October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Our consciousness resolves many of ours dilemmas by serving as the brain's Wi-Fi network, mediating competing requests from different parts of the body, suggests a new study. Published in the journal Emotion, the study also explains why we are consciously aware of some conflicting urges but not others.

October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Your fingers start to burn after picking up a hot plate; should you drop the plate or save your meal? New research suggests it is your consciousness that resolves these dilemmas by serving as the brain's Wi-Fi network. "If the brain is like a set of computers that control different tasks, consciousness is the Wi-Fi network that allows different parts of the brain to talk to each other and decide which action 'wins' and is carried out," said Ezequiel Morsella.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Agra spreading awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally, which will see doctors, health and community activists accompany the women, will begin here Oct 2.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) will launch an awareness drive for heart diseases among women, which they consider the most neglected and least prioritised group in the society. A brainchild of AIHF president S.

September 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - A breast cancer awareness ad showing a voluptuous, bikini-clad woman walking into a pool party, with strip club music playing in the background, has raised many eyebrows. 'Save the Boobs', a public service announcement from Rethink Breast Cancer, has an in-your-face message about breast cancer awareness, and is grabbing attention right from youngsters to ethical critics.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Medical experts have demanded the inclusion of dementia in India's national health programme as the country has the world's second largest elderly population, of which 3 million suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Members of Alzheimer's and Related Disorder's Society of India (ARDSI), an NGO working to provide care and spread awareness about the disease, will also meet President Pratibha Patil later Tuesday and demand support for framing a national dementia strategy for India.

September 22nd, 2009 NAINITAL - At least five cases of dengue have been reported from Nanital district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Dengue fever that is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito is on trail in the Lalkuan region of Nainital.

September 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The swine flu death toll in Andhra Pradesh rose to 13 with the death of one more person Tuesday. A woman hailing from Warangal district died of swine flu at the government-run Gandhi Hospital, taking the death toll to 13.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Influenza A(H1N1) virus Sunday claimed 16 more lives, including five each from Gujarat and Karnataka, pushing the country's swine flu toll to 188, health authorities said. The H1N1 virus has thus killed 62 people in Karnataka and 17 in Gujarat.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday flagged off a fleet of five mobile dental vans to mark World Oral Health Day and appealed to the people to focus on oral health and hygiene. "Basic oral care facilities should be accessible to every individual since oral health is an important and crucial part of ones overall health and wellness.

September 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - A group of four students seek entry into Limca book of records by performing yoga for 180 minutes in Chennai. The students of city's Velamal Matriculation Higher Secondary School struck 999 yoga postures in a bid to get registered in the Limca Book of Records.

September 7th, 2009 German AIDS video uses Hitler look-alikeBERLIN — An AIDS awareness video is using an Adolf Hitler lookalike to illustrate its point that "AIDS is a mass murderer." The Saarbruecken-based Regenbogen, or Rainbow, an AIDS awareness group, launched the video online last week. "We're trying to tell people, that while interest in AIDS declined over the last few years, the number of people with AIDS in actually going up," the group's deputy head, Heiko Schoessling, told The Associated Press on Monday.

September 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Morning assemblies, sport activities and other group gatherings will be suspended in all schools in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district to prevent the spread of swine flu, officials here said Wednesday. "All formalities for issuing the prohibitory order have been completed.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the swine flu claiming over 100 lives and infecting nearly 4,000 people in India, the government has planned a Rs.600 million (Rs.60 crore) campaign on street corners, health facilities, schools, cinema halls, television and radio to spread awareness about the virus. Since May, some advertisements have been appearing on television and radio in English and Hindi, but now the health ministry is now planning to air them in 12 regional languages.

August 29th, 2009 PATNA - Students of a biotechnology college in Bihar formed a human chain on Saturday (August 29) to create awareness about H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as swine flu. Students carried placards giving information pertaining to precautions and cure of the disease.