China Biotech In Review: Mindray Medical Reports Another Record-Breaking YearSeeking AlphaOrbiMed Advisors is raising money for its second Asia healthcare private equity fund, which will be invested mainly in China and India. In news reports this week,…
Cucumber: Best For HealthyLeadership NewspapersIt is one of the oldest cultivated crops, believed to have originated in the northern parts of India and finally spread to northern Nigeria. Cucumber serves a … Cucumber has been found to be beneficial f…
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 3/3VietNamNet BridgeThe Department of Health is asking related authorities to amend current hiring regulations so that fresh doctors are able to work right away while giving extra bonus as incentives for doctors working in tuberculosis…
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Under fire for smoking the ‘hookah’
The Star Online Popular in much of the Middle East and parts of Asia, the water pipe goes by a number of names including the widely-used term hookah in India and Pakistan, and shisha in Egypt, derived from hashish, for which the pipe was originally used. Essentially a … |
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India bans ‘human safaris’ as activists fight for tribes’ rights
Alaska Dispatch India’s Andaman Islands, situated in the Bay of Bengal, are surrounded by crystal waters and a sparsely populated coastline, and are home to lush forests – the perfect tourist destination. But recent scandals on the island have concerned international … |
Experts discuss medical advancesTimes of IndiaProf Sudershan Bhatia (Iowa, US) delivered a talk on treatment of lung cancer. Dr Lakshmi Santanam (St Louis, US) and Dr Nand Relan ( Stony Brooks, NY, US) discussed the role of PET/CT in radiation therapy …
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Chavez receiving chemotherapy, still battling for life: Cuban vice-president
India Today ABC said without specifying its source that Chavez’s cancer had spread to a lung. It said he had been moved to an island compound in the Caribbean. Chavez’s son-in-law, Science Minister Jorge Arreaza, said on state TV that Chavez continues “to fight … |
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Underreported Struggles #71 February 2013
Infoshop News India’s central government walked away from its position on the need to obtain consent from Indigenous peoples and forest dwellers before handing their lands over to industry. The government simply announced that major “linear projects” such as … |
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BPA exposure during pregnancy ups asthma risk in kids
Zee News “Just as smoking increases the risk of lung cancer but not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer, not every child exposed to BPA will develop asthma,” she added. The findings are published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. ANI … |
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Reducing infant mortality is not expensive
The New Indian Express In absolute numbers, no other country records as many deaths as India. It’s true that it … Not many people know that giving steroids to an expectant mother will dramatically increase the life expectancy of the child, for she/he will be born with a … |