‘health’ Archives
Cryptococcus Gattii- A Fungal Disease in US
A dangerous fungal infection called Cryptococcus Gattii Spreading in the US which comes from British Columbia southward to the U.S. Pacific Northwest. It is also known as silence killer.270 cases has been registered from 2004 from Oregon and Washington and 40 people have been killed by this Fungal Disease due to infection in people’s Lung [...]
13 Swine Flu deaths take India Toll to 967
New Delhi: Swine Flu killed 13 more people on Friday taking the death toll to 967 in India. Karnataka and Delhi reported two deaths each,Uttarakhand and Maharashtra reported three deaths while Punjab Madhya Pradesh and Gujrat reported one death each. Madhya Pradesh with least numbers,9 deaths followed by Uttarakhand (13), Uttar Pradesh (14), [...]
A chilli pill that cuts as many calories as 80 minutes walk
London:Slimming pill has been developed by scientists which can burn off calories of the intensity of a 25-minute jog or 80 minutes of walk. Pill is called as Capsiplex. Capsiplex is made from capsicum and hot peppers, utilises the weight-loss potential of red-hot peppers. Capsicum and chilli help to speed up the process of metabolism and [...]
Five die of Swine Flue, Toll goes up to 632 in India
New Delhi: Swine Flue killed five more people in Delhi on Monday, taking total number of 632 death toll in the country. Four peoples from New Delhi and one Person from neighboring State Uttar Pradesh were died. Total 34 deaths were recorded so far from Delhi due to Swine Flue. Also New 315 cases has been reported from across the country with [...]
New thirty-eight dengue cases in Delhi, total affected 710
New Delhi: 38 new dengue cases has been registered on Thursday in Delhi, total 710 people are affected from this vector-borne disease till now said health official. Two deaths have been recorded ,nine year old boy, a 15 year old boy. Despite a door to door service and imposing fines on people for allowing water to stagnate, the cases of [...]
Cipla launches medicine for Swine Flu
New Delhi: Cipla a Pharmaceutical company has launched a medicine called Antiflu for the treatment of Swine Flu.According to CEO of Cipla, It is only medicine for Swine Flu in India approved by the World Health Organisation. Antifu would be available both as liquid and capsules.Cipla management has set price of Antiflu RS 475 per 10 [...]
US House approves Obama’s Health Care Reform Proposals
Washington: The US House of Representatives has approved health care reform plans. Health care reform plans were proposed by President Barack Obama. This $1trillion health care reform plan is aimed to improve the health care system in the US. The proposal was approved by a 218 votes while 39 oppose the plan. Most of the Republicans were [...]
Global Swine Flu Death Toll passes 6,000
New Delhi : From last week Over 370 people died of Swine Flu, taking death toll to 6,000 globally. Over 6,000 deaths of Swine Flu has being confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This deadly disease affected more than 199 countries and regions across the world. Death toll of Swine Flu across the world has gone 6,071 on November 1, [...]
Swine Flu
New Delhi: Swine Flu killed Eight more people on Saturday, increase the death toll in India to 473. Out of the eight deaths, four were reported from Maharashtra. Four other deaths were reported from Kerala, Delhi, ,Chandigarh and Rajasthan. Maharashtra on top with 201Swine Flu deaths. Delhi (17), Kerala (15),. Gujarat (4). Karnataka (7), [...]
Swine flu
World Health Organisation data shows the number of deaths increased by 700, reaching 5,700 worldwide since first uncovered in April. 4,175 deaths have now been reported, up 636 in the Americas region data published before. Cases in Asia-Pacific climbed to 1,070, while In Europe it rose to 281. “Death toll is mounting, A single dose [...]
