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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Changing mindset: More Indians adopt kids of HIV parents
An encouraging trend is emerging in Pune where adoptive Indian families are showing greater willingness to accept HIV-affected children who are negative but had HIV-positive parents. Officials at SOFOSH
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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
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US pollution case tests international law
The glistening waters and sandy beaches of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area have drawn millions of tourists over the years. But the lake also collected wastes dumped into the Columbia River
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Waste disposal privatisation raises a stink in Chandigarh
Chandigarh's reputation is taking a smelly beating. A lot of stink is being raised – environmentally and politically – over the city's experiment with a solid waste processing plant set up by a leading
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Scientists Urge Action On World's Biggest Problems
Scientists from 15 countries are calling for a better political response to the provision of water and energy to meet the challenge of feeding a world of 9 billion people within 30 years. The joint
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Economic burden of coronary heart disease in North India
<p>The treatment of chronic diseases like coronary heart disease (CHD) is expensive and can consume a significant portion of household’s income, leading to catastrophic effects on families, particularly
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Most infant deaths due to low birth weight
PMC Analysed 35 Child Deaths, Below One Year, Between May 2012 And January 2013 Pune: Low birth weight, a common cause of infant death in rural areas, is also the leading factor linked with infants’ death in Pune, states the latest child death audit report of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). What is more worrying is that preventable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and jaundice continue to cause child deaths in the city.
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Assessment of adaptations to floods through bottom up approach: a case of three agro climatic zones of Assam, India
To unearth the priorities in Assam to cope with floods effectively, the prime objective of this research study is on assessment of the adaptation measures, structural and non-structural, to floods in
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The Inter-Academy report on genetically engineered crops: Is it making a farce of science?
The leading academies of science in India have, at the request of the government, prepared a report that was expected to give an independent scientific review of transgenic crops and the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Bill. But the Inter- Academy Report that has been prepared is disappointing on several fronts
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The politics gene
Alan Milburn, the UK health minister, attempted to show that Britain was leading the international agenda on genetics and public policy. His boast that "Britain's system of socialised health care
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Concern over rising benzene level
Even as the phasing out of leaded petrol in Delhi has led to jubilation among environmentalists, they are up in arms against the rising levels of benzene in Delhi's atmosphere. And the highly