
• Tattoos a source of bacterial infection?
• Even a little weight gain can cause hypertension
• People with kidney stones likelier to need dialysis or transplant
• Mamata criticises civic bodies for negligence in combating dengue
• World's first IVF clinic opens its second facility in India
• Tamil Nadu Cheif Minister Jayalalithaa opposes common entrance test for students
• Clinical trial victims from 2011 get only Rs 2.2 lakh compensation!
• Smoking scene earns 'Heroine' an 'A' certificate
• Male child sexual abuse victims thrice as likely to have heart attack!

07 September 2012

• Anti depressants for osteoarthritis?
• Apollo limping back to normalcy
• Mamata Banjerjee gives tips to stave dengue
• New blood test will help detect calcium deposits
• UP quack scoops out infant's brain during surgery
• Now a single injection can rid of the beer belly!

06 September 2012

• Computers lower dementia risk
• Vitamin D supplement won't help in short term
• Name your phobias to conquer them
• Scientists figure out how to eliminate plaque formation in Alzheimer's
• Biocompatible gel to replace damaged cartilage
• Insomnia linked to Alzheimer's?
• South East Asia on target to be polio-free by 2014: WHO
• Could green tea boost your brain power?
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Toll rises to 789
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spreads the message of universal peace through meditation
• Scientists identify genes responsible for glaucoma
• Obesity not synonymous with ill-health?
• Why is India's emergency healthcare system in tatters?
• Smokers who look ahead likelier to quit

05 September 2012

• Can Akhilesh Yadav solve UP's malnutrition problem?
• Fat, not sugar responsible for type 2 diabetes?
• Embryoscope can improve IVF success rate by 17%
• CDSCO looks to crackdown on illegal drug sales
• Parliament approves NIMHANS bill to alleviate mental health issues

04 September 2012

• West Bengal Dengue Update: Mamata blames docs and private hospitals for dengue scare
• Scrub typhus kills two in Himachal Pradesh
• Reel smoking is back
• Junior docs go on a rampage after being attacked by encephalitis patient's family
• Lucknow Swine Flu Update: Toll rises to 56
• A pacemaker with no battery on the cards?
• Jayalalithaa asks PM to levy user charges at JIPMER
• Cancelling compulsory license won't be against public interest: Bayer
• Brain doesn't allow maths and memories to mix!
• Want to lose weight? Have some dessert with breakfast!
• Malaria rears its ugly head in Goa
• DNA sequencing tracks details of TB outbreak
• Can asthma drugs cause stunting?
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Mamata asks media not to spread 'false rumours'
• Pharma companies must submit safety records every 6 months
• Bombay HC refuses to give relief to doc charged with medical negligence
• National Nutrition Week: Food is not your enemy - expert dietician Pooja Makhija

03 September 2012

• Medical services hit as junior doctors in Andhra intensify stir
• Coconut oil to tackle tooth decay?
• Alcohol negates recovery from traumatic experiences
• Asthmatic kids likelier to be bullied
• Eating with friends makes you fat!
• Can gene therapy restore our sense of smell?
• Genes that trigger bipolar disorder discovered?
• Mobile phones, computer keyboards carry more germs than toilet seats!
• Can exposure to PCBs used in industrial products aggravate asthma symptoms?
• UP Encephalitis Update: Death toll rises to 225
• Ten years to achieve Universal Health Coverage?
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Toll rises to 643

02 September 2012

• Fish, packaged, fried and fast foods prevents brain from shrinking
• Re-heating cooking oil linked with cancer and brain disease
• Olive oil cuts risk of stroke by 41 percent
• Ex-Mumbai Mayor undergoes rare heart surgery
• West Bengal Dengue Update: Three dead, 638 cases

01 September 2012

• Safe Motherhood day observed in India
• Assam CM Tarun Gogoi looks to bring down infant and maternal mortality in the state
• Money could kill!
• WHO ambassador commends India's anti-leprosy effort
• Wisdom varies from culture to culture
• Sri Lanka is almost malaria-free!
• Infant's diet linked to healthy adult life
• Now cell phone radiation to be monitored!
• 570 dengue cases recorded in Bengal
• India is third worst place for new mothers
• Post-sting op, doc to be chargesheeted