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MUMBAI: The next time you visit your favourite chai, pani puri or bhel puri stall, or any other small-time food seller, don’t be surprised to see the vendors sport aprons and hand gloves. For, according to the new Food Safety Act, hawkers, food vendors and temporary stall owners must follow minimum standards of food safety [...]
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Food vendors must don gloves, maintain hygiene or pay 1L fine
Posted by admin on August 30th, 2011
80% of Indians don’t use essential drugs
Posted by admin on August 29th, 2011
NEW DELHI: An average Indian suffering from heart attack or stroke is seven times less likely to receive the inexpensive aspirin – the most commonly used anti-platelet drug – and 20 times less likely to receive statins than an average Canadian.
In a first-of-its-kind study to quantify use of effective low-cost drug treatments for heart disease [...]
Bombay high court helps fight female foeticide
Posted by admin on August 27th, 2011
In a significant victory for the state government in its drive against female foeticide, the Bombay high court on Friday upheld Kolhapur district collector’s decision to make it mandatory for all pathologists using sonography and ultrasound machines to install the ‘silent observer’, a device which records all sonography images, which are then stored in a [...]
Supreme Court for free treatment of poor at private hospitals
Posted by admin on August 26th, 2011
By- Correspondent | Date- August 26, 2011
In a significant directive, the Supreme Court of India yesterday directed the private hospitals in Delhi to allocate 25% of their out-patient department capacity and 10% in patient department capacity for free treatment of poor and the needy.
It also asked the Delhi government to come up with a workable [...]
Coriander appears to have bacteria fighting capability
Posted by admin on August 25th, 2011
Coriander oil is capable of killing many strains of bacteria in laboratory tests, researchers have found.
Coriander, also called cilantro, is an aromatic plant used in cooking. For centuries, oil produced from the seeds has been tied to health benefits, including pain relief, ease of cramps, nausea fighter, aid for digestion and treatment of fungal infections.
Now [...]
Will power keeps fasting Hazare in form: Doctors
Posted by admin on August 24th, 2011
He has not had food for a week, but Anna Hazare is apparently going strong despite weakening health. The 74 year old anti-corruption campaigner seems to have mastered the technique of surviving without food for long periods, say health experts. Doctors treating Hazare told IANS that the
septuagenarian has lost five kg of weight as his [...]
Human guinea pigs lend their courage to a golden era of cancer research
Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2011
Cancer sufferers test drugs fresh from the laboratory in the hope of saving their own life and advancing knowledge of the disease
David Cox is a human guinea pig. He is also a man with a cancer for whom there are no more conventional options and who reasonably believes that, at 56, it is too early [...]
Posted in Health 
Tags: cancer research, David Cox, mesothelioma, unexpected side-effects 
No Comments »Dengue echo in house
Posted by admin on August 22nd, 2011
BHUBANESWAR: Rejecting the Congress demand to declare dengue as an epidemic in the State, the State Government on Saturday claimed in the Assembly that the deadly vector-borne disease had been detected in 465 districts spread over 20 states in the country.
�The issue cropped up during a discussion on the admissibility of an Adjournment Motion notice [...]
Dengue scourge: 2 more deaths, 53 cases positive
Posted by admin on August 20th, 2011
BHUBANESWAR: The scourge of dengue continued unabated in Angul which reported two more deaths on Thursday. The toll has now risen to 17. Both the deaths, however, occurred in private hospitals of the City. While one death was reported from Apollo Hospitals, the other came in from Bibekananda Hospital.
�With 41 per cent samples testing positive, [...]
Posted in Health Tags: dengue and chikungunya, PSU, Urban Development, VSS Medical College No Comments »Dengue toll rises to 17 with 2 more deaths
Posted by admin on August 19th, 2011
BHUBANESWAR: Two more persons died of dengue in the state on Thursday raising the death toll in the outbreak to 17, official sources said.
Integrated disease surveillance head Dr Bikash Patnaik said the two deceased were from Angul district. “They were receiving treatment at two private hospitals in Bhubaneswar,” Dr Patnaik said.
The vector-borne disease seems to [...]
Posted in Health Tags: Anugul, Cuttack, dengue in Orissa, SCB Medical College and Hospital No Comments »
