AHMEDABAD: The World Health Organization has shown interest in Gujarat's SMS alert system of keeping a check on spurious medicines, a top health official said.
As part of its e-governance initiative, the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) had developed an SMS alert system through which all the stakeholders in the state could be notified of the recalled fake...
If money could save lives, Apple's CEO Steve Job would have been alive today. My father and grandfather both died of cancer. I carry the genes of cancer. As a wellness consultant I had the earnest desire of researching cancer cures, for my personal interest and good of the community.War against cancer was announced by the President Nixon in...
TOPEKA, Kan.: Kansas officials are considering their next steps to implement the federal health care law now that the presidential election has been decided and deadlines are looming.
The state has until Nov. 16 to tell the federal government whether it wants to be a partner in creating an online health insurance marketplace. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger's office is preparing...
LOS ANGELES: Want a clue to your risk of heart disease? Look in the mirror. People who look old with receding hairlines, bald heads, creases near their ear lobes or bumpy deposits on their eyelids have a greater chance of developing heart disease than younger-looking people the same age do, new research suggests.
Doctors say the study highlights the difference...
MELBOURNE: US today backed Australia's growing engagement with India with the Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressing that a deepening military cooperation should include naval exercise.Describing Australia and the Asia-Pacific region as a key focus of America's expanding engagement in the region, Clinton now on a visit here, said that both India and Australia should work closely together,...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has wished people "happy Diwali" and "saal mubarak", as he praised the resilience of Sikhs in the aftermath of the tragedy at a Wisconsin Gurdwara this year in which six members of the community were gunned down."To those celebrating Diwali, I wish you, your families and loved ones Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak," Obama...
NEW DELHI: Refusing to give up on the FDI in multi-brand retail issue which could affect its core vote bank of small traders, BJP today said it will oppose the government decision in Parliament and try to build a joint strategy with NDA partners and other political parties."BJP will strongly oppose the government decision on FDI in multi-brand retail...
NEW DELHI: India and Iran Joint Commission Meeting, which was to be held on November 19-20 in Tehran, is being rescheduled."The 17th round of Indo-Iran JCM has been postponed due to Parliament Session and we are working on new dates for the meeting," official sources said.India and Iran hold regular bilateral talks on economic and trade issues at the...
NEW DELHI: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which they discussed a variety of issues including the national reconciliation process underway in Myanmar and the process of democratization in this context.According to official sources, the Prime Minister told Suu Kyi that "our good wishes are with you as indeed with your...