Eat 'The' Color and be healthy
Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 17 Nov 2005
The government has got a mixed response to their new color coded system for categorizing healthy foods. The food Standard Agency consulted over 2,600 people in the UK on four possible front- of pack S...
Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu
Posted in General Support group on Wed, 16 Nov 2005
NEW DELHI: Indian Pharmaceutical company Cipla has offered to manufacture an antiviral drug for bird flu called Zanamivir (Relenza) that is currently being manufactured by Glaxo Smithkline. It has al...
VELscope instrument to detect mouth cancer
Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 16 Nov 2005
Oral cancer can be now detected by using a hand-held scope called VELscope, which has been developed by B.C. Cancer Agency from the fund given by National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research. Th...
Caesareans In U.S. At All-Time High
Posted in General Support group on Wed, 16 Nov 2005
The rate of Caesarean sections in the US has climbed to an all-time high, despite efforts to bring them down.According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 1.2 million C-sections were p...
Ants nibble diabetic away to death at Kolkata Hospital
Posted in General Support group on Tue, 15 Nov 2005
Kolkata:A diabetic patient has died in a Kolkata hospital, after big black ants nibbled away at her left eye.Hospital sources confirmed that Gouri Rani Chakraborty, whose left eye had a gaping hole on...
British medical education suffers shortage of bodies
Posted in General Support group on Tue, 15 Nov 2005
London:Britain has long suffered from a shortage of medical professionals. But now the lack of dead bodies is affecting the training of new doctors.According to the Department of Health, two courses h...