Sunday 20 September '09
It could be new insight from old bones or a family hoping to store their DNA for the future. DNA contains one’s genetic...Saturday 19 September '09
The last three days alone have accounted for 10 H1N1 deaths in the city.Saturday
19 September '09The Mission Director of the Maharashtra unit of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Sonia Sethi reviewed the progress of NRHM project in 33 districts in the state at a meeting held at YASHADA in Pune.Wednesday
16 September '09A specialised clinic has been set up in the city to help women with not only diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, but also other ailments related to breast, be it a lactational problem or a breast lift.Wednesday
16 September '09I cried the first time Vijay and I sat down to read a book together without a fuss", recalls Vijay's mother Sujata, "Vijay smiled, and I saw in him the happy, successful child that I had always hoped he would be."Wednesday
16 September '09On the Indian Energy Exchange, now any buyer or seller can trade for any hour of the day, any day of the next week and any week of the next month.Tuesday
15 September '09My parents fight often. I have two younger brothers and if I go to school then they cry...Saturday
12 September '09With 40 swine flu deaths in the city and new cases cropping up in 13 schools in the last week, there seems to be confusion about ways to tackle the infection.Saturday
12 September '09Nearly 8 per cent of around 50 HIV patients in an out patient department setting in Pune are infected with Hepatitis B...Saturday
12 September '09With 40 swine flu deaths in the city and new cases cropping up in 13 schools in the last week, there seems to be confusion about ways to tackle the infection.Tuesday
8 September '09Now for the first time, nearly one lakh below poverty line families in Pune district will claim health insurance.Thursday
3 September '09From a partial hand, cosmetic finger and thumb to a carbon reinforced foot, the Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) of the Indian Armed Forces now uses silicone solutions to suit the injured soldier’s needs.Monday
31 August '09A NEW vaccine, a dry powder that can be inhaled directly into the lungs, has offered hope of saving about 10 per cent of the nearly two lakh children....Sunday
30 August '09Smokers are not the only ones at risk of contracting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as usually believed.Thursday
27 August '09Measles and related complications claim the lives of nearly two lakh children a year in India. Now, a new inhalable vaccine, in the form of dry powder, has been developed and the city-based Serum Institute of India will conduct its human trials.Thursday
27 August '09The death of 12-year-old Rachana Oswal, a student of St Anne’s School — barely 23 days after the death of the first H1N1 victim, Reeda Shaikh’s — created panic as to whether the virus has struck at the same school again.Sunday
23 August '09In a significant judgement for the HIV community in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has instructed the National AIDS Control Organisation...Saturday
22 August '09The World Health Organisation has estimated that one-third of the global population will be affected by H1N1 as infectivity is high but the death rate associated with swine flu is less than 0.5 per cent.Thursday
20 August '09Pune saw two more H1N1 deaths on Wednesday, that of 55-year-old V W Avgade at KEM Hospital and 54-year-old Narendra Deshpande at Sahyadri-Munot Hospital.Wednesday
19 August '09It will be a year in September since a blast at the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Kailash crematorium near Naidu Hospital killed seven of its employees.Tuesday
18 August '09For the one lakh Catholics in Pune, the feast of Our Lady of Velankanni will not be celebrated with the same gusto and entho this year.Tuesday
18 August '09The authorities have come out with fresh treatment guidelines for the city, with clear instructions that Tamiflu tablets will be given to patients only and not to people in close contact with the patient.Tuesday
18 August '09The swine flu death toll in Pune climbed to 13 with 36 year old Beena Gonsalves succumbing to the virus on Sunday....Saturday
15 August '09With the strategy of administering Tamiflu to suspected swine flu patients showing positive results in Pune, the Maharashtra government is now planning...Saturday
15 August '09The strategy of administering Tamiflu to suspected patients of swine flu seems to have worked in the city.
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