Health

Tiny ants can teach us a thing or two about pesticides

Nov 17th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Ants are not only industrious and dedicated, they are quite capable of keeping their gardens pest free, a feat still beyond human agriculturalists.



Fidel Castro in very good health: Spanish doctor

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Buenos Aires, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Cuban president Fidel Castro “is in very good health” and “could return to power” if he desired, a Spanish doctor who treated the leftist leader when he seriously fell ill in 2006 has said.



Fidel Castro in very good health: Spanish doctor

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Buenos Aires, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Cuban president Fidel Castro “is in very good health” and “could return to power” if he desired, a Spanish doctor who treated the leftist leader when he seriously fell ill in 2006 has said.



Dump the junk food, save your child from diabetes

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) If your child asks you for some loose cash for eating at the school canteen or a pizza luncheon - consider not giving in, for his sake!



Indian immigrant killed in road accident

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Toronto, Nov 16 (IANS) An Indian immigrant has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto.



‘Child rights crying for protection by police, judges’

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) There is an urgent need to sensitise the police, the judicial system and the bureaucracy to respect child rights in the country, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member P.C. Sharma has said.



One in five urban youths in China obese

Nov 15th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health, Olympics

Beijing, Nov 15 (Xinhua) One in every five youngsters in urban China is overweight, the health ministry has said, expressing concern over the growing number of diabetics among children and adolescents in big cities.



One in five urban youths in China obese

Nov 15th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health, Olympics

Beijing, Nov 15 (Xinhua) One in every five youngsters in urban China is overweight, the health ministry has said, expressing concern over the growing number of diabetics among children and adolescents in big cities.