Health

Tamil Nadu Tops In Blood Donation In India

Posted under Health on Monday, 14 June 2010 by
14th of June 2010 Chennai Tamilnadu is most probably the only state in India that has the reason to celebrate. On Monday, there is the celebration of the world donor’s day and the state tops the chart of the Indian states as far as the voluntary blood donation is concerned. The government...
Tamil Nadu Tops In Blood Donation In India

The Students Of Postgraduate Courses Will Join The Strike Soon In Safdarjung Hospital

Posted under Health on Wednesday, 2 June 2010 by
Date 02-06-2010 New Delhi: The strike in Safdarjung is going to escalate to the next level by Wednesday. The junior residents are on the hunger strike for better services regarding to their basic needs like toilets and drinking water in Vardhman Mahavir Medical College. They want to divert the...
The Students Of Postgraduate Courses Will Join The Strike Soon In Safdarjung Hospital

VHAI Requested The Government To Implement New Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products

Posted under Health on Wednesday, 2 June 2010 by
02-Jun-2010 Chennai: The decision of Central Government to extend the date of implantation for publishing new graphical health notice on the wrappers of tobacco products is alleged by a federation, named Voluntary Health Association of India. Previously the due date was 1st of June but now it has...
VHAI Requested The Government To Implement New Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products

A persistent cold is actually sinusitis

Posted under Health on Friday, 30 April 2010 by
A common cold that lingers on for more than a week may very well have transformed into sinusitis. The cold is accompanied with a stuffy nose and a persistent headache. Statistics revealed by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology show that around 31 million Americans develop the...
A persistent cold is actually sinusitis

Use of anti-psychotic for Alzheimer’s disease doubles death risk

Posted under Health on Friday, 9 January 2009 by
Anti psychotic drugs are commonly used in order to treat patients suffering from the Alzheimer’s disease. In a recent medical study doctors revealed that the use of such drugs actually doubles the chances of the patient dying within a few years. The lead author of the paper that enlightened the...
Use of anti-psychotic for Alzheimer’s disease doubles death risk

Genetically engineered goat milk being used to make medicine

Posted under Health on Thursday, 8 January 2009 by
Cheese is not the only thing that can be made from goat milk. Scientists have moved a step closer to developing an anti clotting drug from the milk of genetically engineered goats. On Wednesday the scientists were given a thumbs up from the FDA who tested the drug for its effectiveness and safety....
Genetically engineered goat milk being used to make medicine

A persistent cold is actually sinusitis

Posted under Health on Wednesday, 7 January 2009 by
A common cold that lingers on for more than a week may very well have transformed into sinusitis. The cold is accompanied with a stuffy nose and a persistent headache. Statistics revealed by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology show that around 31 million Americans develop the...
A persistent cold is actually sinusitis

Lifestyle habits during adolescence impact future health

Posted under Health on Tuesday, 6 January 2009 by
The adolescence years are times when a child is going through fundamental physical changes. Medical experts suggest that great care needs to be taken at this important transition phase with regards to shaping up good health for the growing child. Biological changes take place at an accelerated...
Lifestyle habits during adolescence impact future health

New scientific discovery a step closer to insulin cell transplant

Posted under Health on Monday, 5 January 2009 by
People that suffer from type 1diabetes have to go through each day injecting insulin into their body. Latest scientific developments have raised hope for insulin cell transplants that could rid the patients from their dependence on injecting insulin.  Scientists have been working on pancreatic...
New scientific discovery a step closer to insulin cell transplant

Third hand smoking: a health hazard?

Posted under Health on Sunday, 4 January 2009 by
Everybody knows that smoking kills. Medical experts have also made the public aware of the health hazards associated with passive smoking, also known as second hand smoke. Today medical experts are telling us that there is something known as third hand smoke and that too poses problems for our...
Third hand smoking: a health hazard?