Editorial: Need for early intervention
Published in The Hindu on April 21, 2008 Tamil Nadu’s imaginative screening programme launched a year ago has proved highly
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Open access gets a fillip
Published in The Hindu on April 17, 2008 Researchers, scientists and health workers across the world can now rejoice. Access
Read MoreHow to detect true gestational diabetes
Published in The Hindu on March 27, 2008 The way pregnant women are tested for GDM makes it difficult to
Read MoreEditorial: No time to lose
Published in The Hindu on march 20, 2008 If globally containing tuberculosis, the incidence of which is estimated to be
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Screening newborns for two metabolic disorders takes off
After much delay, the screening of one lakh newborn babies over a three-year period for two inborn errors of metabolism
Read MoreGlaucoma: misconceptions galore
Published in The Hindu on March 6, 2008 Cataract may be the most common cause of blindness. Fortunately, symptoms always
Read MoreIncidence of diabetes studied
Published in The Hindu on February 28, 2008 While the total number of diabetics in the country, which is known
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Managing diseases using stem cells
Cell based diseases such Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and diabetes were seen as the first candidates for being cured using stem cell
Read MoreImaging cancer with PET-CT
Published in The Hindu on February 14, 2008 Come May, Chennai will have a PET-CT (Positron emission tomography-computed tomography) tool
Read MoreEditorial: Lessons from AIDS vaccine trial
Published in The Hindu on February 8, 2008 The decision not to continue the clinical trial of the country’s first
Read MoreSaving legs through stem cell transplantation
Published in The Hindu on February 7, 2008 Smoking does not affect the lungs alone. The nicotine present in the
Read MoreAIDS vaccine: Chennai trial results encouraging
Published In The Hindu on January 24, 2008 There appears to be a greater possibility of finding an efficacious AIDS
Read MoreEditorial: Containment is the key
Published in The Hindu on January 17, 2008 The fresh bird flu outbreak in two districts of West Bengal has
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