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- Haryana to review mid-day meal scheme as kids fall sick
- Elderly show way to recovery after surgeries
- Indian doctors remove embedded bullet from Nigerian man
- NYU researchers develop compound to block signaling of cancer-causing protein
- Delhi civic body tightens anti-tobacco measures
- SDSC Visualizations win 'OASCR' Awards at SciDAC 2011
| Haryana to review mid-day meal scheme as kids fall sick Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:49 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Chandigarh, July 18 - The Haryana government has ordered a review of the mid-day meal scheme in government-run schools after 100 students in Kurukshetra district last week ended up in hospitals after consuming the school meal, a minister said Monday. Haryana Finance Minister H.S. Chattha said the policy of preparing mid-day meal would be reviewed and officials who were playing with the health of children would not be spared at any cost. In two separate incidents in Kurukshetra last week, over 100 students from government schools in three villages -- Doda Khedi, Gobindgarh and Ruan -- had to be rushed to hospitals after they consumed the free meal. Health officials found that in one instance, the food served contained a dead lizard while in the second incident, the food was contaminated. Chattha, who visited Ruan village to enquire about the health of the hospitalised children, said that good quality food should be served to children as per the scheme. 'Two-three cases of children falling ill after taking mid-day meal in the district had come to the notice. This indicated gross negligence which would not be tolerated at any cost,' Chattha said. The minister ordered the officers to constitute a committee to look into the incident. He also directed health department officials to test the samples of the meal being served to children. The minister directed Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria to personally look into the matter and submit a report at the earliest. Residents of affected villages appealed to the finance minister to take action against the headmasters of the schools. A central government scheme, the mid-day meal is served to draw children, especially from poor families, to school to get education. http://www.rxpgnews.com    |
| Elderly show way to recovery after surgeries Posted: 17 Jul 2011 07:47 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Retired professor J.R. Verma, 91, underwent a second knee replacement surgery four months ago. But the only signs of old age this Delhiite carries are a walking stick and a deeply wrinkled skin. He is active and on his way to recovery. 'I still tell my children that I am not old. I can walk on my own, and a surgery or medical facility should only make me feel better,' Verma said as he was joined by many senior citizens of south Delhi's Defence Colony to celebrate 'Grandparents Day' Sunday. Verma is keen to take his passion for photography and writing going ahead -- undeterred by his physical condition. 'I suffer from arthritis. I had a surgery at the age of 79, and have been leading an active life as a writer and amateur photographer since then,' he added. Joining Verma was 78-year-old N.N. Mehra, who received a liver transplant in 2010. 'Life only gets better if you embrace what comes with age,' he quipped. Medanta Mediclinic in the locality came out with their 'winning stories' on how the old recovered well from surgical operations that come with age. 'There are certain diseases that people are more prone to after the age of 50. A timely health check up can help in diagnosing the disease early and make them lead an active life later,' said Medanta Hospital's institute of cardiac sciences chairman Naresh Trehan. Diseases such as cancer and arthritis can be treated in a much better way if diagnosed early, experts said. 'Prostate cancer screening should begin by the age of 50. In fact people who have a family history of the disease should go for screening early,' Trehan said, adding that 'preventive care among senior citizens is all about caution and awareness'. Diabetics, after entering the age of 40, also need regular screening for eyes and arthritis. 'Screening centres and comprehensive health check ups should become a part of the health policy for senior citizens. More importantly, youngsters should bring... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Indian doctors remove embedded bullet from Nigerian man Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:29 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 17 - For around 10 years an injury mark on his thigh reminded Morufu Shuaibu of the gruesome memories of a riot in his country. The pain revisited the 51-year-old Nigerian, who began observing severe pus discharge from the wound. Much to the horror of his family, the doctors at Apollo Hospital in the capital detected a plastic shell in the thigh that had escaped several examinations and X-ray tests, before it was finally removed surgically at the hospital. 'When the patient came to us, we saw a huge lump that had formed in the area. There was pus discharge, and after exploration, we realised that a plastic bullet had been lying in the thigh for the last 10 years,' Yash Gulati, senior consultant - at the Apollo Hospital, told IANS. A team of doctors removed the two inches X one inch plastic bullet in an operation June 28. It was 'rare' for the bullet to have remained in the thigh for 10 long years, he said. 'It was embedded at the back of his left thigh near the gluteal region. This region is full of blood vessels and small nerves,' Gulati said. While Shuaibu was treated by doctors back home two weeks after the injury and pellets were removed, the plastic bullet remained undiscovered because it was buried deep inside. Gulati explains: 'Since it was a plastic bullet, it went unnoticed in the X-ray tests. The plastic nature also did not react with the body and showed no symptoms for almost 10 years.' It was around June 2010 that Shuaibu began having fever and the inner region of his left thigh got swollen. 'It was all fine for so many years, but suddenly I suffered shooting pain in the left thigh. The pain grew with each day and I began facing difficulties in long distance walks,' recalled Shuaibu, who stayed at the hospital's guest house. 'The soreness became unbearable when I had foul smelling discharge from the region,' added Shuaibu, who is all set to leave for his native country. The surgery cost him... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| NYU researchers develop compound to block signaling of cancer-causing protein Posted: 17 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Researchers at New York University's Department of Chemistry and NYU Langone Medical Center have developed a compound that blocks signaling from a protein implicated in many types of cancer. The compound is described in the latest issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The researchers examined signaling by receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK). Abnormal RTK signaling is a major underlying cause of various developmental disorders and diseases, including many forms of cancer. RTK signaling pathway employs interactions between proteins Sos and Ras, and accounts for a broad range of molecular changes that underlie various cancers and other diseases. Disrupting the Sos-Ras interaction, then, is crucial to stemming the production of cancer cells. However, interactions between large protein molecules such as Ras and Sos have been difficult to modulate with artificial means. Through a series of experimental and computational analyses, the scientists hypothesized that by mimicking a key portion of Sos, they might disrupt its interactions with Ras. Specifically, they observed that Sos activates Ras through a helix—a critical portion of Sos that makes contact with Ras. Creation of this Sos mimetic required a method for locking correct helical shapes in synthetic strings of amino acids – a method previously developed at NYU School of Medicine. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Delhi civic body tightens anti-tobacco measures Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:49 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 15 - In a crackdown on tobacco use and sale, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi - Friday asked its own schools, offices, and health centres to tighten anti-tobacco measures in their respective nearby areas. 'The authorities are supposed to impose heavy fine on anybody found smoking or chewing tobacco. Necessary steps need to be taken to enforce laws in all MCD premises,' Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi said in a letter to civic commissioner K.S. Mehra. 'Strictly enforce the anti-tobacco measures in all MCD offices, schools, and hospitals. All the 12 zones should be instructed to give a report regarding any small shop or pavement shops near schools in their areas within a week,' Abbi added. According to a 2009 study by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, India has nearly 274.9 million tobacco users -- around 35 percent of the population. As per the Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smoker's Health Protection Act, 1996, and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, smoking is banned at public places. The laws also prohibit sale of tobacco products to minors and sale within a hundred metres radius of a school. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| SDSC Visualizations win 'OASCR' Awards at SciDAC 2011 Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Two visualizations created by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, and other academic institutions are among the recipients of the people's choice OASCR awards announced this week at the 2011 SciDAC (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Program) conference. 'OASCR' stands for theOffice of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, and in the tradition of the Hollywood originals, recognize some of the best work in computer-generated visualizations. The OASCRs are awarded annually at the SciDAC conference, which gathers researchers from the computational science community to present scientific results, discuss new technologies, and explore new approaches to collaboration. This year's event was held July 10-14 in Denver, Colorado. A full list of the 2011 winners can be found here. It is an honor to be recognized not once, but twice against such a competitive field, said Michael Norman, SDSC's director and a member of the science research team that received one of the SciDAC awards. SDSC-related visualizations awarded at SciDAC 2011 include Ground Motion Visualization of M8 Earthquake Simulation Using Height Field. Using resources at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the research team created the largest-ever simulation of a Magnitude 8.0 (M8) earthquake, primarily along the southern section of the San Andreas Fault. The research was selected as a finalist for the Gordon Bell prize, awarded annually for outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications at the annual Supercomputing Conference. The M8 visualization was led by Amit Chourasia, of SDSC. The simulation work was performed by Yifeng Cui, Kwangyoon Lee, and Jun Zhou from SDSC; Kim Olsen, Daniel Roten, and Steven M. Day (San Diego State University); Thomas Jordan and Philip Maechling (Southern California Earthquake Center); Geoffrey Ely and Patrick Small (University of Southern... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
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