Health News

Metros to have transfusion-excellence blood banks

New Delhi, July 31 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for the setting up of four metro blood banks as centres of excellence in transfusion medicine.

The blood banks would be set up at a cost of Rs. 468 crores out of which Rs. 228 crore will be a part of the ongoing National AIDS Control Programme-III (NACP-III).

These centres will be located at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

Each centre will ensure 24-hour availability of blood and is designed to meet the highest standards of safety.

NCERT Comes Up With New Revised ‘Sex Education Syllabus’

NCERT Comes Up With New Revised ‘Sex Education Syllabus’Accepting the advice of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) quickly came up with revised sex education syllabus yesterday. On Tuesday, the NECRT, in a meeting with NACO, decided to remove the ‘objectionable’ contents and images from the books prepared to teach “sex education” to the teenage students.

California Bans The Use Of Trans Fats

The new bill passed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has banned the California Bans The Use Of Trans Fatsuse of trans fats in restaurants and bakeries. This bill is the result of efforts of various health authorities which have been campaigning against the use artificial fat in food substances. Trans fat is linked to many heart diseases. All the health associations in U S have applauded California’s effort to protect health of its citizens.

Wrong Injection Takes Two Lives In Kolkata

It was sheer negligence of a nurse and a doctor in a nursing home in Hooghly that took lives of two women. These women died after a wrong injection given by nurse on the prescription of the doctor. Police has arrested the doctor and the nurse.

Meditation Found To Be Good For HIV Positive People

HIV/AIDS virus, for which the scientists have not been able to find a proper Meditation Found To Be Good For HIV Positive People  cure till now, has currently devastated the life of 40 million people around the world. The deadly virus takes over the victim’s immune system slowly grabbing him in the paws of death.

CD4+T lymphocytes, also called CD4 T cells, are considered to be the “brains” of the immune system and helps it to fight against the harmful attacks , but the merciless HIV/AIDS virus attacks on these cells and thus worsening the condition of the patient.

Study: Broccoli Juice Helps To Fight Bladder Cancer

Study: Broccoli Juice Helps To Fight Bladder Cancer There is a ray of hope for patients who suffer from bladder cancer. It has been found that broccoli juice can help to control and heal bladder cancer. Broccoli belongs to cabbage family and is rich in vitamin C. It has properties that boost the human immune system that fight viruses, bacteria and cancer.

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