Tobacco Smoking is single largest cause of many diseases
Posted by: Peter Gill
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-07-26 02:02:22 -0700 | health-news
Smoking is the single largest cause of many diseases. This was stated by eminent cardiologist and Medical Superintendent Red Crescent Hospital Latifabad, Dr Fazal-ur-Rehman, here on Wednesday. He said that smoking causes many of diseases including cancer of different kinds,...
Mission Aagaaz and Kheti Virasat Mission to stage march
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 05:21:35 -0800 | health-news
Mission Aagaaz, an NGO dedicated to environmental issues, would collaborate with Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM), Lok Kalyan Samiti and other farmers’ groups to take out a march in keeping with the ‘Monsanto Quit India Movement’ being taken out from Jallianwala...
Cops arrest woman, recover narcotic drugs from her
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 05:24:59 -0800 | health-news
In a crackdown against peddlers of narcotic drugs, the Amritsar City Police arrested a woman identified as Rani, a resident of Gujjarpura and recovered 2170 narcotic capsules and 900 soporific drugs from her. A case under section 21 NDPS Act...
Breastfeeding is not only beneficial for newborns but for mothers as well: doctors
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 14:29:50 -0800 | health-news
Breastfeeding is not only beneficial for newborns but for mothers as well. The fact came to the fore during a seminar organized by the office of the Civil Surgeon. Addressing the gathering, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr H S Ghai said...
11 Chief Ministers Support Anti-Tobacco Campaign For Banning Gutka And Khaini
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 14:32:01 -0800 | health-news
Steadfast in their commitment to fight the growing menace of chewing tobacco products like gutka and khaini, 11 chief ministers have pledged their support to curb this growing menace in their states. Chief Ministers of Assam, Goa, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka,...
Check on water quality missing
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 14:33:30 -0800 | health-news
While the problem of water contamination continues to make residents of Amritsar ill, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation lacks infrastructure for water quality testing. The latest case in point is that of Baba Sangat Singh Nagar where more than 15 people...
Cure for burns...highly informative...
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 05:25:31 -0800 | health-news
Friends, this is an interesting and useful email that I received... "I went to Snopes on this. There are a few warnings when applying anything to burns. First, cool the area with cool water until it quits burning. I went...
As malaria cases increase in the city, government orders recruitment of more staff for fogging
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 05:26:50 -0800 | health-news
As the city is inundated with heavy showers every now and then and most localities in the district are ill-equipped to face the monsoons being low lying and sans sewerage and disposal facilities and puddles of stagnant water find a...
Rs 150 cr projects approved for Govt medical colleges in Punjab
Source: NewKerala
Amritsar :: India | updated 2010-12-16 01:18:05 -0800 | business-news
Government Medical Colleges at Amritsar, Patiala and Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot...Radiotherapy Unit for the treatment of Cancer at a cost of Rs 16 crore at Government Medical College, Amritsar. It was also approved in the meeting to set...
1000 Cancer cases in Amritsar
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 00:58:33 -0800 | health-news
Punjab is hiding its cancer behind slim figure but public awareness has exposed many cases. The numbers have swelled with each passing year, and even children are down with all kinds of cancer. Doctors from the Indian Council for Medical...
Men too are as prone to breast cancer as women
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 18:26:00 -0800 | health-news
Ailments neither know age bar or gender and can occur anytime, anywhere and to anyone. Though till now women were considered to be the ones more prone to breast cancer, medical research has shown that the ugly disease can affect...
A chocolaty bite can keep your heart right
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 18:26:00 -0800 | health-news
Do you love eating chocolates, but feel that they may harm you in some way or the other? Well, here is a bit of good news that you would want to celebrate because now you have a compelling reason to...
Miraculous Conception-British Lady Conceives Post-Menopause
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 18:26:26 -0800 | health-news
She had evidently lost hope of experiencing motherhood after she had menopause at the age of 21. However, providence had other plans for 30-year-old Cassie Chapple, who was surprised to find that she was pregnant during a special hormone test....
Whining Women
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-02-15 18:27:17 -0800 | health-news
While women are considered a lot more braver than men in many areas, a study conducted on how men and women react to various health issues has shown that ladies whine more about health concerns than men, but are likely...
Want to be immunized against malaria? Get bitten by a mosquito
Posted by: shaheenparshad
Amritsar :: India | updated 2012-11-02 00:39:05 -0700 | health-news
This is certainly no joke, though it may sound so. Medical researchers have found a novel but an apparently effective way of tackling malaria, that too with the help of mosquito bites. Hence, if you are looking for an immunization...
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