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NGO urges govt to declare thalassemia a disability

Shimla, May 8: Shimla-based public welfare trust Umang Foundation Wednesday asked the state government to include thalassemics in the category of disabled so that they could avail facilities being provided to the physically challenged."The government should also initiate a screening programme ...

Declare Thalassemic Patients As Disabled Himachal Trust

Fear of encephalitis outbreak haunts Bihar

Patna, April 30: With this year's first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease has returned to haunt the state, an official said on Tuesday.One-year-old ...

Experts approve eating poultry in China despite bird flu

Beijing, April 30: Denying having come across any evidence of anyone getting infected with bird flu virus by consuming poultry or eggs, an expert group has declared poultry to be safe for eating in China.According to the group, jointly organised by ...

New discovery can help thwart Parkinson's disease

Washington, July 8 (ANI): Scientists from King's College London say that blocking the release of chemical glutamate in the brain may help prevent Parkinson's disease....

Family history may help predict severity of mental disease

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers from Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) have revealed that family history can play a vital role in predicting the severity of mental disorder....

Vegetarian diets can keep heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes at bay

Washington, July 5 (ANI): Vegetarian can help prevent and treat chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes, according to a report....

Rare sheep perfect blood donors for diagnosing infectious disease in developing world

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say that the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident, may be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world....

Scientists cast doubts on key protein's role in heart disease

Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new study has found that C-reactive protein, an enticing target for scientists working on new treatments for coronary heart disease, may not have a role in causing the disease....

History of periodontitis linked to cerebrovascular disease in men

Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new study has established a link between periodontitis history and cerebrovascular disease in men....

How Parkinson's disease can alter a patient's ability to learn from rewards

Washington, July 1 (ANI): Scientists at Rutgers University, Newark, have developed a new neuropsychological memory test that could uncover how Parkinson's disease can alter people's ability to learn about the consequences of the choices they make....

Water-borne disease caused by Cyclone Aila, a major threat for West Bengal: UNICEF

Kolkata, July 1 (ANI): UNICEF has warned that water-borne diseases continue to be a major threat to the people affected by "Cyclone Aila" that hit West Bengal last month....

Key culprits in lupus disease identified

Washington, June 30 (ANI): Scripps Research Institute researchers have identified three new proteins that play a role in the development of lupus erythematosus (or lupus), a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect different body parts, including ...

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