Saturday, 13 April 2013

Polio-free world by 2018 possible `unless funds dry up`

Polio-free world by 2018 possible `unless funds dry up`

Polio-free world by 2018 possible `unless funds dry up`

Polio-free world by 2018 possible `unless funds dry up` London: An ambitious global plan to eradicate polio, a disease that once paralyzed and killed millions, has the backing of more than 400 eminent scientists from 80 countries. Despite security threats and ...
Mamata discharged from clinic

Mamata discharged from clinic

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, undergoing medical treatment for the last three days, was today discharged from the Belle Vue Clinic after agreeing to advice by doctors to take rest. "The chief minister was insisting on returning home since ...
Pneumonia, diarrhoea kill 20 lakh kids a year globally

Pneumonia, diarrhoea kill 20 lakh kids a year globally

Pneumonia and diarrhoea kill about two million children a year, more than a quarter 28.5 per cent of all child deaths, Lancet has estimated. In India, diarrhoea accounts for 12 per cent of all child deaths and pneumonia for 23 per cent. The findings are ...
Eighteen-month-old Tripura girl suffers with swollen head, parents say she ...

Eighteen-month-old Tripura girl suffers with swollen head, parents say she ...

Jirania Khola: A desperate Indian whose young child suffers from a condition that caused her head to swell up to an enormous size said on Saturday he is praying for a "miracle" to save her life. Eighteen-month-old Roona Begum was diagnosed with ...
Stem cell jab could help cure heart disease

Stem cell jab could help cure heart disease

For the first time, scientists have successfully tested a revolutionary new treatment in heart patients, paving way for a stem cell jab to treat heart diseases. The heart failure breakthrough involves injecting patients with their own stem cells. In a quick and easy ...
Mirwaiz slams govt over power crisis in Valley

Mirwaiz slams govt over power crisis in Valley

The indolence of the state government to tackle the ongoing power crisis in the Kashmir Valley took a political turn after separatists slammed the National Conference-Congress coalition for "least bothering about peoples' problems". After massive public ...
Two months after emergency liver transplant, 16-year-old Pakistani girl ready to ...

Two months after emergency liver transplant, 16-year-old Pakistani girl ready to ...

In February, a critically ill 16-year-old Pakistani student with acute liver failure from hepatitis A was airlifted to a Delhi hospital and operated for a liver transplant while she was in a comatose state. Madiha Tariq Sheikh from Lahore survived. Two months, she is ...
60s have become the new 40s for mid-life crisis

60s have become the new 40s for mid-life crisis

Your 60s are the new mid-life crisis rather than your 40s, according to a new report. The new report has revealed that a third of people in that age group are undergoing a period of questioning the meaning of their life, the Daily Express reported. Experts have ...