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Orissa doctors strike!

by Mayank Chhaya December 18, 2009 Health

Doctors who are working under Orissa Medical Service Association (OMSA) in the government hospitals in Orissa have deferred the strike for cease work for two months which was scheduled to begin today, following talks with the Government.

About 2,500 doctors of government hospitals across Orissa have been demanding the implementation of a defined promotion structure (DPS).
MadhuSudan [...]

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Swine flu deaths toll rises to 759

by Mayank Chhaya December 18, 2009 Health

New Delhi: According to the reports, Maharastra has recorded a maximum of 247 death cases so far followed by Karnataka with 123 and Rajasthan is in the third place with 104 no of deaths.

Scientists recently claim to discover high levels of a molecule in the blood of those infected with H1N1 which controls the action [...]

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School students hospitalized because of food poisoning

by Mayank Chhaya December 17, 2009 Health

Mumbai: After khichdi for breakfast, 18 students of Mhetre School, which comes under the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, were hospitalized on last afternoon.
Out of the 18 students, six are on saline and were given antibiotic injections, while 12 were under observation.
As the students started feeling giddy and vomited, they were immediately hospitalized at Yashwantrao Chavan Municipal [...]

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American athletes practice Yoga now!

by Mayank Chhaya December 17, 2009 Health

Chicago: According to the latest reports, American athletes are now adopting yoga practice.

Eddie George (football), Al Leiter (baseball), Justin Gimelstob (tennis), David Duval (golf), Barry Zito (baseball), Sean Burke (hockey), Diamond Dallas Page (wrestling), Kevin Garnett (basketball), etc, reportedly associated themselves with Yoga.
Yoga reportedly makes a great complement to athletic training and various types of [...]

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Deadly Swine flu panics Team India

by Mayank Chhaya December 17, 2009 Health

New Delhi: Deadly virus Swine flu has at last gripped team India. After S Sreesanth it was mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton, who underwent for the H1N1 virus but was tested negative.

Other members of the team including Gautam Gambhir, Team Manager Mayank Parekh and the Video Analyst of the team, who also had flu-like symptoms [...]

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Critical and in coma, Pravin Mahajan

by Mayank Chhaya December 17, 2009 Health

Mumbai: After being admitted in Jupiter Hospital last Friday complaining of fatigue and severe headache, Pravin Mahajan, is suffering from a brain hemorrhage, is still critical and he continues to be in coma.

“Pravin has suffered an extensive pontine hemorrhage (brain hemorrhage). His condition is still critical and he is deeply unconscious,” the doctors said.
Pravin, 50, [...]

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3 more deaths due to swine flu, 194 fresh cases

by Mayank Chhaya December 16, 2009 Health

New Delhi: On account of swine flu, 3 more persons died and 194 fresh cases were reported nationwide, with Delhi topping the list. Delhi alone had 79 cases, followed by Maharashtra (33) and Uttar Pradesh (28).

The total number of people who have succumbed to the disease has touched 725. The total number of those afflicted [...]

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93% of Indians deprived of sleep

by Mayank Chhaya December 16, 2009 Health

New Delhi: In a survey conducted by Nielsen company in November 2009, it was learnt that 93% Indians are sleep deprived and get less than the eight hours of mandatory sleep required for good health while 11 percent actually fall asleep at work.

58% of the respondents felt that their work was impacted due to lack [...]

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People paid by the hour feel more worthy than Salaried Workers

by Mayank Chhaya December 15, 2009 Health

London: Sanford E. DeVoe from the University of Toronto and Jeffrey Pfeffer from Stanford University studied the effect of time and money on the happiness levels of workers.

A study has revealed that people who were paid by the hour tended to feel more worthy as their time was properly accounted for. This effect was not [...]

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