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- UN body sets residue limits on vet drug
- India gets first tele-ICU for critical patients
- Travel easy with diabetes
- E-waste: Annual gold, silver 'deposits' in new high-tech goods worth $21B; less than 15% recovered
- 'Lifestyle deepens diabetes problem in India, China'
- Indian sex workers to video connect with world AIDS meet in US
- Omar shocked by photos of monkey on hospital bed
- Search for Higgs boson at Large Hadron Collider reveals new particle
- How to keep your skin glowing during monsoon
- Freezing all embryos in IVF with transfer in a later non-stimulated cycle may improve outcome
| UN body sets residue limits on vet drug Posted: 07 Jul 2012 05:22 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 7 - The United Nations food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission, has agreed on a set of residue limits for the veterinary drug ractopamine for animals, a statement from the body said here Saturday. The drug, used as a growth promoter in cattle, also helps in keeping pigs lean. The Member States of Codex Alimentarius Commission adopted maximum residue limits for the amount of the drug allowed in the tissues of pigs and cattle, the statement from the Commission in Rome said. The decision was made after a rigorous process of scientific assessment to ascertain that the proposed levels of residues have no impact on human health, the statement said. The assessment was carried out by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives, a group of independent experts convened by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization -, World Health Organization - that provides scientific support to Codex. The Commission reached a decision through a vote, carried out in accordance with the rules and procedures. The limits were approved with 69 votes for, 67 against, and seven abstentions, the statement said. The ractopamine limits set by the Commission are 10 micrograms per kilogram of pig or cattle muscle, 40 micrograms per kilogram in liver, and 90 micrograms per kilogram of the animals kidneys, it added. http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| India gets first tele-ICU for critical patients Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:36 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 6 - Even as the concept of tele-medicine or clinical care through technology is yet to find ground in India, medical experts Friday announced the launch of a tele-intensive care unit - for management of critically ill patients in small towns. The project 'CritiNext', a collaborative venture of Fortis group and GE health care, promises to take intensive care into digital age by providing 24X7 medical care to patients through internet-based communication. Tele-ICU would connect a command centre in a super speciality hospital to a district hospital of a local hospital. The super speciality hospital and experts there will provide advanced consultation, care and monitoring to local hospital's critically ill patients without having physically transferring them anywhere, said Amit Varma, executive director of CritiNext, Fortis group. The system is first of its kind in the country, experts say. It is a pay-per-use system where GE health care will help us with technology and Fortis group will support manpower needs, Varma added. The system is currently operational in Chattisgarh's Raipur and Uttarakhand's Dehradun. According to the management, two more hospitals in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are expected to be operational by this year's end. The tele-ICU system involves remote ICU monitoring technology with experts who help reduce medical errors by guiding hospitals with shortage of critical care experts. The experts at the command centre also access the diagnostics reports other than communicating with the doctors. http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:03 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Nowadays, the lifestyle and the surge in standard of living make travelling an accolade to everyday mundane activities of home and profession. Be it a family tour or a professional one, 'travelling' always sounds enthralling. According to the Indian Tour Operators Promotion Council, hundreds of thousands of Indian nationals travel abroad every year to explore foreign lands for varied reasons. Not only outbound travel but domestic tourism is also a flourishing practice in India. But travelling may not always be welcomed by many people owing to a number of causes, health issues being one of the prime reasons. The current scenario holds a grim picture with many lifestyle-related disorders like obesity, diabetes and heart ailments on the upsurge. The statistical data on prevalence of diabetes illustrates that 40.9 million people suffered from diabetes in the year 2007 and the incidence is projected to increase to 69.9 million by 2025. Happy journeys and pleasant trips may be a far cry especially for people with diabetes because often travelling comes as an emotional and physical burden for them. They remain stressed about the qualms of their meal and blood glucose management and, more often than not, end with fluctuating blood sugar levels because of erratic meal timings and unhealthy binging. Virtually it is simple and easy for people with diabetes to stay at bay from such complications of blood glucose fluctuation. A little rational planning and preparation beforehand can help them sustain their focus on their destination rather than on diabetes. Some important precautionary and preventive measures for people with diabetes prior to travelling are: * See your healthcare provider prior to travelling to assess the current level of diabetes control and to get guidance on various diabetes management issues. * If you are on insulin, make sure to store it in a safe place, away from direct sunlight. Insulin loses its potency when... http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| E-waste: Annual gold, silver 'deposits' in new high-tech goods worth $21B; less than 15% recovered Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) A staggering 320 tons of gold and more than 7,500 tons of silver are now used annually to make PCs, cell phones, tablet computers and other new electronic and electrical products worldwide, adding more than $21 billion in value each year to the rich fortunes in metals eventually available through urban mining of e-waste, experts say. Manufacturing these high-tech products requires more than $16 billion in gold and $5 billion in silver: a total of $21 billion -- equal to the GDP of El Salvador -- locked away annually in e-products. Most of those valuable metals will be squandered, however; just 15% or less is recovered from e-waste today in developed and developing countries alike. Electronic waste now contains precious metal deposits 40 to 50 times richer than ores mined from the ground, experts told participants from 12 countries at last week's first-ever GeSI and StEP e-Waste Academy for policymakers and small businesses, co-organized in Accra, Ghana by the United Nations University and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI). Quantities of gold, silver and other precious metals available for recovery are rising in tandem with the fast-growing sales of electronic and electrical goods, including the new category of tablet computers (with 100 million in estimated unit sales this year, a figure expected to almost double in 2014). With respect to gold alone, electronic and electrical products consumed 5.3% (197 tons) of the world's supply in 2001 and 7.7% last year (320 tons -- equal to 2.5% of the US gold reserves in the vaults of both Fort Knox, Kentucky, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York). In that same decade, even as the world's annual gold supply rose 15% -- from about 3,900 tons in 2001 to 4,500 tons in 2011 -- the price per ounce leapt from under $300 to more than $1,500. Thanks to the volume and value of precious metals it contains, the percentage of e-waste collected in developing countries is... http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| 'Lifestyle deepens diabetes problem in India, China' Posted: 05 Jul 2012 09:08 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 5 - India and China will continue to have the largest number of diabetics in the world in the coming years due to rapid lifestyle shifts in these two countries, a leading health expert said here Thursday. With around 90 million diabetics, China last year outnumbered India, which has 61.3 million diabetics. China and India have the maximum number of diabetics. It is mainly because of their huge population size and rapidly changing lifestyle over the last two decades, said Jeane Claude Mbanya, president of the International Diabetes Federation -. The physical activities have reduced. Also, due to huge population size, there is higher probability of acquiring diabetes through certain genes, Mbanya said at a the fifth Asian consensus meeting on metabolic surgery. The sedentary lifestyle resulting in obesity is linked to diabetes in over 80 percent of cases. According to the Diabetes Atlas by the IDF, China had overtaken India as the 'Diabetes Capital of the World' last year. United States stands third in the list with over 23 million diabetics. While bariatric surgery is the most suggested treatment mode for obese people, the IDF last year called for the surgery to be considered earlier in the treatment of eligible obese diabetic patients. In view of the recent IDF position statement on bariatric surgery, it makes a lot of sense to have all the international leaders to address the Asian audience on the benefits of diabetes resolution in the long term, said Muffazal Lakdawala, founder of the Centre for Obesity and Diabetes Surgery -. The idea is to bring forth the current concepts in world wide research in metabolic surgery and to dispel the myths associated with it. Bariatric and metabolic surgery provides modification of the human digestive system, Lakdawala added on the inaugural day of the two-day conference. http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| Indian sex workers to video connect with world AIDS meet in US Posted: 05 Jul 2012 07:11 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 5 - Sex workers from various parts of the country will gather in Kolkata to connect through video conferencing to the International AIDS Conference in the US in July, a representative of the sex workers community said Thursday. The proposed global hub and sex workers freedom festival, to be attended by 900 delegates, will put across the community's rights-based issues at the conference in Washington. We are holding 'global hub' in India because sex workers are not allowed entry to the United States by US government. The event will allow us to participate and give sex workers a chance to give inputs into important discussions being held in Washington, said Andrew Hunter, representative of the Asian network of sex workers. Sex workers have an important role to play in community responses to HIV and we will make our voices heard loud and clear from Kolkata, Hunter added. Officials from the National AIDS Control Organisation - will represent India at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington to be held July 22-27. Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee - will host the parallel conference in Kolkata July 21-27 in collaboration with the Global Network of Sex Workers and the All India Network of Sex Workers. The idea is to ensure that all important issues that relate to the lives of sex workers and of others like intravenous drug users, men having sex with men, and other high risk groups, are discussed and debated, said Bharati Dey, secretary, DMSC. http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| Omar shocked by photos of monkey on hospital bed Posted: 05 Jul 2012 07:03 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Jammu, July 5 - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday expressed shock at seeing pictures of a monkey in a government hospital in Jammu and said he had sought an explanation from the minister. Hospital authorities, however, said the picture was fake. I am shocked by the images of the monkey in a Jammu hospital. Before I say anything I owe it to my Minister to first ask him to explain, Omar Abdullah posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. According to a cabinet minister, it was perhaps for the first time in the history of state that the activities of a monkey were discussed in the cabinet. According to sources, Medical Education Minister R.S. Chib has been directed to look into the matter after some local media reported the case of a monkey lying comfortably on a bed of emergency wing of the Government Medical College - Wednesday. The scared patients called the security people, who refused to do anything. However, GMC superintendent Manoj Chalotra denied that monkey or stray dogs keep roaming in the corridors of the hospital, and blamed media for cooking up the story. Replying to queries of media persons, he said: Those photos and video are all fake. Give them to me and I will get their forensic tests done. The reports had quoted a patient's attendant as saying that the monkey was on the bed for three hours before it went out on its own. The patients naturally got scared by this, but most of them were on drip and unable to un away. An attendant said that apart from the monkey, stray dogs often roamed in the corridors of the hospital and he had chased one away as it was about to bite the urine bag pipe - of his uncle. http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| Search for Higgs boson at Large Hadron Collider reveals new particle Posted: 05 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) July 4, 2012 - Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider announced today that they have observed a new particle. Whether the particle has the properties of the predicted Higgs boson remains to be seen. Hundreds of scientists and graduate students from American institutions have played important roles in the search for the Higgs at the LHC. More than 1,700 people from U.S. institutions--including 89 American universities and seven U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories--helped design, build and operate the LHC accelerator and its four particle detectors. The United States, through DOE's Office of Science and the National Science Foundation, provides support for research and detector operations at the LHC and also supplies computing for the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The results announced today are labeled preliminary. They are based on data collected in 2011 and 2012, with the 2012 data still under analysis. A more complete picture of today's observations will emerge later this year after the LHC provides the experiments with more data. The new particle is in the mass region around 125-126 GeV. Publication of the analyses shown today is expected around the end of July. I congratulate the thousands of scientists around the globe for their outstanding work in searching for the Higgs boson, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. Today's announcement on the latest results of this search shows the benefits of sustained investments in basic science by governments around the world. Scientists have been looking for the Higgs particle for more than two decades; these results help validate the Standard Model used by scientists to explain the nature of matter. The CMS and ATLAS experiments in December announced seeing tantalizing hints of a new particle in their hunt for the Higgs, the missing piece in the Standard Model of particle physics. Since resuming data-taking in March 2012, the CMS and ATLAS... http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| How to keep your skin glowing during monsoon Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 4 - After a hot and sweaty summer, the monsoon comes as a relief but the humid and damp weather takes a toll on the skin and eyes. Experts advise how small changes in the skin care routine during the season can keep the skin glowing and eyes fresh. Monsoon brings humidity and it's bad news for all type of skins: Oily Skin: The skin type is mainly the result of genetically determined hormonal changes. To treat oily skin one needs to remove excess oil by cleansing it twice or thrice a day, but not more than that. Limit washing your face to two or three times a day as too much washing will stimulate your skin to produce more oil. Avoid heavy cleansing creams. Scrub your face on a regular basis. This will help unclog the pores and remove the layer of dead cells from your skin, cosmetic surgeon Anup Dhir told IANS. It is advised to use warm water while washing face as it dissolves skin oil better than lukewarm or cold water. Other than that, one also uses mud-pack. Homemade pack made with Chane ka atta and raw milk can help in keeping skin refreshing and glowing. Dry Skin Dryness is a sign of dehydration and lack of skin repairing vitamins. During monsoon the problem worsens. One requires cream based cleanser, says Dr. Geetika Mittal, medical director of the International Skin and Anti-Aging Centre -. A moisturizer increases the water content of the outer layers of the skin and gives it a soft, moist look and it is always advised one with dry skin opt for alcohol free toner, said Mittal. Also, apply glycerin and rose water mixture to keep skin soft. Combination Skin This type of skin is characterised with the T-portion as oily and the cheeks are usually normal or dry in condition. Since it combines both the oily and dry skin it should be treated as if it were two different types of skin, said Dhir. The dry area requires gentle cleansing and regular moisturizing. The oily part needs to be deeply cleansed... http://www.rxpgnews.com |
| Freezing all embryos in IVF with transfer in a later non-stimulated cycle may improve outcome Posted: 04 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Istanbul, 4 July 2012: There is growing interest in a freeze-all embryo policy in IVF. Such an approach, which cryopreserves all embryos generated in a stimulated IVF cycle for later transfer in a non-stimulated natural cycle, would avoid any of the adverse effects which ovarian stimulation might have on endometrial receptivity during the treatment cycle. Ovarian stimulation has been shown to have adverse effects on endometrial receptivity and the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is also increased when embryo transfer is performed in the stimulated cycle. Freezing all embryos for later transfer might therefore improve implantation and pregnancy rates and increase the safety of IVF. Presently, the highest success rates in reproductive medicine are seen in the recipients of donor eggs. These are women who have not had ovarian stimulation - their endometrial tissue has not been exposed to high hormone levels, and they are not at risk of OHSS. However, while the theory of a freeze-all policy seems attractive - and the technique has been commonly employed as a safety measure when OHSS is a threat - no robust systematic studies have indicated whether the cryopreservation of all viable embryos with later frozen embryo transfer (FET) is associated with better outcomes than fresh embryo transfers. Now, the first meta-analysis on this subject indicates that the chance of a clinical pregnancy is around 30% higher when all embryos are frozen for later transfer than with fresh embryo transfer. The results were presented today at the annual meeting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) by Professor Miguel Angel Checa from the Hospital Universitari del Mar in Barcelona, Spain. The study was a systematic review of the entire literature, which provided a pool of 64 relevant studies - with three randomised trials - performed before December 2011. The current review was based on information from 633... http://www.rxpgnews.com |
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