Health (General) – Newsletter for January 8, 2011

2,000 kids died of hunger in Guatemala last year

Guatemala City, Jan 8 (IANS/EFE) Over 2,000 children under the age of five years died in Guatemala during the first 10 months of 2010 as a consequence of illnesses caused by malnutrition, an official report said.

The report made public Friday is based on statistics of the Epidemiology Center of the health ministry covering …. Source article  : 2,000 kids died of hunger in Guatemala last year.

Minister urges diaspora to assist in health care

NEW DELHI – Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi Friday urged the Indian diaspora to partner with the government in making health care facilities more accessible.

“Delivery of quality health care services to every nook and corner of the country is a big challenge for government agencies,” Trivedi said at the 9th Pravasi Bharatiya …. Source  : Minister urges diaspora to assist in health care.

Indian, Australian experts working on new cancer treatment

SYDNEY – A team of Indian and Australian researchers is developing new tools for improved identification and treatment of cancer.

Wei Duan, associate professor at Deakin University, who led the Australian team, said the project looked into newer methods, using nano-therapeutics and molecular diagnostics, for detection and treatment of human cancers.
Nano-therapeutics is the … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Indian, Australian experts working on new cancer treatment.

Britain gives last year’s vaccines to flu hit people

LONDON – British physicians have started giving patients doses of last year’s leftover swine flu vaccine to try to overcome the present shortage, as the toll from this winter’s outbreak rose to 50 people.

The department of health approved the move Thursday, but the opposition Labour said it was further evidence of ministers being “slow … Read : Britain gives last year’s vaccines to flu hit people.

Haryana to have medical college in Kalpana Chawla’s memory

CHANDIGARH – A new medical college will be set up in the memory of astronaut Kalpana Chawla in her home town Karnal, the Haryana government said Friday.

“The medical college to be set up over an area of 35 acres would have a 50-seat college upgradable to 100 seats. It will also have a 400-bedded … Read more »»».

Smoking fatalities set to triple in China

BEIJING – Deaths from smoking in China will triple to 3.5 million annually by 2030 and lost productivity from smoking-related health problems will hamper the country’s economic growth, say experts.

China’s state-owned tobacco industry is hindering anti-smoking measures, experts have warned in the report titled Tobacco Control and the Future of China.
“As the health …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Smoking fatalities set to triple in China.

Bike test accurate key to Parkinson’s diagnosis

LONDON – Researchers have found that the ability to ride a bicycle is way cheaper and more precise in diagnosing Parkinson’s than a battery of tests.

Neurologists from Parkinson Centre, the Netherlands, wrote to the Lancet journal that those with standard Parkinson’s were more likely to still be able to ride a bike, whereas … Read more >>>.