Health

Exercise helps kids recover after brain tumour treatment

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Sydney, Sep 12 (IANS) Exercise helps repair brain cells after radiation, particularly in children being treated for brain tumours, researchers say after clinical trials on mice.



Home productions allow me to do my kind of films: Bobby Deol

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) After “Chamku”, Bobby Deol will feature in two more home productions and says the films made by his own banner gives him a chance to play the kind of roles he wishes to play.



Knee surgery for arthritis is ineffective: study

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Toronto, Sep 12 (IANS) A new Canadian study shows that the popular knee surgery for arthritis is actually ineffective in reducing joint pain or improving joint function.



Rising prices threaten UN anti-poverty goals: report

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Poverty and backwardness are being fuelled by price rise and economic slowdown, hampering ongoing efforts to achieve millennium development goals (MDG) midway into the stipulated timeline, according to a UN report released Thursday.



‘Climate change behind dengue’s re-emergence in Southeast Asia’

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Health ministers from Southeast Asian countries Thursday pledged to combat tobacco use and to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue disease, which they claimed was re-emerging due to climate change in the region.



Rahul tours flood-hit Uttar Pradesh district

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Gorakhpur, Sep 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary and MP fromAmethi Rahul Gandhi Thursday visited Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur region, where over 10,000 people have been displaced by floods.



Disappointing finish for Simi in Binhai golf first round

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Shanghai, Sep 11 (IANS) Simi Mehra started off brilliantly but finished in a disappointing manner in the first round of the $300,000 Binhai Open at the Binhai Golf Course in Shanghai.



NTR’s son vows to bring TDP back to power

Sep 11th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh appears heading for a political battle between Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and the family of former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N.T. Rama Rao.