2015年5月1日 星期五

2015-05-02 India Health


CKNW News Talk 980
   
UBC research project aims to alter donated blood into universal blood   
CKNW News Talk 980
Having to know your blood type for a transfusion might become a thing of the past for most people. Researchers at UBC are developing enzymes that can turn donated blood into something similar to the so-called 'universal' donor type 'O'. Scientists knew ...

Researchers could soon progress in development of universal blood type   Uncover California
Could An Enzyme Help Transform Blood Types Into The Universal O?   Science World Report
Enzyme could make any type of donated blood safe for anyone to receive   Gizmag
The Hindu   
Gizmodo   
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Firstpost
   
Maha FDA files FIR against Snapdeal for online sales of prescription drugs ...   
Firstpost
The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has ordered the filing of a first information report (FIR) against e-commerce major Snapdeal.com's CEO, directors and distributors on charges of selling prescription drugs online, a top official said here on ...

FIR against Snapdeal for selling drugs   Times of India
Online medicine sale: FDA orders FIR against Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl   Economic Times
FDA files case against Snapdeal CEO for selling prescription drugs   Daily News & Analysis
The Asian Age   
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Times of India
   
World Bank exits event funded by tobacco companies   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The World Bank has pulled out of the tax conference, which was to be co-organized by a consortium funded by several transnational tobacco companies. Till Thursday, the bank's name featured on the website of the 12th Annual Asia Pacific Tax ...

Put more pictorial warning on tobacco products: WHO to Modi   onmanorama
House passes $12 million health care package with e-cigarette tax   vtdigger.org
Children urge Centre to set a date   The Asian Age

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Discovery News
   
Capuchin monkeys know best how to crack a nut   
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Wild bearded capuchin monkeys are more skilled than anyone in cracking nuts, shows a new study by Indian-American psychologist Madhur Mangalam. The monkeys are known to use stone "hammers" to crack nuts. The monkeys are quite ...

Wild bearded capuchin monkeys are sophisticated nut-crackers   Bharat Press
Monkeys show how to perfectly open a nut   Daily Mail
Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 Wild bearded capuchin monkeys really know how ...   EurekAlert (press release)

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The Hindu
   
Enumerators fan out in Gir to count lions   
The Hindu
The Gujarat Forest Department started the five-day enumeration of lions in the Gir sanctuary here on Friday. The census will continue till May 5 in five districts in and around the sanctuary, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest C.N. Pandey said. This time, only ...

As jungle sheds its leaves, lion census to start in Gir today   The Indian Express
Much awaited lion census starts at Gir sanctuary from Saturday   Economic Times

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Calcutta Telegraph
   
Free drug distribution scheme launched   
The Hindu
The Odisha Government on Friday launched 'Niramaya', a free drug distribution scheme to provide as many as 570 medicines in all the 30 districts of the State. The ambitious scheme was formally launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Capital ...

CM sops for labourers, patients   Calcutta Telegraph
Odisha CM launched free medicine scheme Niramaya   Orissadiary.com

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Daily Mail
   
Insomniacs are 'likely to feel more pain'   
Daily Mail
If you have trouble nodding off at night you are probably also more sensitive to pain, a study reveals. It seems insomniacs are less able to tolerate pain for long periods compared to those people who have no problems sleeping. Sensitivity is linked to how long ...

Insomnia Can Worsen Chronic Pain Conditions   Live Science
Insomnia May Lower Your Tolerance for Pain   NDTV
Insomnia tied to lower pain tolerance   Zee News
HCPLive   
EurekAlert (press release)   
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CBS News
   
Noroviruses may spread through the air   
CBS News
Noroviruses make about 20 million people in the U.S. sick with gastrointestinal symptoms each year, sending tens of thousands to the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Noroviruses cause over 50 percent of gastroenteritis ...

Norovirus airborne transmission may be possible: Researchers   Outbreak News Today
Infectious diarrhoea viruses can spread by air   Times of India
Viruses Responsible for 50% of Gastroenteritis Cases Can Spread by Air   DG News

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India Today
   
Sikhs should explain meaning of turban to Americans, says US lawmaker   
India Today
Judy Chu. Reuters picture.Sikhs need to explain to Americans the significance of the turban, the most visible sign of their identity, an influential US lawmaker has said, amid reports that a majority of children wearing turbans are bullied in schools.
'Sikhs need to tell US about turban'   The Asian Age

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Times of India
   
9-year-old youngest to get bio-absorbable heart stent   
Times of India
MUMBAI: Running back home from school is the happiest moment of every child's day, but nine-year-old Deepa Gupta could not savour this joy. Every time the Class III student ran, played or walked a bit longer than usual, she would clutch at her chest like ...

Mumbai: 9-year-old undergoes angioplasty   Hindustan Times

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