Peculiar pageant in Hungary focuses on surgically enhanced beautiesOctober 9th, 2009 Hungary pageant for surgically enhanced beautiesBUDAPEST, Hungary — It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye.
Million premature babies die every yearOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - More than one million infants die worldwide every year because they are born too early, according to a recently released White Paper, The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth. The document shows that in 2005 an estimated 13 million babies were born preterm -- defined as birth at less than 37 full weeks of gestation.
Over 4,000 Karnataka government doctors to quit TuesdaySeptember 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - Over 4,000 government doctors in Karnataka will resign Tuesday protesting a "meagre" hike in salaries but treatment of patients will not be affected as they have given two weeks' time to authorities to accept their demand. "We are resigning en masse Tuesday.
Indian pharma exports up by 29 percent in 2008-09September 25th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma today said that the exports of drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals for the year 2008-09 stood at Rs.39,538 crore, registering a growth of about 29 per cent over the last year. Addressing the Indo-Africa Pharma Business meet here, Sharma said: "In recent times, the Indian pharmaceutical sector has emerged as one of the major contributors to Indian exports with export earnings rising from a negligible amount in early 1990s to Rs.29,139.57 crore by 2007-08.
Haryana governor continues to be in hospitalSeptember 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia continued to be in the hospital for the third day Monday after collapsing here Saturday during a function. Aides of the governor said some more tests were to be conducted on him and there was a possibility of him being discharged Tuesday.
DNA tests in Indonesia confirm death of terrorist Noordin TopSeptember 19th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesian police said today the DNA test on the body of a man shot dead in an operation in Solo on Thursday matched that of wanted militant Noordin Mohd Top. "It's a 100 per cent match...
FDA approves Abbott Laboratories' test that screens for HIV types 1 and 2September 18th, 2009 FDA approves new HIV test from Abbott LaboratoriesWASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test from Abbott Laboratories that detects both types of the virus that causes AIDS. The FDA says the company's Abbott Prism HIV O Plus test can detect HIV types 1 and 2.
Satyam founder Raju placed under medial observation for 48 hoursSeptember 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju, who suffered a massive heart attack on Monday, has been put under observation for next 48 hours in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) hospital. According to hospital sources, Raju has also been diagnosed with the Hepatitis C.
South Africa launches campaign to get vaccinations, vitamins to 3 million childrenSeptember 7th, 2009 South Africa launches child vaccination campaignJOHANNESBURG — The doctor praised for re-energizing South Africa's Health Ministry launched a major campaign Monday to get vaccinations and immunity-boosting vitamins to 3 million children across the country over the next two weeks. Temporary clinics were set up and health workers were going door-to-door for two weeks starting Monday in the campaign aimed at reducing deaths from diarrhea, pneumonia and measles.
Ramalinga Raju suffers cardiac arrest in jail, shifted to hospitalSeptember 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Disgraced founder of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju suffered cardiac arrest in a jail here Monday night and was rushed to a hospital.
Ecuador gov't: President Correa's security chief dies of swine flu after 4 weeks in hospitalSeptember 6th, 2009 Swine flu fells Ecuador president's security chiefQUITO, Ecuador — The Ecuadorean government says President Rafael Correa's chief of security has died of swine flu. The online government publication El Ciudadano says air force Lt.
CDC chief says swine flu vaccine will be safe, his kids to get it when it becomes availableSeptember 6th, 2009 CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, tooWASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available. Dr. Thomas Frieden says health officials have "very high confidence" in the safety of the vaccine.
Screen tests to predict future asthma attacks not effective for certain patientsSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that certain clinical finding and lab tests, thought to have the potential to predict future asthma attacks, may be little successful when applied to people with persistent disease who are adhering to their health care regimens. While previous reports have suggested that such screen tests can prove very helpful in predicting future asthma attacks, the researchers point out that the earlier conclusions were based on observations of patients with poorly controlled asthma who had not received care based on current guidelines.
Patients suffer as junior doctors strike in Patna continueAugust 30th, 2009 PATNA - Patients here are suffering as the Government and other hospitals in Patna are over crowded due to the junior doctors strike over pay hike. A common sight at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) is of senior doctors attending patients lying on the floor since there are no vacant beds in the wards.
Patients infected with particular HIV subtype more likely to develop dementiaAugust 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johns Hopkins researchers have found that infections with a particular subtype of HIV increase people's likelihood of developing dementia, compared to infections with other subtypes. Writing about their findings in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the researchers claimed that theirs is the first study to have shown that the specific type of HIV has any effect on cognitive impairment, one of the most common complications of uncontrolled HIV infection.
