Editorial: Believe it or not
Published in The Hindu on June 15, 2011 If our knowledge of the number of unicellular and multicellular organisms found
Read MoreAuthor: Prasad Ravindranath
Distinguishing naturally occurring thyroid cancer from those caused by radiation
The frequency of papillary thyroid carcinoma occurrence in young people is about 1.5 per million a year. But following the
Read MoreYoung children should avoid using cell phones
Published in The Hindu on June 9, 2011 If the World Health Organisation has classified mobile phones as “possibly carcinogenic”
Read MoreEditorial: Is there a brain cancer risk?
Published in The Hindu on June 4, 2011 The World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has
Read MoreEditorial: A shockingly unethical trial
Published in The Hindu on May 16, 2011 The question whether all human clinical trials undertaken in India are conducted
Read MoreDid humans and Neanderthals coexist in Europe?
Published in The Hindu on May 12, 2011 How long back did the last of the Neanderthals walk in some
Read MoreEditorial: Threat from chronic diseases
Published in The Hindu on May 10, 2011 Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory diseases account for 63 per
Read MoreEditorial: What ails public health research?
Published in The Hindu on May 2, 2011 Why has the incidence of tuberculosis in India remained around 170 per
Read MoreEditorial: Unlocking Mercury’s secrets
Published in The Hindu on April 18, 2011 After a voyage of nearly eight billion kilometres that took over six
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Superbug NDM-1 found in sewage, drinking water samples in India
The discovery of the New Delhi mettallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) in 51 of 151 sewage samples and two of 50 drinking water
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Superbug NDM-1: 2010 results confirmed by others
If the first paper on NDM-1 superbug published last year created an uproar in India, the second paper published on
Read MoreEditorial: Fifty years since Gagarin’s flight
Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2011 On a sunny morning 50 years ago, the 27-year-old carpenter’s son turned
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NDM-1 superbugs found in sewage, tap water in India
Gram-negative bacterial strains with NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) gene, also called the superbug, have now been detected in drinking water
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