Washington, Feb 26: Women who are fertile for more than 39 years and have natural menopause are at a lower risk of contracting Parkinson's disease, says a new study.

The study, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009, provides evidence that longer exposure to the body's own hormones may protect women from the disease.

The indefinite strike of CGHS employees continued for the third consecutive day

The ongoing strike of the All India Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Employees' Association has put patients' lives in peril.

The indefinite strike across the country was launched on Monday.

Almost 400 patients turn up daily at the CGHS building located at Mukundnagar but they are being sent back.

All the seven dispensaries in the city remained closed for the third consecutive day. The CGHS pharmacists too have joined hands.

AB Patil, a CGHS pharmacist at Mukundnagar, said, "We are not going to give medicines till our demands are met."

Even after a delay of two years, the new building at SMS Hospital is far from completion

The new state-of-the-art outdoor patient department (OPD) of Sawai Man Singh hospital is still far from completion even though it was inaugurated in a hurry by former chief minister Vasundhara Raje on September 11 last year.

All the OPD and operation theatres of the SMS hospital were planned to be shifted in the new building but the project has been marred by the inordinate delay since inception. But now authorities of SMS hospital have once again given February 28 as the new date for the OPD to become operational.

Even as HSC Board examinations are commencing today, our in-house nutrition expert Dr Sujata Udeshi lists the dos and donts while preparing your children

Dear Doctor,

My son will soon be giving his board exams. He sits at home these days for studying. However, he wants to eat every hour. He eats anything from biscuits to noodles. I need to know the types of foods that I should be giving during his study period. Which are the foods that are good for brain activity?

—Kalpana Roshan, Vashi

Washington, Feb 26 : Women who are fertile for more than 39 years and have natural menopause are at a lower risk of contracting Parkinson's disease, says a new study.

The study, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009, provides evidence that longer exposure to the body's own hormones may protect women from the disease.

New York  - The global fight against malaria was threatened by the emergence of drug-resistant strains on the Thai-Cambodia border, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

WHO said artemisinin-resistant parasites could infect workers clearing forests along that border and create a form of drug- resistant malaria. Such a development could set back recent successes in controlling the disease.

Artemisinin is an extract of a Chinese herb that is used in the treatment of several diseases, including malaria.