Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh visited the JN hospital complex in Porompat. He was accompanied by MLA Kh Loken, chairman of the PDA and other officials and engineers of the state PWD.

He made an assessment of the progress of the construction works for the proposed institute of medical sciences at the existing hospital site at Porompat. He also inspected the ongoing construction of the new OPD block and the existing conditions of both the new and old operation theatres as well as the gynaecology ward.

A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that an estimated 25,000 cases of cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) occurred in 38 states and Washington D.C. annually between 1998 and 2003.This analysis was the first and most comprehensive assessment of cancer linked to HPV in the U.S. said the CDC.  

Mona Saraiya, MD, a medical officer in the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, in a news release said, "These estimates of HPV-associated cancers were collected prior to the development of the HPV vaccine. This gives us baseline data to measure the impact of HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening programs in reducing the incidence of cervical cancer and other HPV-associated cancers and pre-cancers.”

Washington, November 4: Rhode Island Hospital researchers say that they have identified genetic proteins that may help detect people who are likely to progress to oesophageal cancer.

Writing about their breakthrough in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the researchers have pointed out that Barrett''s esophagus
(BE) is a common pre-cancerous condition of the lower oesophagus.

They say that the presence of this condition increases the risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common form of oesophageal cancer.

First death anniversary of Veenadhari was celebrated in Kasargod district on Saturday November 1.

Veenadhari was a HIV patient. She devoted her life to create awareness among the HIV/AIDS patients. She wanted to build a strong movement against apathy towards HIV patients.

This programme was inaugurated by Justice Sukumaran K, retired Chief Justice of Maharashtra High Court. He said that there are many HIV/AIDS centers around the country.

But there are no people like Veenadhari to fight against this disease. No one can replace her easily. The programme was organized by NGOs KAVAL, PEACE, JACK India, and the people of Vorkady.

London, Nov 4 : Lefties not only find it difficult dealing with a world designed for right-handers, but are also prone to inhibition and anxiety, a new research suggests.

According to Lynn Wright, a behavioural psychologist at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, who led the study, when left-handers start doing something, they tend to dither.

“Right-handers tend to jump in a bit,” New Scientist quoted the expert, as saying.

The research team came to the conclusion, after conducting tests of behavioural inhibition. They found 46 left-handed men and women scored higher than 66 right-handers. Women, too, tended to rack up higher scores on the tests of reticence.

Chicago - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may have been raised largely by his white grandparents in distant Hawaii, but when he wanted to connect with his community as a black man he came to Chicago.

Now with the White House in reach, Obama is returning to Chicago on Tuesday to mark election day in the city where his rise to prominence began. City officials expect up to a million people could gather in Grant Park to watch election results and hear from Obama after votes are tabulated in his race against Republican John McCain.

Though polls show the Democrat ahead, McCain's down-to-the-wire campaigning has taken aim to key swing states that could push him over the top in the state-by-state winner-takes-all electoral college.