Health

To cope with shortage of doctors in rural areas, the government is about to give final shapes to the syllabus of a short-term course to produce doctors for these arrears. The course will train the doctors in rural medicines and surgery. The state governments have given acceptance to the syllabus with minor changes. The course [...]

Number of tobacco addict girls is increasing in India. According to a report, 8.3% girls take tobacco in some form and what worries more is that the girls are in the age bracket of 13-15. Global Youth Tobacco Survey has release these statistics in its recent first such report. The experts are saying that it [...]

The mystery of pain reliving mechanism of acupuncture is finally revealed. In a new study it has been found that a natural pain killing chemical called adenosine is responsible for the fast relief from the pain. The scientists now say that acupuncture’s effectiveness can be enhance if the process is added with well-known cancer drug [...]

To get relief from increasing stress in the BPO sector, the employees are resorting to taking nicotine. The outsourcing job is now under the grip of smoking habits of the employee as besides the stress, other reasons cited for the habit are boredom and monotony. A new study also points out that peer pressure builds [...]