Health

Indo-Canadian to head chair at top university

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Toronto, Nov 21 (IANS) Indian-origin Sonia Anand has been appointed as head of a new research chair on heart diseases at Canada’s top McMaster University at Hamilton near here.



Don’t give cow milk to kids, PETA urges Jharkhand

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has claimed that dairy milk is bad for human health and has asked the Jharkhand government to stop giving cow milk to school children.



Don’t give cow milk to kids, PETA urges Jharkhand

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has claimed that dairy milk is bad for human health and has asked the Jharkhand government to stop giving cow milk to school children.



Platinum-phosphate compounds kill ovarian cancer cells

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) A new class of compounds called phosphaplatins can effectively kill ovarian, testicular, head and neck cancer cells with less toxic effects than existing drugs, according to a new study.



Addressing HIV and IDU issues vital for TB programmes

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Articles, Health

More than 90% of the diagnosed TB patients are successfully completing treatment in Nepal today. Nepal’s anti-TB programme has received appreciation in the south-east Asian region which is the result of ongoing government commitment, community support, forging wide range of partnerships, and the use of innovative ways of ensuring access to Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) - especially in remote areas, says Dr Dirgh Singh Bam, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Nepal, who is also the former Vice-President of Nepal’s Anti-Tuberculosis Association (NATA).



Scientists make windpipe from stem cells, usher in new era of surgery

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Nov 19 (IANS) British scientists were hailed Wednesday after the first tissue-engineered windpipe, built from the patient’s own stem cells, was successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway.



Scientists make windpipe from stem cells, usher in new era of surgery

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Nov 19 (IANS) British scientists were hailed Wednesday after the first tissue-engineered windpipe, built from the patient’s own stem cells, was successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway.



Spanish surgeons achieve transplant breakthrough

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Nov 19 (IANS) In a surgical first, Spanish surgeons have achieved the world’s first whole organ transplant using a windpipe made with the patient’s own stem cells.