Health

    Too early to talk about PM candidate: Manmohan Singh

    On Board PM’s Special Aircraft, Oct 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said it was too early to talk about the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress for the next election and said that “there are several party leaders who are equally or better qualified” than him.


    Too early to talk about PM candidate: Manmohan Singh

    On Board PM’s Special Aircraft, Oct 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said it was too early to talk about the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress for the next election and said that “there are several party leaders who are equally or better qualified” than him.

Cells that refuse to self-destruct become cancerous

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) When a cell’s chromosomes lose their ends, it usually self-destructs to stem genetic damage. If it doesn’t it becomes cancerous.



Patients can be given drugs up to 4.5 hours after stroke

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Patients can still benefit up to four-and-a-half hours after a stroke if the blood clots in the brain are dissolved, says a new study. Earlier, three hours had been considered the upper limit for administering drugs.



Patients can be given drugs up to 4.5 hours after stroke

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Oct 1 (IANS) Patients can still benefit up to four-and-a-half hours after a stroke if the blood clots in the brain are dissolved, says a new study. Earlier, three hours had been considered the upper limit for administering drugs.



India gears up to implement stringent smoking curbs

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Hotels, restaurants, airports, railway stations, offices, shops and factories Wednesday prepared to enforce a smoking ban in public across India in a major effort to curb tobacco use that authorities say kill an estimated 900,000 people in the country every year.



US drone kills four in Pakistan, Taliban leader dies after illness (Lead)

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Islamabad, Oct 1 (DPA) At least four people were killed and nine injured in a US drone attack on a house in Pakistani territory along the Afghan border as media reported Wednesday the death of Pakistan’s Taliban leader due to illness.



Pakistani Taliban leader dead: Report

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Islamabad, Oct 1 (DPA) Baitullah Mehsud, leader of Pakistan’s Taliban militants died from illness, news reports said Wednesday.



Students announce AIDS breakthrough

Sep 30th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Oct 1 (IANS) In what is being described as a breakthrough in AIDS prevention, a group of engineering students and a medical doctor are reported to have designed a simple ’shield’ to block mothers transmitting the HIV virus to their babies while breastfeeding.



Beyonce’s wig collection worth half a million dollars

Sep 30th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Sep 30 (IANS) American R&B singer Beyonce Knowles’ wig collection has been estimated to be worth half a million dollars.