Tag: INDIA
Foreigners in India for ‘mommy makeover’ surgery
by on Jan.15, 2012, under Health and Fitness
When a group of women from Uganda embarked on a trip of a lifetime to India, little did many of their friends and families at home know that a secret surgical "mommy makeover" was on their itinerary.
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Bad batch of moonshine kills more than 100 in India
by on Dec.15, 2011, under Health and Fitness
MOGRAHAT, India (Reuters) – An adulterated batch of bootleg liquor has killed at least 100 drinkers in eastern India, with dozens more arriving at a cramped rural hospital with poisoning symptoms. The deaths come just days after a hospital fire ki…
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New bird flu outbreak reported in India
by on Sep.20, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia.
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New bird flu outbreak reported in India
by on Sep.20, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia.
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WHO warns leprosy spreading in India
by on Aug.06, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Six years after leprosy was declared officially eliminated in India, officials and doctors are warning that the disfiguring disease is spreading in poverty-stricken pockets of the country.
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India says EU deal won't hit AIDS drugs supply: U.N.
by on Jul.07, 2011, under Health and Fitness
India has promised not to link a proposed trade deal with the European Union with limiting its production of generic HIV/AIDS drugs, the United Nations said on Thursday, giving hope to millions of infected patients but underlining the hurdles for …
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India court orders 2-month ban on pesticide, study
by on May.14, 2011, under Health and Fitness
India’s top court temporarily banned production and sale of a pesticide widely used in the country so its effects on humans and wildlife can be studied.
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Tainted IV fluid kills 12 pregnant women in India
by on Feb.25, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Contaminated intravenous fluid is suspected in the deaths of 12 pregnant women at a government hospital in northwestern India, police and health authorities said Friday.
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India brings hope to stalled fight against polio
by on Feb.20, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Tilkeshwar is one of India’s forgotten villages.
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Hemorrhagic fever claims 3 lives in western India
by on Jan.19, 2011, under Health and Fitness
An Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever has killed three people in western India and dozens of doctors will screen a community of about 16,000 people in efforts to contain the disease, a state health minister said Wednesday.
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