Reaching the unreached Oasis tries to reach health benefits to the poor and the underprivileged, writes S Senthalir.
Caution on body scans Radiologists in the US are asking patients and
doctors to carefully evaluate the benefits and risks of each scan or exam. Full-body CT scans should be avoided unless there is a good medical reason.
Drop it With many radiotherapy
machines, radiography
cameras and a few irradiators, danger from radiation exposure
is pretty high in India.
M S S Murthy emphasises the need for adopting a symbol
that warns people.
Antibiotics use in babies linked to asthma The use of antibiotics in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk for asthma at age 7, a new study has found, and the reason may be that antibiotics destroy not only disease-causing microbes, but also those that are helpful to the developing immune system...
The nations conscience is divided between whether to retain incumbent President Abdul Kalam or anoint a woman president in the form of Pratibha Patil. Will the UPA candidate Ms Patil make a better constitutional head than Mr Kalam? Certainly not, feel a majority of Deccan Herald readers. Since Ms Patil will become a pawn in the hands of her political boss, they want someone with a firm hand to be in the post.
