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Ayurveda for drug discovery: scientists hope to bridge gap

Sunday 28 June '09

Pune scientists Dr Raghunath Mashelkar and Prof Bhushan Patwardhan hope their article will help create a positive environment for globalising ayurveda.
De-addiction: from doctors to housewives, Nishigandh leads the way

Thursday 25 June '09

An anaesthesiologist, Dr Rita (name changed) tried painkillers on herself to just get a ‘high’. One injection led to another and soon she got addicted to it...
Amniotic membrane helps treat burns

Thursday 25 June '09

A routine ‘aarti’ had turned fatal for 26-year-old Deepa (name changed) from Kothrud in May...
Medical waste proves effective for burns treatment

Wednesday 24 June '09

A routine ‘aarti’ had turned fatal for 26-year-old Deepa (name changed) from Kothrud in May, when she stumbled and fell upon the burning lamp.
CGHS clinics to be e-linked to hospitals

Tuesday 23 June '09

The seven dispensaries under the Central Government Health Scheme in the city are getting fully computerized...
Understanding the HIV virus

Sunday 21 June '09

Ever since the HIV virus was discovered in 1983, a lot of research has been done around its genome. In the face of emerging and re-emerging viral threats...
Hard to find, HIV-positive children for crucial study

Wednesday 17 June '09

Researchers at B J Medical College are facing a challenging task of identifying HIV positive babies and children, in the age group of six months to three years, who have not received any treatment so far.
24/7 hot line, dedicated centre for abdominal cancer patients

Sunday 14 June '09

Being cared for by specialists ensures better survival, a conclusion of several studies, and cancer surgeons in Pune are literally taking this maxim to heart.
Swine flu vaccine in 6 months, claims Virology Institute

Saturday 13 June '09

With WHO declaring the swine flu a pandemic, raising its alert to maximum level six, National Institute of Virology director Dr A C Mishra claimed the institute will be ready with a vaccine in less than six months.
Diabetes debate

Wednesday 10 June '09

A GlaxoSmithKline study rebuts claims that it's much criticised diabetes drug Avandia is linked to heart attacks.
On wastelands: scorpions losing bite, owls their diet

Wednesday 10 June '09

The wastelands, called padik zameen in the local parlance, on the outskirts of Pune are just pieces of degraded lands that do not fulfil their life-sustaining potential for many.
Tighter checks for swine flu

Tuesday 9 June '09

Concern over 11 persons infected with the H1N1 virus (swine flu) in the country has led the National Institute of Virology
Fighting the flu

Sunday 7 June '09

They call it the ‘dirty’ room. It is here, at the ‘clinical specimen handling’ section of the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune...
Power bills reach late, consumers pay for delay

Saturday 6 June '09

The MSEDCL has around nine lakh consumers and the seemingly innocuous Rs 10-20 dues add up to a tidy amount each month.
When willpower gave them a ‘second life’

Thursday 4 June '09

When 84-year-old Sumantai Behere learnt that she was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1997, it came as a shock but she faced it with great fortitude.
Tata study on Western Ghats biodiversity gets Romanian thumbs-up

Wednesday 3 June '09

Tata Power's three hydroelectric power stations at Khopoli, Bhira and Bhivpuri supply India's financial capital with 450 MW of life-giving electricity.
Gall bladder can make insulin, help in diabetes therapy: Pune lab study

Tuesday 2 June '09

Gall bladder cells can potentially produce insulin raising the possibility that a person’s own cells can be used in stem cell therapy for the disease....
Swine flu vaccine: Serum instt waits for cue

Tuesday 2 June '09

With no advisory yet from the WHO on vaccinating people against swine flu...
Gutkha-chewing a malaise, doctors seek de-addiction programme

Saturday 30 May '09

It's a malaise that shows no signs of abating. Gutkha-related cancers are a growing source of concern for city-based oncologists who say that head and neck cancer constitute at least 50 per cent of the 150 new cases every month.
Rs 2 lakh in fines, but ban partial in district

Thursday 28 May '09

The Food and Drug Administration has collected Rs 2 lakh as fine, mainly from hotels and bars, for violating the ban on smoking in public places in the district from April last year to March this year.
With general elections over, power prices plunge

Thursday 28 May '09

Power-starved southern states that paid through their nose to buy electricity at the Indian Energy Exchange...
One lakh schoolgirls covered in drive against anaemia

Saturday 23 May '09

The Pune Zilla Parishad is targeting one lakh girls in the age group of 11-18 in its ambitious campaign for preventing anaemia.
Swine flu scare after smooth landing

Tuesday 12 May '09

Two men who had visited Spain and the US respectively have come under medical scrutiny in Pune, undergoing a battery of tests for the H1N1 virus on Monday at the Dr Naidu Infectious Diseases Hospital.
2 flu suspects in Pune hospital

Tuesday 12 May '09

Two men, who visited Spain and the US recently, have come under medical scrutiny in Pune, undergoing a battery of tests for the H1N1 virus at the Dr Naidu....
Plenty of Tamiflu tablets, none for distribution now

Saturday 9 May '09

Pune has nearly 10,000 Tamiflu capsules in stock but they are not for distribution yet.
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