Coffee may protect against liver damage in alcohol drinkers

	Coffee may protect against liver damage in alcohol drinkers Heavy coffee consumption may protect against liver damage in men who drink alcohol, a new study has claimed. Researchers asked nearly 19,000 Finnish men and women between ages 25 and 74 about their coffee and alcohol consumption. "Our findings ...
	City hospital chosen for pilot paediatric eye programme The Union government has chosen Narayana Nethralaya here to implement a community paediatric eye programme that involves universal screening of babies till the age of one. Aimed at detecting various childhood blindness diseases, the programme will ...
	Foods that may help fight inflammation revealed One way to fight inflammation, which is the body's normal response to injury, is with food, says experts. Lauren Whitt, Ph.D., UAB Employee Wellness director and adjunct professor of personal health said that the inflammation process has one goal: to respond ...
	Treatment default hits fight against TB COIMBATORE: The problem of patients who default from TB treatment continues to be a serious public health issue despite the best efforts of officials. Coimbatore district records about 1,300 new cases of tuberculosis annually and in the past three years, ...
	Haryana defends German fungicide, trashes Khemka The Haryana government on Saturday defended a German multinational's fungicide stating that it effectively controlled three wheat crop diseases - Loose Smut, Flag Smut and Karnal Bunt. Principal secretary (agriculture) Roshan Lal also said that the Raxil ...
	Eat or surf a lot? You risk being labelled mentally ill MUMBAI: Come May, psychiatrists will acquire a new manual to diagnose mental illnesses. But instead of anticipation, there seems to be an air of trepidation hanging around the fifth installment of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...