Malaysian Indian professor honouredKUALA LUMPUR - C.P. Ramachandran, an ethnic Indian, has been made professor emeritus by Universiti Sains Malaysia for his contributions in the field of education, research and community service. Asian countries to meet over swine flu next monthNEW DELHI - Health ministers from 11 Asian countries, including India, and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are set to meet in Nepal in September to discuss swine flu preparedness with apprehensions that the influenza A(H1N1) virus may become more virulent during winter. First swine flu death reported in BangladeshDHAKA - In the first swine flu death case in Bangladesh, a female patient who infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus died in hospital Sunday. Colombian president contracts swine fluBOGOTA - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the influenza A (H1N1) , also known as swine flu, officials said Sunday. Eat melons to keep BP under controlWASHINGTON - Nutrition experts say there is no better way to lower blood pressure (BP) than by indulging in some of the season’s potassium-rich fruit and vegetables. Bahrain reports first swine flu deathMANAMA - A southeast Asian woman became the first person to die of swine flu in Bahrain, health officials in Manama said Sunday. Meet the dog that survived despite eating 1000 magnets!MELBOURNE - A dog ate almost 1000 magnets, but is still alive after an emergency surgery. The X-ray of Polly’s stomach showed a clump of magnets in it, when its owner Cathy James took it to vet Dr. Glen Hastie at Sunbury Animal Hospital, after it fell seriously ill. Obama’s health care reform less popular than Bill Clinton’s ‘94 proposalWASHINGTON - Americans are more sceptical about President Barack Obama’s health care reform than they were about Bill Clinton’s health care proposals in 1994, a survey conducted by a Republican polling firm has found. |
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