The study done by researchers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has shown that boys grow out asthma when they reach adulthood.

Researchers analyzed the data collected from 1,041 children, aged 5 to 12 years with mild to moderate persistent asthma. These children were given different doses of methacholine depending of severity of the asthma.  Annual spirometry tests with methacholine to measure the responsiveness of their airways were done. Researchers found that amount of methacholine required for boys increased with the passage of the time while dosage remained standard for girls for more time. This study showed that asthma was getting better in boys.

Harare - Striking hospital doctors in Zimbabwe vowed to stay off the job until government acceded to their demands for better pay conditions to help cushion them against the effects of 11.3 million per cent inflation.

The nationwide strike began Wednesday over the doctors demands to be paid in foreign currency instead of the nearly worthless Zimbabwe dollar.

Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (HDA) chairman Amon Siveregi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa the doctors would continue the industrial action until government came to the table.

A research has found that the short women with long slender legs are most attractive.

This research is done by a team of Brunel University. It was established that the symmetry of the body decide the attractiveness of body and face. The research team used three dimensional scans of body shape to get the accurate outputs.

Lead researcher Dr. William Brown said that the shorter and slimmer women are naturally attractive. Their long legs, curvy figures and larger breasts add their beauty.

A panel of doctors from AIIMS will probe into the infant trial death cases. It has appointed a five-member committee on Tuesday. It will probe the deaths of 49 babies at the institute during clinical trials over the past two-and-a-half years. The team is directed to submit its report within a week. The union ministry of health has supported the institute in this matter. It has directed the institute to make a panel of doctors following pressure by some political parties on baby death issue.

Today the country’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of India (SBI), took a noble step by launching a loan product for the poor heart patients. The name of the loan product is ‘SBI Hrudaya Suraksha Scheme’ and is meant for only those patients who are undergoing the treatment of cardiac at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore.

Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and Nobel Laureate for peace in 2006, launched the loan product.

The recent research has shown that difference in sex affects asthma.

The study researchers from Harvard Medical School have found that boys are able to shed their asthma symptoms when they reach their teens.

The scientists also found that percentage of boys shedding symptoms of asthma in teens is much higher than girls. But, it is also a fact that Boys suffering from asthma are more likely than girls to wheeze in childhood.