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May 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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& MIND Popping pills without the doctors prescription can be harmful, warns Dr Tarun Sahni, Senior Consultant Physician at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. According to Dr Sahni, popping an antibiotic has become a first line home therapy to bring down fever or get quick relief from cold. “Most educated people tend to follow their doctor’s previous prescription if they are suffering from the same ailment. While doing so, they overlook the significance of the right and complete prescription schedule and even consume residual medicine from the last prescription. This does more harm than good to the body as it increases the resistance of the pathogens,” he says. Dr Sahni has warned this newly emerging segment of self-taught doctors that most people reach out for antibiotics at the first sign of a viral infection as common cold and flu. “What we do not know, however, is that antibiotics are prescribed only for illness caused by bacteria, not by viruses. Antibiotics have absolutely no effect on viral infections, cough, sore throat and bronchitis. These ailments are mostly caused by viruses where antibiotics are useless.” Dr Sahni has further said that antibiotics are strong medicines that can cure many bacterial illnesses and infections, including pneumonia, skin and wound infections, scarlet fever and toxic shock syndrome. “Antibiotics should never be taken without proper diagnosis and prescription. The treatment should not be discontinued midway even if symptoms disappear as it may cause the bacteria to grow resistant to the antibiotic. Women ought to be careful as antibiotics can even lead to vaginal yeast infection and reduce the efficacy of birth control pills,” he warns.
Improve your
memory with the help of pen Forgetful and absent-minded persons can now hope to improve their memory by using a Mnemonic pen, invented by Mr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, who holds a world record for his ability to memorise fast. The pen would help the user maintain a systematic mental catalogue for ready and speedy recall of specific information. The pen consists of two basic rollers, which accommodate an infinite matrix system for storing the information to be memorised. Each matrix consists 100 and 20 codes respectively. The codes enable the user direct the information to the specific address and make the learning process faster. Priced at Rs 600, the pen can help the user memorise historical dates, telephone numbers and addresses, mathematical tables and highlights of speeches.
Lite zone Habitat World has relocated and refurbished its gymnasium ‘Lite Zone’ on the fourth floor of India Habitat Centre to offer its members more space. The new gym was recently inaugurated by eminent cardiologist and Executive Director of the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC). The annual membership charges for the gym are Rs 10,000. Members will also be entitled to a one-time free consultation with a cardiologist from EHIRC. Acting on specific feedback from the fitness market on the demand for expert advise along with good equipment, the Habitat World has involved well-known yoga expert, Bharat Thakur, Aerobis trainer and certificate holder from Florida based International Fitness Association, Kiran Sawhney,
t’ai chi instructor, Kusum Haider and martial arts expert, Bharat Sharma for teaching tae kwon do, a Korean form of unarmed combat and former Miss India, Nafisa Ali for swimming classes.
Shantha awarded Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd has been awarded the prestigious fifth national technology award for this year for successfully developing and marketing an affordable therapy ‘Shanferon’ for patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic viral hepatotis and other cancers. Launched last April, Shanferon has resulted in a cost-effective and safe product. Backed by extensive multi-centric clinical trails, Shanferon has been well-received by gastroenterologists and oncologists. The award instituted by Technology Development Board, Department of Science and Technology. The Vice-President of India, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, presented the award to the Managing Director of Shantha Biotechnics, at a function held here on Sunday. The award is presented every year to a company, which develops, manufactures and markets indigenous technology.
Palliative care unit A palliative care unit for terminally ill cancer patients has been set up at Sunder Lal Jain Hospital. Patients admitted to the unit will get food and medicines free of cost. The unit will be managed by dedicated professionals from various medical specialities. |
FCI beat Bihar, move into quarter-final New Delhi, May 17 FCI skipper Akash Malhotra won the toss and put Bihar into bat. The Bihar team, who lost the first four key batsmen for a total of 50 runs on the board, recovered through a swashbuckling knock of 72 by C M Jha (6x4, 1x6, 97b) and a spitfire 41, with two fours and one six, by Sumit Panda. They put on 99 runs for the fifth wicket in 19.3 overs to help Bihar post 194 for 8 in 40 overs. The wickets for FCI were shared by Akash Malhotra and left-arm spinner Iresh Saxena who claimed three and two wickets each. FCI scored the required runs for victory with three balls to spare. Satyender Yadav, who hit 46 off 40 balls with seven fours, was the top scorer for FCI. Others chipped in with useful contributions. FCI lost their first wicket with only 17 runs on the board. After they made the recovery, four wickets crashed in a heap between 152 to 185. Left-arm spinner Amrinder Singh (2 for 20 in 8 overs) and Anshuman Raj (2 for 18 in 3.3 overs) teased and tormented the FCI batsmen, but could not prevent the food people from snatching away a close victory. Delhi Sports Journalists Association will take on Organising Committee XI in a limited-over match on Sunday. Scores: Bihar Cricket Association:
194 for 8 in 40 overs (Santosh Lal 20, 4x4, 17b; Rajan Kumar run out 15, 2x4, 26b; C M Jha 72, 6x4, 1x6, 97b; Sumit Panda 41, 2x4, 1x6, 55b; Anshuman Raj 22, 2x4, 21b; Akash Malhotra 3 for 35, Iresh Saxena 2 for 43). FCI:
197 for 7 in 39.3 overs (Satyender Yadav 46, 7x4, 40b; Akash Malhotra 28, 4x4, 42b; Damanjit Singh 34, 3x4, 42b; Naveen Negi run out 40, 1x4, 1x6, 40b; Amrinder Singh 2 for 20, Anshuman Raj 2 for 18). C M Jha was named the man of the match. |
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Haryana
sail past AP, enter final New Delhi, May 17 Andhra won the toss and put Haryana into bat. The star-studded Haryana knocked in 305 for the loss of eight wickets in 40 overs. Though T Mahesh produced a deadly bowling performance for Andhra, claiming four wickets for 38 runs, the powerful Haryana batting lineup had enough solidity to gather quick runs to hoist a challenging total, which the Andhra batsmen failed to match. R P Singh and Rajender Madan ran through the Andhra batting lineup with P V Krishna Rao, Jugal Kishore and L Nageshwar Rao offering some resistance, feeble though. Andhra crawled to 146 for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 40 overs. The final will be telecast live on Doordarshan. Scores: Haryana: 305 for 8 in 40 overs (Vishal Singh Yadav 64, Mahesh Sharma 51, Sunil Sudan 42, Rakesh Jolly 35, T Mahesh 4 for 38). Andhra Pradesh:
146 for 9 in 40 overs (P V Krishna Rao 31 n o, Jugal Kishore 26, L Nageshwar Rao 24, R P Singh 4 for 31, Rajender Madan 2 for 20). |
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18 teams for National Women’s soccer New Delhi, May 17 Holders Manipur, runners-up West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Tripura, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are the teams participating in the championship. The teams have been divided into four groups, and the preliminary matches will be played from June 8 to 13. The winners and runners-up of all the four groups will join Manipur, Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal in the quarter-final contest which will be held from June 15 to 20. The final is slated to be played on June 24. |
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Pradeep, Kunal guide PMG to victory New Delhi, May 17 Batting first, PMG, with the help of Pradeep’s fine knock, scored 193 for 8 in 45 overs. St. Mark, in reply, crashed out for 184. Scores: PMG: 193 for 8 in 45 overs (Pradeep Sangwan 72, Ansul Garg 2 for 52, Saurabh Aggarwal 2 for 62). St. Mark School: 184 all out in 43.4 overs (Mandhir Vadhwa 33, Dhruv Satya 25, Kunal Narang 3 for 50, Pradeep Sangwan 2 for 48). Sadar Bazar Youth defeated Golden Hawks by one wicket in a match played at the RSC ground. An unbeaten 70 by Sunny Kanojia was the highlight of Sadar Bazar Youth’s victory. Scores: Golden Hawks:
199 all out in 44.4 overs (Sameer Khurana 52, Jasdeep Singh 49 n o, Samarth Singh 30, Ashish Rai 4 for 49, Sunny Kanojia 2 for 49). Sadar Bazar Youth:
203 for 9 in 42.3 overs (Sunny Kanojia 70 n o, Surender Singh 63, Saurabh Nischal 5 for 44). |
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St. Mary’s, Columba’s move up New Delhi, May 17 Pradeep Gujar, Aurnold Godinho, Yuvavir Kedyan and Sham Andredy scored for the winners while Bhushan Mandrawal got the consolation goal for DDA. St. Columba’s School beat Frank Anthony Public School 4-1 in the second match. The highlight of the match was three goals in a row by Cedric. Ayush accounted for the fourth goal. Sylvester reduced the margin for Frank Anthony. DDA Football Academy A trounced Frank Anthony School B 8-1. Ankit (2), Ashish (2), Sarthak (2), Chetan (1) and Bulbul were the goal-scorers for DDA while Ankit reduced the margin for Frank Anthony. Sunday’s fixtures: St. Columba’s C vs Mount St. Mary’s (3.15 p m); International SFS vs Frank Anthony (3.45 p m); St. Columba’s B vs DAV (4.30 p m); St. Columba’s A vs DDA Academy (5.15 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium. |
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