Government Coimbatore Medical College nursing students have been severely affected by viral fever due to suspected contaminated drinking water and as many as 26 are admitted to Government Hospital three days before and the students said that their hostel is situated in side the campus of Medical College Hospital and reported that they suspect their drinking water from the over-head tank is contaminated with germs and disease causing organisms.
However, they accused hospital management for the poor hygiene and told that the management was highlighted several times for the poor hygiene …

Every family of a village in Tamil Nadu is having about 5 to 10 children and the village is situated near Thanjavur and about 380 km away from Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai. Almost there are 300 families are living there and the village name is Keezhathottam and almost all the people are indulged in fishing for their income.
The village is surrounded by backwaters of the Cauvery river which keeps on adding abnormal high rate of new-born every year. Most of the deliveries are happened only at homes and …

Orissa : a heart patient Jhunu Behera a resident of K. Barida village, Brahmpur, Ganjam district has gravely requested permission form the President of India and Governor of Orissa for euthanasia (physician assisted suicide or mercy killing).
Jhunu is 38 and mother of four children is suffering from heart disease and said that she doesn’t want to give more trouble for the family and added she wants to die which she had mentioned in her letter to President and Governor.
Both letters initiated on 28th October is said to be acknowledged …

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that India is about to eradicate polio completely and it is on the verge of eradication and however it’s nearer countries are still struggling to eradicate polio still now including the largest country Pakistan.
Mr. Oliver Rosenbauer, the WHO spokesperson for polio programme said that there is no polio virus is found in Indian sewage though there are one or two cases during the year
The experts recently warned that if eradication fails now, it would be “the most expensive public health …

A recent research conducted by Australian scientists has revealed that stroke victims affected by a condition called aphasia (a condition by damage of a portion of brain by stroke or head injury and it leads to loss of power of speech or writing) could be improved by magnetic stimulation of the brain.
Dr. Caroline Barwood, a recent PhD holder from the school of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland found a significant level of improvement in the stroke survivor’s speaking ability by using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).
This technique of TMS …

Surat: State Roads and Building Minister Jaydratsinh Parmar has seized expired wheat flour packets through taluka development officer from Dharampur taluka of Valsad district.
Parmar during his inspection on Thursday as part of the ongoing three-day Gunotsave drive found the expired packets in the school kitchen at Malanpada village and noticed and reportedly they had been used to cook meals for the students.
The angry minister met Prabha Patel, the head of anganwadi and sought his explanation for the available expired wheat powder packets at the kitchen and then he went to …

Hyderabad: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has taken action against seven pharmacy colleges in the state for having admitted students more than the permitted numbers of 60.
The PCI has barred all seven colleges to admit more than the permitted numbers in the coming 2012-13 academic year. It also gave necessary information to the state government immediately and indicated that the seven colleges have violated the Education Regulation Act, 1999 and the state government to take action against these colleges for having admitted more than the permitted students. It also …

Scientists have identified a specific gene and that it is responsible in individuals who sleep only for shorter period of even four hours a day.
Karla Allebrandt and her team from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich identified a gene called ABCC9 that can reduce the length of time we sleep.
The new discovery of gene ABCC9 is seemed to control the hours of sleep we have and answer that every individual is having their own alarm clock to wake up in particular time.
Their findings are helpful in answering as why …

Taking over dose of paracetamol may kill you –warns British researchers. They warn that the over dose of paracetamol may damage the liver and eventually kills the human. However, they have accepted that paracetamol is a safe and effective drug in reducing and relieving from many types of pain.
They warns that people who used to take paracetamol do not know about the over dose they take which could be fatal over a few days.
It is pointed out that taking paracetamol with other ingredients to combat flu is most advisable …

Fran Baxter has started severe pain after she undergone left hip replacement and it ran through her left leg and her left knee swelled like a ball.
She was happened to stay back at hospital and eventually discharged with some morphine pain killers and she had no relief from pain.
In the home, Fran, 64 took necessary physiotherapy and pain killers and nothing helped her to get relieved from pain.
Fran who was working as a part-time civil servant from Buckhurst Hill in Essex felt the pain got worst during cold …