0423 IST, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 
Health/Education
Cheaper cancer detection kit developedThe Times of India
Indian Institute of Science founded Strand Life Sciences in partnership with the Mazumdar-Shaw Medical Foundation has developed a cancer diagnostic kit that can assess the likely occurrence of the chronic disease at one-fourth of the current diagnostic costs. |
Docs fight 'marble-like' tumour with 20-hour surgeryIndian Express
Doctors in Delhi government’s G B Pant hospital removed a giant, “marble-like” tumour from the brain of a 20-year-old youth in a 20-hour surgery, making it to the Limca Book of Records in the medical science category this year. |
96-year-old Indian man successfully undergoes bypass surgery
One of the oldest patients to undergo an open heart bypass surgery in India, a 96-year-old man recently underwent the life-saving procedure and was discharged from hospital Friday, doctors said. |
Maldives seeks Indian help to set up Islamic varsity
The Maldives has sought academic tie-ups with the Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India's oldest universities, and help in establishing an Islamic university in the island nation, a visiting Maldivian minister said here. |
Indigenous malaria vaccine shows promise in mice studiesBy DIVYA GANDHI/ The Hindu
Indian scientists experimenting with a novel vaccine candidate against malaria say they have found "promising results" in mice, with "80 to 85 per cent efficacy" observed in a dozen animals they recently vaccinated. |
Agra's free water service completes 30 years
An initiative run by volunteers to provide free and cold drinking water to all completes 30 years of service in the Taj city. |
Indian students extract bio-diesel from used mustard oil
A group of engineering students from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succeeded in extracting bio-diesel from refined and used mustard oil. |
iSnore. Do you? You need to get helpBy Gagandeep Singh Sapra/ The Hindustan Times
EVER HAD a situation when you could not go to sleep because your room-mate or spouse was snoring away? Quite often the culprit is not even aware of the "crime." Equally, the person may bee struggling on the cusp of sleep, unable to go into deep slumber. |
Indian pharma institute takes up specialised drugs research to combat rare diseasesBy Amit Mitra/ Business Line
India is set to expand its footprint into research on drugs that will help prevent as well as treat rare diseases. |
Indian American scientist finds why cholesterol worsens in winter
Cholesterol levels usually go up in colder months - a trend that may be driven by behavioural changes that occur with the changing seasons, new research by an Indian American researcher shows. |
India is meeting the challenge of reaching quality health care to every household in a country of over a billion people living in over 700,000 cities, towns, villages and hamlets. The country boasts of some of the finest hospitals in the region, cutting-edge research facilities, pharma companies which also export their products to other countries. Indian doctors are known for their expertise and commitment to their chosen vocation.
