Healthcare

Over 80 Iraqi patients cured at New Delhi’s Apollo Hospital

by harpreet brar - July 14, 2007 - 0 comments

New Delhi : Over 80 Iraqi patients, mostly children and youth, have been cured at New Delhi’s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital since last month.

Pak doctors’ delegation in India for conference on Homeopathy

by harpreet brar - July 13, 2007 - 0 comments

New Delhi : A delegation of 46 doctors from Pakistan is in India to attend a two-day conference on Homeopathy to be held at Nainital.

Cerebral palsy-hit Indore youngster, a role model for the disabled

by harpreet brar - July 10, 2007 - 0 comments

Indore : Indore's nineteen-year-old Shantanu Vagde, affected by acute cerebral palsy, is chasing success to prove that it is possible to be an active member of society despite being physically disabled.

New 5 lectins useful for killing cancer cells, say Nanak Dev researchers

by LP News Team - June 16, 2007 - 0 comments

Amritsar -- The research team of the Guru Nanak Dev University Protein Laboratory has brought out nine new lectins (proteins) out of which five have turned out to be useful for killing cancer cells.

Cod liver oil helps keep depression at bay

by admin - June 13, 2007 - 0 comments

London -- Boffins have claimed that cod liver oil might help keep depression at bay.

Ex-military personnel twice likely to commit suicide than general public

by LP News Team - June 12, 2007 - 0 comments

Washington: Former military personnel are twice as likely to kill themselves as people who have not seen combat, according to a recent study in the July issue of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Coming soon, a pill to delay menopause

by LP News Team - June 11, 2007 - 0 comments

London -- Women might soon not have to worry about the ticking of their biological clocks, for boffins are on the verge of developing drugs that could delay menopause.

Brain scans, reading skills tests combo better at predicting kids’ reading problems

by LP News Team - June 11, 2007 - 0 comments

Washington -- Researchers have found that functional brain scans and tests of reading skills when taken together are better at predicting which children will have ongoing reading problems.

Patna doctors remove bottle from a patient’s stomach

by admin - June 10, 2007 - 0 comments

Patna -- Many of us may have heard of jokes telling how an operation scissor, hand glove or pen was left out in a patient’s stomach. But Patna doctors recently had a tough time attending to a patient complaining stomachache due to a bottle!

Defence medical team to reach Kerala today to combat chikungunya

by admin - June 10, 2007 - 0 comments

Thiruvananthpuram -- A team of doctors and other staff from armed and para-military forces will reach Kerala today to combat the spread of viral fever, chikungunya, which has so far killed about 40 people and inflicted over 10, 000 in the state.