Chhattisgarh airlifting doctors to diarrhoea-hit areas

RAIPUR – The Chhattisgarh government has started airlifting doctors by choppers to tribal belts in Bijapur and Dantewada districts where dozens of people have died due to diarrhoea, cholera and other diseases in the past few months, a minister said Saturday.

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Soybean could boost bone health: Study

WASHINGTON – Scientists are exploring the role of natural estrogen-like substances in foods, like soybean isoflavones, in boosting bone health.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) physiologist Marta D. Van Loan and other researchers at the University of California-Davis said that soy has been studied for a long time due to some of its properties.

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Cost-effective intervention program cuts HIV risk in female sex workers

WASHINGTON – A team of researchers has found that even a modest behavioural intervention program can measurably reduce the incidence of HIV among female sex workers in the U.S.-Mexico border region.

The program duration is only 35 minutes, is cost effective and can work for other sexually transmitted infections too.

The program is especially crucial for this … Read more >>.

Toxic cancer-causing dyes found in China garments

BEIJING – Toxic dyes that can cause cancer have been detected in some garments in China, creating concern that buyers may also be exposed to health hazards.

Beijing’s municipal bureau of industry and commerce said in a latest quality test report that 65 clothing brands in the country have failed to meet quality standards, the Global …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Suspected anthrax outbreak in Orissa, 25 ill

BHUBANESWAR – At least 25 people, including six women, and a child have fallen ill with suspected anthrax contracted from dead animals in Orissa’s Sundergarh district, health official said Friday.

The people found with the infection are residents of Dukatola village and its nearby hamlets, some 500 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, chief district medical officer … Read more »»».

Orissa confirms two more swine flu cases

BHUBANESWAR – Two more people tested positive for swine flu in Orissa Friday, taking the total of affected people to five in the state this month, an official said.

“A 35-year-old male and a 56-year-old female tested positive for swine flu today (Friday),” Bikash Patnaik, the joint director in the state health directorate, told IANS.
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11 new cases of swine flu in Delhi

NEW DELHI – As many as 11 more people tested positive for swine flu in Delhi, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 74 in the capital, an official said Friday.

“Eleven people have tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) in Delhi. There have been no deaths Friday,” nodal officer for swine flu … Read more »»».

Delhi reports five new dengue cases

NEW DELHI – Five new cases of dengue in the capital have taken the number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 46, an official said Friday.

“Five people have tested positive for dengue in Delhi. But no deaths were reported Friday,” N.K. Yadav, chief medical officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), told …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Delhi reports five new dengue cases.

Oz toddler with Goldenhar syndrome doesn’t know how to eat

MELBOURNE – A one-year-old boy from Australia has never learnt how to eat, as he suffers from a condition called Goldenhar syndrome.ccording to AdelaideNow, Asher White, from Encounter Bay, Adelaide, has been left with several facial deformities, including a jaw and tongue that have failed to form properly because of the condition.

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Taiwan surgeons explore effects of electricity on penises

MELBOURNE – A group of surgeons in Taiwan have been studying the effects of electricity on penises by conducting the experiments on themselves.

The researchers conducted the study, titled “Determination of Human Penile Electrical Resistance and Implication on Safety for Electrosurgery of Penis”, to find out the effects electricity had on penises. ioneered by Dr William …. Source article  : Taiwan surgeons explore effects of electricity on penises.