The TamilNadu government, in a joint venture with the Emergency Management and Research Institute have launched an integrated emergency service to attend to all medical, fire and police emergencies.

One of the first ever public/private ventures, set up at the cost of 70 crores, will have the facility available in the city and its suburbs. It aims at covering the entire state by the yearend, said the health minister M R K Paneerselvam.

A study conducted on heart patients has shown that tiny particles in the air, black carbon and sulphur dioxide found in heavy vehicle polluted area can cause severe damage to the heart by increasing the ST-segment depression, which disrupts the supply of blood to the heart.

A new in cosmetic surgery, it is now possible to reduce fat rolls and bulges that form on ones’ back, as a direct consequence of the ageing factor.  The American Society of Plastic Surgeons concede that this will allow women past their prime to wear form-fitting outfits unselfconsciously, if they so desire.

An Italian study carried out on 574-people aged 55-years and older reveals

Roche, the Swiss drugmaker and a partner with Genentech on the blockbuster cancer treatment, said that its Phase III trial data showed ‘Avastin’, in combination with ‘gemcitabine-cisplatin’ chemotherapy, could improve the time cancer patients can live without the disease progressing, thereby indicating a positive trend to ‘extended’ survival. The details of this study were presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology in Stockholm.

Research shows that the majority of Britons fail to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.  National consumer habits reveal, only 12% of the population manage to hit the five-a-day target, while another 12% do not eat any portion of fruit and vegetables.

TNS, a global market insight group finds of the average 2.5. portions eaten a day, there are significant difference between age groups, gender and social class who eat fruit and vegetables.