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Scientists develop nanovehicle for targeting diseased tissues
Business Standard Two Indian scientists have developed a “gold nanovehicle” that can be used to deliver drugs specifically to diseased tissues without affecting other healthy organs, according to a recent study. The extraordinary proof-of-concept study, published by … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Nutrition you can afford: Move over Quinoa, Ragira will do
Daily News & Analysis Goji and acai berries are not so easily available, but jamun, the Indian blackberry, and phalsa — which are in season — are equally adept in reducing blood sugar and aiding in digestion. They are hypoglycemic, liver protective, anti-cancer and blood … |
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This chaiwala is inked to live on after death
Times of India He also believes that his tattoo helps in spreading the word about organ/body donations. Nayak who dropped out of school after class VII, says his customers often notice the message scrawled on his arm. “Donating our body or organs will help conduct … |
The News on Sunday |
Prevent deaths, can we?
The News on Sunday In most of the world trauma victims that survive accidents but end up by being brain dead are one of the major source of ‘organ donation‘. If some of … After all, a ‘nuclear’ exchange between India and Pakistan will be equally devastating for both … |
The Guardian |
Providence House: from mods to rappers, a haven for London’s ‘little rogues’
The Guardian One of them was 10-year-old Peaches, recently returned from East Shallowford Farm, a working farm in Devon, one of the first for urban children, bought as “a lung for the city” in 1976 as part of the Providence House enterprise. “I’d never been that … |
Daily Mail |
WWI: The Germans were terrified of the Daily Mail and Helena Bonham Carter’s …
Daily Mail Hollywood’s favourite Frenchman, Maurice Chevalier, was captured by the Germans in August 1914 after shrapnel pierced his chest and entered his lung. In his prison camp he learned English from an officer in the … The country remained neutral, but … |
Weekend warriors: Student groups help out the poorHindustan TimesJars of preserved human organs, including the brain and foetuses, rare medical equipment and books were on display in an exhibition at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) …
Firstpost |
For Punjab’s ‘village of widows’ the stigma is as bad as the drug epidemic
Firstpost Amritsar: For Harmeet Kaur (name changed), a frail widow in her early fifties, the hope of a good life came to an end the day her husband died of cirrhosis of the liver due to heavy drinking. A few years later, she lost her eldest son at 19, who became … |
Sinha eyes health portfolio if BJP winsgulfnews.comIndia votes: Shatrughan Sinha eyes health portfolio if BJP wins … For years, I have been leading the anti-tobacco campaign, cancer awareness programmes, blood donation campaigns and I have also been …
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World’s biggest organ scanning project starts in UK
Times of India It will provide an unprecedented level of information to help scientists and doctors working on a wide range of illnesses, including dementia, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, depression and eye and lung disorders over very many years. DNA has been … |