Stop Eating Junk Food

Junk food is defined as food with empty calories—it provides fat, sugar and salt, without nutrition. These ranged from instant noodles, chips and Indian bhujia to the ubiquitous colas, chicken fries and burgers. Labels on packages do not explain just how much of our daily salt, sugar or fat quota this “fun” food is taking [...]

Poor Indians Being Recruited For Clinical Drug Trials

Few people in the slums of Ahmedabad, India, know more about the supply of human guinea pigs for clinical drug trials than Rajesh Nadia. When Indian firms working for pharmaceutical companies need test subjects, they often turn to Nadia, who has carved a small niche for himself as a recruiter in the international drug-testing industry. [...]

Is Forced Circumcision in an Indonesian Province a Good Idea?

Authorities in Indonesia’s remote Papua Province are contemplating to make male circumcision mandatory, despite media reports to the contrary. The government is promoting medical male circumcision as part of its reproductive health strategy, which includes HIV. Only about 5 percent of ethnic Papuans in the region – comprised of Papua and West Papua provinces – [...]

Shisha Smoking in Pakistan Should be Banned

The Pakistan Chest Society at its 10th biennial conference has demanded the immediate imposition of a ban on shisha smoking at public places. It urged the provincial governments to order immediate closure of shisha clubs and parlours and ensure that people in general and youngsters in particular were educated about the hazards of shisha smoking [...]

www.hopechain.com: Sharing Patients’ Experiences

A US-based doctor, attending physician of the Franciscan Health System (department of medicine), today launched a website to provide assistance to patients. The website ~ www.hopechain.com ~ is a networking site where a patient can help another by sharing his own experience. A patient can interact with others from all over the world who are [...]

65-Year Old Sikh Woman Delivers a Baby

In a rare case, a 65-year-old woman delivered a baby boy at DMCH after getting treatment from a private fertility centre. Jaspal Kaur is a resident ofRampurvillage and was married for 40 years. Her husband in his late 60s said, “Our joy knows no bound. It is a miracle.” Dr Sunil Juneja, associate professor Gynaecology [...]

180 Pound Tumor Removed in Vietnam

Doctors say Nguyen Duy Hai, shown with his mother, has had the tumor for his entire life. The tumor “may return, but we can operate him again,” hospital chief says. Lead surgeon had previously removed tumors around 200 pounds. The Vietnamese man is now recovering in the hospital, after surgery that completely removed from his [...]

Female Circumcision, Also Referred to as Female Genital Mutilation Thrives Among Bohris

A Cutting Tradition Dawoodi Bohra Muslims are Ismaili Shias and trace their origins to the region in and around Egypt, from where they might have adopted the practice besides other local customs. In certain cafés close to medical colleges in Pakistan, and within the institutions themselves, students studying gynaecology speak of some unexpected sights they [...]

Guardian Article Says Majority of Pak Fauj Suffers from Dandruff

Public knowledge about dandruff in Pakistan‘s army comes mainly from a study called Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dandruff Among Soldiers, written by Naeem Raza, Amer Ejaz and Muhammad Khurram Ahmed, published in 2007 in the Journal of theCollege ofPhysicians and Surgeons,Pakistan. Raza, Ejaz and Ahmed surveyed 800 male soldiers of all ranks, ascertaining each soldier’s knowledge [...]

One in Four Under-16 in Britain Admitted Having Sex

Young girls are today far more likely to have had sex before turning 16 in comparison to their mothers or grandmothers during their time, says new figures of Britain’s National Healthy Service (NHS). According to the Health Survey for England in 2010, over one in four 16 to 24-year-olds –27 percent — admitted they had [...]