Health

    Human fatty acid unravelled, paving way to new drugs

    London, Sep 6 (IANS) Researchers have determined the atomic structure of mammalian fatty acid synthase or MFAS - a complex synthetic machine in human cells - paving the way for developing anti-cancer, anti-obesity drugs and the treatment of metabolic disorders.


    Shortage of isotopes to hit medical scans

    London, Sep 6 (IANS) A global shortage of medical isotopes, used in more than 80 percent of heart and bone scans and in detection of cancer, will hamper diagnostic examinations over the coming weeks.

Politics hampering efforts to save Asian vulture

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Political barriers in India and Pakistan are hampering efforts to save the critically endangered Asian vulture from extinction, whose numbers are down to a few thousand from tens of millions.



Politics hampering efforts to save Asian vulture

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Political barriers in India and Pakistan are hampering efforts to save the critically endangered Asian vulture from extinction, whose numbers are down to a few thousand from tens of millions.



Two Mumbai blasts suspects caught in Nepal

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Kathmandu, Sep 6 (IANS) Two Indian aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, suspected of having a role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that killed 257 people, were arrested by the Nepal police here and have been handed over to Indian authorities in a rapid and well-concealed operation.



Linseed laced food to keep cancer, chloresterol at bay

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Linseed is believed to protect against cancer, but the taste is a real turn-off for most people.



HIV spreading fast among Beijing’s gays: Official

Sep 5th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Beijing, Sep 5 (Xinhua) The incidence of HIV or full-blown AIDS is increasing faster among the gay population of the Chinese capital than among the sex workers, the city’s disease control centre said Friday.



Jade Goody might die in her 30s

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New York, Sep 4 (IANS) The 27-year-old British reality show star Jade Goody has been warned by doctors that if her cervical cancer spreads she could be dead in her 30s.



Death of EU-India relations expert mourned

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Brussels, Sep 4 (IANS) The European Commission (EC), the executive agency of the European Union, Thursday mourned the death of Malcolm Subhan, a renowned journalist and expert on EU-India relations.



Debt-ridden builder kills wife, daughter; attempts suicide

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A builder unable to repay huge debts Thursday strangled his wife and daughter to death before attempting suicide by slashing his wrist with a blade in his home in south Delhi, the police said.