Tag Archives: Health

Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s riot victims When her husband took chronically ill after communal riots drove them to Juhapura, a ghetto on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, poverty made life seem unmanageable. Free will then became a matter of Rs 8,000 … Continue reading →

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[Research] Arsenic linked to diabetes

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Ravleen

Even in low and moderate levels, the element is harmful High inorganic arsenic exposure to diabetes has been established earlier by studies in Bangladesh, Taiwan and Mexico. But the effect of low and moderate levels of arsenic was unknown. A … Continue reading →

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Bring back the Cadaver – Organ Donation

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Ravleen

“I understand it is not easy for the living to donate a kidney; but then why is the government not encouraging transplants from cadavers,’ asks esrd patient Nozeer H Canteenwala. This aspect of the problem has been obscured in the … Continue reading →

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