India TodayHookah as toxic to lungs as cigarettesIndia TodayHere is one more reason to crackdown on those hookah bars in the capital. Scientists have found that smoking a hookah or water pipe damages your lungs in the same way as a cigarette does, rubb…
Priyanka Chopra is desi at heartTimes of India… with an international label, but at heart, she still is a desi girl. While the first music video of her debut album that releases on September 13, has a global feel to it, on the actress' insistence…
'Mortgages are where HSBC needs to ramp up numbers'Daily News & AnalysisIn an interview with Vishwanath Nair, he talks about how the London-based lender sees India's banking climate and says the regulator, RBI, has the heart in the right pl…
Hindustan TimesKick that butt, ladiesHindustan TimesAccording to the latest edition of a research called Tobacco Atlas, which is conducted by the World Lung Foundation, India is placed third in the list of top 20 female. smoking populations in the worl…
In rare surgery, woman undergoes complete heart reconstructionMumbai MirrorIn an extremely rare surgical procedure in India , a woman successfully underwent a complete heart reconstruction operation at the Asian Heart Institute in Bandra-Kurla Complex …
College identity cards to list organ donation nodTimes of IndiaThe government will soon launch an awareness campaign to encourage people to donate their eyes and other organs. Hospitals with more than 25 beds, an operation theatre and an ICU will be al…
Thirty-four year old Jackie Brown is in need of a double lung transplant. Jackie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis shortly after she was born. She managed pretty well as a child with fewer hospital stays than some others with the disease.
India in the darkHindustan TimesSo, I presume the generous minister will commend my logic when I say: "If tax is not paid, if the money remains in mother India, where is the loss?" At the heart of the impasse in Parliament over what has now c…
Deutsche WellePakistanis trade kidneys for cashDeutsche WelleKidneys made up 75 percent of the organ trade and the biggest organ trafficking rackets were operating in China, India and Pakistan. In Pakistan, most of the illicit transplantation cases hav…
'Chocolates and red wine don't help cure heart disease'Business Standard… red wine don't help cure heart disease'. Press Trust of India / London August 29, 2012, 16:55. Scientists say there is no proof that chocolate and red wine …