Economic Times |
The future of medicine lies in the use of information technology
Economic Times Public Health Foundation of India has already built India’s first tricorder—an android based mobile system called the Swasthya Slate that can perform 33 diagnostics tests including blood pressure, sugar, hemoglobin, and ECG. It can also test for … |
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Pill to switch off hunger on the horizon
Times of India Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, the researchers tracked the acetate through the body from the colon to the liver and the heart and showed it eventually ended up in the hypothalamus region of the brain, which controls hunger. “The … |
Canada.com |
Superbugs are on the rise in Canada, but not as fast as WHO suggests
Canada.com While the WHO gonorrhea numbers may be suspect, Mulvey says the report is correct about Canada’s increasing rates of resistance in E. Coli, a common bacteria associated with blood, lung, skin and urinary infections. The report says tests on E. coli … |
Guard against heat, doctors warn heart patientsTimes of IndiaBHOPAL: With rise in mercury, number of patients getting treated for weather-related ailments has gone up in city hospitals. Experts advised elderly, children, heart patients and diabetics to…
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Report: America’s poorest minorities at highest risk of chemical accidents
Al Jazeera America About 134 million Americans are vulnerable to accidents at chemical plants, including water and wastewater treatment facilities, power plants, bleach production facilities, petroleum refineries and paper mills. The report urges regulators to … |
Nektar to Announce Financial Results for the First Quarter 2014 on Wednesday …PR Newswire (press release)In oncology, etirinotecan pegol (NKTR-102) is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study (the BEACON study) for the treatment of metastatic brea…
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When a teaching voice goes mute
Times of India Using lung power to raise their voice helps avoid voice disorder,” she said. Manage with less talk. Teachers face throat and knee problems the most. We need to keep ourselves hydrated. I teach English, where voice modulation is a major factor. But … |
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Patent relief
Indian Express This has only been used once, to allow Natco Pharma to make and sell copies of Bayer’s patented kidney and liver cancer drug, Nexavar. While the developmental imperatives of countries like India are understandably different from the US, India must … |
Tibetan faking death gets 13-year jail term for killing rhino in IndiaRepublicaTanjing was last arrested on the basis of a clue by Khim Bahadur KC, who hails from Lung village of Pyuthan district. When Khim Bahadur, who is also known as Maheshwor, was …
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What’s in a name? Stories behind our parks and buildings
Claremont Courier The little park with the tennis court on Indian Hill Boulevard and Harrison Avenue was named for the Reverend JH Mallows, a retired minister who lived to 100 years old and lived nearby. The park was improved during the 1930s by …. Lewis Park was … |