Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients
INSPIRED by tiny structures on transparent butterfly wings, scientists have developed a light-manipulating surface for more effective and longer-lasting eye implants for glaucoma patients. Researchers
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Poverty and plenty
The US Census Bureau's report on income and poverty shows that the weakening economy has begun to affect large segments of the population , regardless of race, region or class.
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For an advanced medical tool
A medical cyclotron project, designed to cater to specialized needs in the medical field, gets under way in Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister Budhadeb Bhattarcharjee laid the foundation stone of
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The diagnostic rip-off
While the health care industry has welcomed the corporatisation of diagnostic laboratories, serious questions persist on the quality of service many of these small as well as big players offer and
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Food insecurity, a global concern
The latest report published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, 'The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2002', points to a disturbing trend on the extent of hunger and
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Hunger deaths in Baran
The fourth straight year of drought in Rajasthan has taken its toll, particularly on the Sahariya community of hunter-gatherers. The sama seeds they survive on have turned out to be a slow
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A medical milestone
A hospital in Chennai performs a combination of complex cardiovascular surgical procedures, for the first time in the
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A hospital on wings
The DC-10 aircraft stationed at Chennai's Anna International Airport is innocuous from outside. Step inside, and it is a modern eye hospital. ORBIS, the world's only flying eye hospital with a fully
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Human health and patent law
The deleteriousness of TRIPS, in relation to health and social justice, cannot be wished away by Parliament since Right to life, a basic feature and constitutional guarantee, cannot be truncated or
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Pulicat in peril
The biodiversity-rich Pulicat lagoon , which sustains more than one lakh people, faces a serious threat from development projects, including a thermal power station.
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Hard bargain at COP6
The United States' intransigence on emission reduction targets sinks efforts at the sixth Conference of Parties at The Hague to minimise the effects of global