Diabetes is a public health disasterMedia For FreedomDeveloping countries like China and India that are undergoing economic transition and are also high diabetes burden countries are likely to face the danger of getting their economic development of th…
Winter smog is not an act of God (Comment)Newstrack IndiaThis year's smog has been particularly severe because overall pollution levels in the city have gone up manifold ? the tiny particle less than 10 micron size (PM10) that goes deep inside the …
Gwynne Dyer: Shutting down nuclear power stations is madnessStraight.comOver two-thirds of them are being built in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), where economies are growing fast and governments are increasingly concerned about both pollu…
NDTVPonty autopsy report outDelhi Newsline“There was a lot of internal bleeding and Ponty's lung and liver were damaged. There was no damage to … One of them had ruptured his lung and this was a fatal injury. The second bullet … “The first …
A Peachtree City man has at least two good reasons to be thankful this holiday. Last Thanksgiving weekend, John Currie got the gift of a new pair of lungs.
The GuardianIndia: six great hidden gems by trainThe GuardianThis peaceful town, perfect for an overnight-trip from Kerala, is the southernmost tip of the country where the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea all meet, resulting in a un…
Addressing The Double Burden of TB-Diabetes: Better Late Than Never. By …Pakistan Christian PostThe urgent need to address the comorbidity of these two diseases received serious attention at the recently concluded 43rd Union World Conference on Lung …
Metro rail may run over 328 trees in HyderabadTimes of IndiaHYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) wants to get rid of more than 320 trees to make way for multi-level parking facilities in the heart of the city. Worrying environmentalists said it wi…
A spaghetti dinner Saturday, Nov. 24, benefits a Canandaigua woman battling emphysema. Proceeds from the dinner at Richmond Fire Hall on West Lake Road in the hamlet of Honeoye will pay uninsured expenses for Shirley (Lafler) Taylor related it her lung…
Dawn Nelson was dying, breath by breath — until a stranger's organs saved her. Now, she lives her life for two. "I have someone else's heart and lungs inside of me, beating and pulsating," said Nelson, the first person since 1996 to…