London, Aug 30 (IANS) A low-cost drug at 1.30 pounds per day could save thousands of people suffering from heart failure. A study of the pill, involving 6,500 patients in 37 countries, including Britain, showed it cuts deaths and hospital admissions by 25 percent. A doctor involved in the trial, the largest published on heart [...]
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Delhi Sunday reported 59 new cases of dengue, taking to 800 the number of people infected so far by the mosquito-borne disease, an official said. “No deaths were reported in the capital today (Sunday). The total number of dengue cases in capital now stands at 800 – 779 reported from [...]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 (IANS) Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of deaths due to the influenza to 19 in the state since July, an official said Monday. The women died Sunday at the Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Hospital in Burla town of Sambalpur district, about 350 km [...]
Berlin, Aug 30 (DPA) A team of German scientists may have discovered a “needle-free” malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes – effectively using mosquitoes themselves as “syringes”. If successful, the new treatment could dramatically reduce the nearly one million deaths caused from malaria every year. The treatment is not aimed at travellers, because [...]
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Scientists have for the first time pinpointed genes that are linked with migraine. The researchers, examining the genetic profile of more than 50,000 people, came up with new insights into what triggers the attacks, opening the door to new treatments. The international team found that patients with a particular DNA variant [...]
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A robot performing surgery sounds like a scene out of a Hollywood sci-fi flick. But fiction is fast turning into reality in Indian operation theatres where high-precision robotic surgeries – a less cumbersome procedure than conventional operations – are gaining acceptance. Leaving behind the days of low technology methods, doctors [...]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) By the year 2030, an estimated 79.4 million people in India will be affected by diabetes – the largest in the world, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday. In a written reply, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad agreed that international health bodies have cautioned that India may have the largest [...]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The national capital reported 65 new cases of dengue, taking the total number of people infected by the mosquito-borne disease to 674 so far, an official said Friday. “No deaths were reported in the capital today,” N.K. Yadav, chief medical officer of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), told IANS. The [...]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 27 (IANS) One more person tested positive for swine flu in Orissa Friday taking the total of people infected in the state to 74 since July, an official said. The latest case was reported from Bhubaneswar, Bikash Patnaik, joint director of the state health department told IANS, adding that throat swabs of two [...]
Los Angeles, Aug 28 (IANS) Cheese products sold in California have been found tainted with listeria monocytogenes bacteria, officials said. The products – labelled as Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese Garlic Colby and Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese Hot Pepper Colby – were produced in Missouri and sold in Los Angeles, San Diego, Mendocino and [...]
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