The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. Anbumani Ramadoss announced, on Tuesday, that private as well as public offices can no longer have separate rooms for smoking as the official prohibition on smoking in public places would be imposed rigorously from October 02.

On the sidelines of a function, Mr. Anbumani said, “From October 2, the government would introduce the no smoking policy in all indoor establishments.”

On Monday, morning over 80 percent government doctors participated in the strike, which badly affected all the government hospitals. The strike was called off after the government promised to fulfill their demands.

APGDA had instructed the doctors to take mass casual leave and paste it on the notice boards at the entrance. Due to the strike no patient was admitted, no surgeries were conducted, except for the emergencies, pregnant women had to wait and were sent away after being given only the medicines where as at the teaching hospitals, the outer patient wards were without doctors.

When, later in the day, the Health Minister S Chandrasekhar gave assurance that their demands would be accepted within a week, the strike was postponed.

The city police arrested five persons involved in the inter-State kidney transplant racket involving lakhs of rupees. Commissioner’s Task Force DCP V.B. Kamalasan Reddy told a press conference that the investigations involved eight city corporate hospitals where the accused got kidney transplanted for 23 persons falsely claiming that the donors were their relatives and family members.  

According to the A.P. Transplantations of Human Organs Act, “An Authorisation Committee comprising the Director of Medical Education as its chairman has to authorise donation of kidneys by persons other than family members of recipients.” The donors constituted mostly form Khammam, W.G. and R.R. Districts.

Motherhood is not an easy task. Taking care of kids and home along with a job can be very stressful. A recent poll conducted by a website has shown that frequency of drinking in mothers is increasing. Mothers are taking help of alcohol to cope up with stress. This survey, conducted by website Netmums included 3,000 mothers. This survey showed that 49% mothers drink three or four nights a week at home.

81% surveyed women said that they drink to relax after the stressful day. 86% women accepted that they were drinking too much.

A latest discovery by the researchers’ has led to the conclusion that there is the hand of ‘divorce gene” behind increasing number of divorces and break-ups.

According to the researchers, this gene play a very vital role in determining as to how the brain reacts to a chemical, which is most important for a man and a woman to develop a relationship.

The officials of American Academy of Otolaryngology believe that the earwax is necessary for good health.

It is advised not to remove it from ears. Earwax has lubricating and antibacterial properties, which can prove good for health.

The national guidelines in this regard are released by the American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

Earwax is a water-soluble mixture of secretions. It is found in the outer third of the ear canal. It lubricates the ear canal besides performing cleaning and antibacterial actions in human beings.