New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Shocking as it may sound, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya’s smoking habits are making state capital Kolkata lose out on “millions of dollars” in international funds to fight the tobacco menace.
London, Sep 15 (IANS) Praminder Mankoo, a leading British hair consultant of Asian origin, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his clients. He called women with scalp problems for “stress relieving massages” but groped their private parts instead.
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Sophisticated new tools have helped identify an unsuspected gene behind colon cancer, according to a study. As these tools are refined, more such cancer genes are expected to identified, providing new avenues for therapy, the authors suggested.
Taipei, Sep 14 (DPA) Taiwan will tighten safety controls on Chinese dairy products following a contaminated milk powder health scare, a government official said Sunday.
Taipei, Sep 14 (DPA) Taiwan will tighten safety controls on Chinese dairy products following a contaminated milk powder health scare, a government official said Sunday.
New York, Sep 14 (IANS) Doctors have found cancer cells affecting British television star Jade Goody’s body outside her womb.
Dubai, Sep 14 (IANS) Noor Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) new global blindness eradication programme, has launched the second of its three components which will form the core basis of the campaign.
Beijing, Sep 13 (Xinhua) China’s baby food manufacturer Sanlu Group has been asked to stop production of its milk powder after it was found contaminated and at least 432 babies in the country came to suffer from kidney stones due to it, a health ministry official said Saturday.
London, Sep 13 (IANS) British television star Jade Goody has had an eight-hour cancer operation that “went well”, her spokesman said Saturday.
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) An endoscope with a miniature ultrasound device on its tip to inject drugs directly into the tumour could be a safer, more effective approach to administering chemotherapy, since it allows doctors to avoid damaging normal tissues.