Monday, 22 April 2013

Mumbai's public hospital doctors go on indefinite strike

Mumbai

Mumbai's public hospital doctors go on indefinite strike

Mumbai city might be hit by another wave of strikes. Around 3,000 doctors from the city's public hospitals are planning to go on mass 'casual leave'. Their decision to go on an indefinite strike came after the medical education minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit, ...
Six more admitted for food poisoning

Six more admitted for food poisoning

A day after three persons died and nearly 70 were admitted to hospitals with symptoms of food poisoning caused after consuming panaka and buttermilk during Ramanavami celebrations, six more people, including four children, were admitted to Victoria and ...
Aspirin may help slow breast cancer growth: Study

Aspirin may help slow breast cancer growth: Study

Aspirin may help slow breast cancer growth: Study Washington: A new study by scientists including one of an Indian origin has found that aspirin slowed the growth of breast cancer cell lines in the lab and significantly reduced the growth of tumours in mice.
Indian dentist Savita Halappanvar

Indian dentist Savita Halappanvar's husband to visit India

London, April 22: Taking the legal battle of Indian dentist Savita Halappanvar to the next step, her husband, Praveen Halappanvar will be visiting India shortly to meet Savita's parents to 'uncover the truth behind her death' in Ireland. Praveen plans to drag the ...
Pioneer professor leads battle on heart disease

Pioneer professor leads battle on heart disease

Mark Kearney has a simple view of his job as a cardiologist. He hates it. "I hate the misery heart disease brings. It does not discriminate. It takes the young and the fit." The words of Kearney, a professor of cardiology at Leeds University, feature in a new series ...
Modi

Modi's new high

New Delhi, April 22: Indian households with alcohol consumption tend to have less healthy family lifestyles and need more medical care, according to a five-state study that has also documented drinking in Gujarat, the only state with prohibition. Medical ...