A panel of doctors from AIIMS will probe into the infant trial death cases. It has appointed a five-member committee on Tuesday. It will probe the deaths of 49 babies at the institute during clinical trials over the past two-and-a-half years. The team is directed to submit its report within a week. The union ministry of health has supported the institute in this matter. It has directed the institute to make a panel of doctors following pressure by some political parties on baby death issue.

Today the country’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of India (SBI), took a noble step by launching a loan product for the poor heart patients. The name of the loan product is ‘SBI Hrudaya Suraksha Scheme’ and is meant for only those patients who are undergoing the treatment of cardiac at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore.

Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and Nobel Laureate for peace in 2006, launched the loan product.

The recent research has shown that difference in sex affects asthma.

The study researchers from Harvard Medical School have found that boys are able to shed their asthma symptoms when they reach their teens.

The scientists also found that percentage of boys shedding symptoms of asthma in teens is much higher than girls. But, it is also a fact that Boys suffering from asthma are more likely than girls to wheeze in childhood.

Very first community milk bank of the world has started its operations the Makati city of Philippines. It is one of the first milk Bank in the entire world where about 200 mothers donated their milk in small quantity. The launch of this milk Bank is a fruit of the efforts of Mr. Sen. Pia S. Cayetano who is a strong promoter of breastfeeding. The idea of this milk Bank is suggested by the Compañero Rene Cayetano Foundation. Makati City Health Department has also supported this new idea and offered all type of help for its establishment.

The new studies has exposed that the stress could also give rise to allergies other than the already known fact that the negative side effect of stress on the human body starts with the heart disease and ends with cervical cancer.

In May, a group of researches from Harvard Medical School present at the American Thoracic Society’s 2008 International Conference in Toronto said that the women who were stressed during the time of pregnancy were more likely to give birth to babies who have more chances of high level of Immunoglobulin E or IgE, an immune system chemical linked to allergic responses.

The recent report presented by Ontario Medical Association has shown that that the increasing amount of pollution will take several lives in Canada.

Researchers did a national analysis to asses the impact of smoke on public health. Researchers also claim that increasing pollution will also adversely affect the national economy. Researchers used a model to calculate the number of deaths and health care costs.