Public Health

Oroxylum indicum Vent has medicinal value

Scientific Name Oroxylum indicum Vent Family Bignoniaceae Used Part Bark Distribution Area Found throughout the greater part of India up to an altitude of 1,200 m. Common Uses. The root bark is a well known drug in Ayurvedic system and is prescribed fresh. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 9 2009 - 1:49am

Low-Carb Diet May Help You Lose Weight, But Won't Do Much For Your Mood

With the so called obesity epidemic in full swing, many people have turned to low-carb, high-fat diets as an alternative way to lose weight in recent years. While these diets can help people lose weight, some scientists say that they do very little to impr ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2009 - 6:11pm

Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Restores Walking Ability In Rats

The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries – a finding that could expand the clinical trial to include people with cervical damage. Resu ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2009 - 7:52pm

Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth.(C. cajan (Linn.) Millsp. syn.C. indicus Spreng.) has nutritional as well as medicinal value

Scientific Name Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth.(C. cajan (Linn.) Millsp. syn.C. indicus Spreng.) Family Fabaceae Used Part Seeds Distribution Area Cultivated nearly throughout India up to an altitude of 1,800 m in the Himalayas. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 10 2009 - 9:25am

Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don is used by climbers of Himalayas for stimulant properties

Scientific Name Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don Family Ericaceae Used Part Stem, leaves, and buds. Distribution Area It is a small, aromatic, shrubby plant found in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and the N.E.F.A. hills at altitudes of 3,000-5,300 m. C ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 10 2009 - 9:28am

Health Researchers Up In Arms Over Alcohol Advertising--Again

This week, scientists from Australia and the UK are taking a break from their professional research to wave their fists angrily at the alcohol industry. In hopes of reducing alcohol abuse, they are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alco ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2009 - 12:42pm

Biodegradation of phenol by oxygenase producing thermophilic microorganisms

Biodegradation of phenol by oxygenase producing thermophilic microorganisms Neetika Mathur1*, Vinod Kumar Nigam2, Ashwani Kumar1 and Purnendu ghosh2 1 Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan- 302 004 2 Department of Biotechnology, Birla In ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 10 2009 - 6:30pm

U.S. Health Care System Gets A Failing Grade On Rehospitalization

If rehospitalization is considered when grading health care, America's system is not all it is cracked up to be. Proof? New evidence indicates almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare are back in the hospital within a month after disch ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2009 - 7:51pm

Secondary metabolites are currently being obtained commercially by extraction from whole plants. Large scale plant tissue culture is an attractive alternative

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 10 2009 - 8:44pm

Metabolism in Plant tissue cultures and its industrial applications in the era of genetic manipulations.

Metabolism in Plant tissue cultures and its industrial applications in the era of genetic manipulations. Humans have been manipulating the genetic makeup of agricultural plants (and animals) for millennia. Recently, the pace of change has increased markedl ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 10 2009 - 8:53pm