Public Health

New Guidelines For The Use Of Extracorporeal Hemodynamic Support In Cardiac Or Cardio-Pulmonary Failure

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 17 2012 - 3:30pm

Cassia fistula fruits are used as laxative by native practitioners.

The membersof sub family Papilionaceae are herbs, shrubs or trees found in all climates but mostly between and near the tropics and are more abundant in the old than in the New World. The family includes the greatest number of Legumes, comparising 400 gen ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 21 2012 - 2:50am

Isolation and identification of the C.papaya substances responsible for the release and/or production of thrombocytes.

This Sunday I had nice discussion with Dr Sameer Agarwal our close relative and a senior Pathologist from Jaipur and he showed me some papers on the role of leaf extract from Papaya curing/ improving platelet counts. I have read as Botanist that many latex ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 30 2012 - 5:32am

How My New Favorite Game Can Prevent Alzheimer's And Save The World

Last week I was introduced to an intriguing little brain game that could very well prevent Alzheimer's disease, with the nice side effect of helping to save the world.  The game was demonstrated no less than three times by a commenter on a previous ar ...

Article - Robert Cooper - Feb 8 2012 - 12:58am

Can we take Ocimum sanctum in medicine? Can dudi make women fertile?

Some time I get queries from the readers of Science2.0 blogs and I feel encouraged that my blogs are read across the world. Some time people ask for advice also for their thesis work or literature etc. Through this I wish to answer in general only and spec ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 7 2012 - 10:33am

Treatment for cough cold and asthama? Try and tell.

If you have developed  cough and cold  and asthamatic symptoms due to excessive exposure to differing temperatures and from dust allergies. If you have tried  allopathic medicines and they have helped  you  cure some part of it but some part of it  still c ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 8 2012 - 12:12pm

An Argument For GMOs- Herbicides Are Poison, French Judge Rules

A French court on Monday said a French farmer suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Lasso weedkiller in 2004. Well, inhaling pesticides and herbicides is bad.  They are poison, even if a French court ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 13 2012 - 10:31pm

Don't Throw Away Your Kids' Pillows Just Yet

While perusing the news last night, I was horrified to come across a set of articles telling me that less sleep is better for academic performance.  If that’s the case, I should be in tip-top mental shape right now, because the reporting on that study was ...

Article - Robert Cooper - Feb 22 2012 - 2:54pm

Lack Of Sleep Implicated In Student Performance

Lack of sleep among primary school children is having a devastating effect in schools with nine out of 10 teachers (92%) complaining that pupils are so tired they are unable to pay attention in class. More than a third (38%) said lack of sleep among young ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Feb 29 2012 - 11:13am

ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON MEDICINAL PLANT: CHITRAK

Santosh Sharma and Ashwani Kumar, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004- India [msku31@yahoo.com] Introduction Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica L.- Plumbaginaceae) has traditionally been used by rural and tribal people in traditional sys ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 12 2012 - 9:03am