‘Food security bill must address nutrition needs of poor’

NEW DELHI - Issues like nutrition and welfare of disadvantaged sections are likely to be in focus when the National Advisory Council discusses the food security bill in its next meeting July 1, a member of the council said Monday.

Hi-tech implant surgery on deaf boy at AIIMS

NEW DELHI - Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have successfully performed a hi-tech implant surgery on a three-and-a-half-year-old deaf boy.

India needs young blood donors: Health Minister

NEW DELHI - Expressing concern that blood donation in India was way short of the level in developed countries, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday urged the youth to come forward and donate blood.

Gene linked to hereditary incontinence identified

WASHINGTON - Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) have identified a gene responsible for a rare condition that turns smiles into grimaces and impedes bladder and bowel control.

‘Eat all your heart desires and still maintain a healthy heart’

NEW YORK - A three-times heart-attack survivor owes her amazing recovery to refining her diet without losing the meat and potatoes.

Genetic ‘chips’ to help identify genes, molecules behind CAD

LONDON - In an attempt to identify new genes and molecules responsible for coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers will use state-of-the-art genetic techniques to examine DNA from over 20,000 heart patients.

Kids under nine should be banned from using computer, says expert

MELBOURNE - A leading psychologist has urged schools to ban children under the age of nine from using computers as the technology is damaging their brains.

Assisted reproduction ups risk of congenital malformations in babies

WASHINGTON - Scientists warn that couples thinking of going for assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment should know about its increased risk of congenital malformation.

Drug side effects claims three lives daily

LONDON - Three people die from the side effects of prescription drugs everyday, according to a recent finding.

Blood donation ‘centurions’ honoured

NEW DELHI - At first look, there may be nothing that marks out 64-year-old Gabaruddin. But, he is a true life saver with a record of at least 160 blood donations to his credit.

Mystery disease claims 12 lives in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - A mysterious disease has claimed at least a dozen lives and affected more than 150 people in a remote Chhattisgarh village, a health official said Monday.

In Tripura, blood donation is a movement (June 14 is World Blood Donors Day)

AGARTALA - What started as a bid to save the life of his friend, turned into a cause for Nanigopal Ghosh, who has donated blood 71 times since then. And he isn’t the only regular donor in Tripura, which last year ranked first in voluntary blood donation.

Smoking during breast feeding can damage baby’s health

BERLIN - Mothers who smoke not only damage their children during pregnancy but can also negatively affect their development in the breast-feeding phase.