Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolio, will work in concert with the Union Health Ministry and prepare an action plan to subdue the menace of Japanese Encephalitis raging in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Jairam for joint action plan to combat encephalitis
Posted by Jenni (#1) 565 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Harvested organs save four patients
Posted by Jenni (#1) 565 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Vital organs harvested from a 53-year-old accident victim have saved the lives of four patients who were suffering from the last stages of organ diseases, said doctors at the Apollo Hospitals.
How a simple surgery busted a village myth
Posted by Jenni (#1) 566 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
This is a story about three little children who could see again. About a decade ago, during an eye camp conducted at a village in the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, villagers brought to the doctors three children of one family who had sub-normal vision, deteriorating at that.
Writers, educationists oppose government move to shift library
Posted by Jenni (#1) 566 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The State government's decision to shift the Anna Centenary Library in Kotturpuram to the proposed Integrated Knowledge Park on the DPI campus in Nungambakkam has evoked strong dissent, including from writers, students and educationists.
6,583 people form pink ribbon
Posted by Jenni (#1) 567 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Bangaloreans from all walks of life came together to create awareness about breast cancer here on Sunday. The event was organised by HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd.
Physicians worry over increasing incidence of hypothyroidism
Posted by Jenni (#1) 567 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The increasing burden of thyroid diseases in the State has been worrying doctors, especially gynaecologists, who point out that a significant percentage of women coming in to their clinics complaining of infertility.
Motivation matters
Posted by Jenni (#1) 569 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
When I read about the benefits of exercising, I got really excited and decided to start the very next day. But when it came to following a regular routine… my motivation suddenly disappeared. I sat back and felt too lethargic to move.
Steep increase in breast cancer cases in Tamil Nadu: expert
Posted by Jenni (#1) 569 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The incidence of breast cancer has registered a steep increase in Tamil Nadu in the past decade. It has gone up from 10 per cent in 1990 to 24 per cent in 2011, and to effectively deal with the issue large-scale awareness on causative and curative factors ought to be created, said S.Vijayaraghavan, consultant oncologist, Paterson Cancer Centre, Chennai.