35 fresh cases of dengue were reported in Ludhiana. These new cases revealed that despite the various steps taken by government authorities to prevent dengue, fresh cases of dengue are pouring in at various hospitals across the city everyday. 

The overall number of cases has touched the 3,500 mark with over 400 cases put in the suspected cases category and over 1,000 patients being treated at the hospitals in the city hailing from other parts of the state.

A recent study showed that regeneration of damaged nerves due to brain or spinal cord is possible by silencing natural growth inhibitors.

Researchers at the Children's Hospital Boston removed the two key inhibitory regulators of the mTOR pathway known as PTEN and TSC1. Found in the brain cells of mice, these regulators are known to be active in cells during growth and development, but eventually slow down in control once neurons have matured. 

Health officials gave oral polio vaccine (OPV) drops to 8.80 lakh children, out of approximately 13 lakh across the city who come under the BMC’s purview. These children were vaccinated through 6,800 booths in the city under polio immunisation programme on Sunday. Health officials said that the turnout was better than the previous drive in July which had reported a 65 % turnout. 

A study conducted by OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Melville and its partners in an anti-lung cancer drug, Tarceva indicates that the medication slows the advance of lung cancer when it is administered after chemotherapy.

On the other hand, another study has found that a combination of Avastin and Tarceva were ineffective in prolonging the life of cancer patients. 

The results of the study by OSI executives will be submitted at an upcoming medical conference. Thereafter they would be submitted to the US FDA for approval of Tarveca.

Intel Corp. is planning to step into health care business. The company would be providing technology to aid homebound chronic patients. 

Called as Health Guide, it is a small tabletop gadget to be manufactured by Intel. 

The device about the size of a small-form-factor P. Health Guide PHS6000 is a small white box with a flip-up 10.4-inch LCD touchscreen and a webcam with privacy shield. It hosts an undisclosed Intel processor and motherboard. The device is equipped with Bluetooth and four USB ports.

A rare print of Satyajit Ray’s controversial film, ‘Sikkim’, has been restored by the Oscars Academy, and will be shown during the 14th Kolkata Film Festival to be held from November 10 to 17.

The documentary film, made in 1971, was banned by Indian censors for glorifying monarchy in a Himalayan kingdom that acceded to India. Commissioned by the then Chogyal King of Sikkim and his wife, the film earned censorship both from them and from the Indian government after the state’s accession to India in 1975.