Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Wisdom To Inspire The Soul: Strokes ~ The warning signs.

Wisdom To Inspire The Soul: Strokes ~ The warning signs.: I URGE YOU ALL TO READ & SHARE THIS; YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE BY KNOWING AND PASSING ON THIS SIMPLE INFORMATION. Stroke has a new indi...

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Centre forms high-level panel to monitor bird flu situation

Centre forms high-level panel to monitor bird flu situation: In the wake of bird flu scare in Delhi and other parts, the Centre on Wednesday set up a high-level committee to monitor the situation and help State governments take steps to contain the disease.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller glyphosate documents

WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller glyphosate documents: The World Health Organization’s cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they were

About 5 lakh TB patients contacted govt. clinics, still went untreated!

About 5 lakh TB patients contacted govt. clinics, still went untreated: In 2013, India had about 2.7 million people with Tuberculosis, which is 23 per cent of the global burden of the disease. India also accounted for 27 per cent (760,000) of the world’s “missing” patient

Sunday, August 28, 2016

New method can kill cancer cells in two hours, shows study

New method can kill cancer cells in two hours, shows study: Researchers have developed a new, non-invasive method that can kill cancer cells in two hours, an advance that may significantly help people with inoperable or hard-to-reach tumours as well as young

Indian-origin boy claims to have found treatment for most deadly form of breast cancer

Indian-origin boy claims to have found treatment for most deadly form of breast cancer: A 16-year-old Indian-origin boy in the United Kingdom has claimed to have found a treatment for the most deadly form of breast cancer which is unresponsive to drugs. Krtin Nithiyanandam, who moved to

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Biofortification: Micronutrient-built-in grains!

Biofortification: Micronutrient-built-in grains: Mahatma Gandhi was always advocating us to eat hand pound rice and hand ground wheat rather than eating polished rice. Yet we continue using machine-polished cereals because they can be stored longer.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Losing ground in the war on superbugs!

Losing ground in the war on superbugs: It is a rain-battered Sunday afternoon in Mumbai and Prakash* has just finished his shift as a security guard at an ATM. He says he has always enjoyed his work, even when he was addicted to drugs, an

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Two genetic variants up the diabetes risk in Indians

Two genetic variants up the diabetes risk in Indians: They also looked at the “interactive effect of these gene variants on the risk of Type 2 diabetes in the Indian population”. The study involved 1,156 individuals with diabetes and without diabetes fro

Monday, June 27, 2016

Malaysian woman dies after Honda Civic airbag ruptures

Malaysian woman dies after Honda Civic airbag ruptures

India has 3rd-highest number of HIV-infected people: UN

India has 3rd-highest number of HIV-infected people: UN: India has the third-highest number of people living with HIV in the world with 2.1 million Indians accounting for about four out of 10 people infected with the deadly virus in the Asia—Pacific region

Study points to presence of possible cancer-causing chemicals in bread! WTHF: ALL FOOD & DRINKS IN NESL SHD BE TESTED BY WHO/UN BECAUSE MANY GET CANCER IN RECENT TIMES!

Study points to presence of possible cancer-causing chemicals in bread: Your daily bread could contain cancer-causing chemicals, including Potassium Bromate and Potassium Iodate, substances that are banned in many countries, but not in India due to slack food regulations

Indian women facing early menopause: Survey! WTHF: MULTI-VITAMINS+EXERCISE+SOYABEANS+GREEN VEGETABLES+MILK+CHEESE ARE ESSENTIAL!

Indian women facing early menopause: Survey: “One of the culprits could be Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) — a condition when the ovaries stop functioning normally before the age of 40. The cause of POF goes undetermined in majority of the cases