Maternal mortality
OFFICIALS from the World Bank (wb) and the World Health Organisation (who) have reported that there has been little progress in the area of maternal mortality, mostly from easily preventable
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Jamuna canal breached
A massive breach in the embankment of the canal leading to the Haiderpur treatment plant in north-west Delhi has reduced the water supply by one-third, resulting in a severe water crisis in the
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Experts slam TB drugs crunch
An expert committee of the health and family welfare ministry has blamed the government for "poor diagnosis" and "shortage of drugs" leading to the failure of the National Tuberculosis Programme.
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Bare facts
The positive and negative effects of selenium
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Eat less, cut calories, live longer
As Americans feasted on plates of Thanksgiving turkey, US scientist reported that they had made progress in understanding how eating less leads to a longer lifespan. Studies on yeast, rodents and
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SA cancer gene find patented
An Adelaide medical research team has discovered and patented a gene whose behavior may help the future diagnosis and treatment of leading cancers, including those of the colon, lung, ovaries and
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SA cancer gene find patented
An Adelaide medical research team has discovered and patented a gene whose behavior may help the future diagnosis and treatment of leading cancers, including those of the colon, lung, ovaries and
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Report harshly criticizes the government's policy on AIDS
Saying that more effective AIDS prevention could avert thousands of new infections each year in U.S., the nation's leading science organization sharply criticized the Clinton administration today for
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Thymus could be key in AIDS fight
An immune system gland once thought to be inactive in adults actually continues to function late in life, according to research that could lead to new ways of reactivating the natural defenses of
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Sindh seeks Centre's help to combat health problems
The cyclone has contaminated all sources of safe and clean drinking water in the devastated area of lower Sindh (Pakistan). It is leading to the spread of water-borne diseases among survivors,
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Nail-biters at risk of lead poisoning
People who habitually bite their fingernails are more at risk from lead poisoning, according to Russian scientists. The researchers say that lead in the body accumulates in the fingernails and can
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Sania to be new face of girl power campaign
While emphasising the small family norm, the government is now seeking to address the issue of preference for a male child which is leading to widespread female foeticide. And who better than to
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Junk food: Quick route to diabetes
Calories from Junk food when not burned lead to a state of being overweight or even obese. And the net result is the environment abetting the genes leading to an onset of diabetes even at an early
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Winter temperature inversions and emergency department visits for asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2003–2008
Winter temperature inversions—layers of air in which temperature increases with altitude—trap air pollutants and lead to higher pollutant concentrations. Previous studies have evaluated associations between
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'Milk form cloned cows, pigs normal'
A leading cloning company said on Tuesday dozens of its cloned cows were normal and milk tested form the duplicates was identical to milk form naturally conceived cows. Tests on milk form some of the
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UN Foundation reiterates support for development, climate change
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change gathered last week in Norway for a United Nations Foundation meeting, with calls for international development and global action on climate change. The semi-annual meeting, presided over by UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner, took place on June 19-25 in Oslo, Yunus Centre said in a statement yesterday. The board o
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Analysis of slum area in Delhi and alternative strategies of rehabilitation
While analyzing the data and information on socio-economic conditions of slum dwellers in selected localities of Delhi NCR, the principal objective of the proposed study is to prepare a framework of social
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Thirsting for justice: transparency and poor people’s struggle for clean water in Indonesia, Mongolia, and Thailand
Industrial facilities release upwards of 400 million tons of toxic pollutants into the world’s waters each year. Yet secrecy around the amount and type of chemicals that companies discharge is still the
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Double Standards: Antibiotic Misuse by Fast Food Companies
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a serious global problem. It is estimated that it might lead to 10 million deaths per year and loss of outputs worth US $100 trillion by 2050. Antibiotic misuse
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Gas buildup could lead to Arctic "ozone hole"
Rising levels of "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere will lead to further depletion of earth's protection ozone layer and could produce an Arctic "ozone hole" equivalent to the one already appearing