Health Care

MEDICAL RIGHTS

The London High Court's recent intervention in a case could make the difference between life and death for an anorexic girl. In late April, she had won the right to be treated at a special

Publication Date:

30/05/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, United Kingdom (UK)

India

'I am rewriting Ayurvedic knowledge'

Vaidya Balendu Prakash is presently carrying out research work on Rasayan Shastra metal therapy , based on ayurveda. He has been successfully treating patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and leukaemia. All the medicines used are derived from natur

Publication Date:

14/05/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950515

pp:

0

Tags:

Cancer, Health Care, Ayurveda, Drugs

India

Visionary

Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl Kupfer is the director of the National Eye Institute, Betheseda, USA. He tells the author that blindness is not onl

Publication Date:

14/05/1995

Author(s): Anjani Khanna

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950515

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Medical Research, Blindness, Global

Wildlife

Health mapping India

Now health statistics are available at a glance. The National Atlas and Thematic Mappings Organisation (NATMO) has released a Health Map of India. This map highlights the health care facilities and

Publication Date:

14/05/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950515

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Statistics

India

Ampouled death

MEASLES vaccine killed 3 infants at Debagram in Nadia district of West Bengal. This was confirmed by members of the inquiry committee which investigated the incident. However, the exact

Publication Date:

29/04/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, Vaccination, Child Health, India

Forests

Life strife

A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti abortionist "pro life" groups in the US

Publication Date:

29/04/1995

Author(s): Sumita Dasgupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, Birth Technology, Community Groups, United States Of America (US)

India

Unleaded petrol stays

DESPITE widespread apprehensions about its potential health hazards, super-unleaded petrol is set to stay in the UK. In late March, the British govemment rejected the calls bya group of mps

Publication Date:

29/04/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Lead, Health Care, Oil, United Kingdom (UK)

India