A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India – in part because of medical tourism – and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
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Researchers said the bugs had been brought into Britain by patients who travelled to India or Pakistan for cosmetic surgery Carmen Chai, Postmedia News A new bacteria that has emerged in India – dubbed NDM-1 and resistant to even the strongest antibiotics – is quickly spreading worldwide, British researchers say in a report published [...]
Read More... Carbapenems are very useful antibiotics. Distantly related to penicillin, they can be used to treat a much broader range of bacteria, many of which are difficult to attack because they are naturally resistant to most other antibiotics.
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Indian demands are giving a new headache to BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion after New Delhi threatened a shutdown that could affect one million of the smartphone’s 41 million users.
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New Delhi, Aug.9 : Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Monday sought cooperation from all political parties and other quarters to make the 2010 Commonwealth Games a success.
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The Haryana government today reduced the rate of VAT on Compressed Natural Gas and Piped Natural Gas from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent, making these fuels cheaper in the NCR regions of Gurgaon and Faridabad.
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Separatist leaders dismissed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech on the Kashmir crisis Tuesday as ‘echoing the same old policy’, while the common man wondered whether the balm intended to be applied on their wounds was not too late, too little.
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A largely conservative society and ingrained social stigma presents a bigger barrier than legislation to luring gay business.
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The efficiency of antibiotics is decreasing due to the spread of a bacterial gene conferring high levels of drug resistance.
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