New chlorinators in the marketTitanor Component's new Seaclor Mac series of electrochlorinators claim to have changed the manner in which water is disinfected in India. For the cost of a one-litre bottle of mineral water, Seaclor Mac can disinfect 1,000,000 litres of water. It is simple to operate and easy to install.
The Seaclor Mac system is being used successfully by Indian Railways, Military Engineering Services and state water supply boards. It is being used to disinfect urban and rural water schemes, swimming pools, housing colonies, hotels, hospitals and food processing units.
The system is manufactured, sold and serviced by Titanor Components, Goa. Tel:(0834) 395 340-2.
Website on bone disorders
Dr C J Thakkar, associate professor of orthopaedics at Bombay University, has designed a Website on bone and joint disorders. His Website, www.cjthakkar.com, gives you three options for navigation:
There is a section for medical professionals, which provides technicalinformation about orthopaedic conditions. A non-medical person can start with the Frequently Asked Questions section. At the end of each answer, you can ask for further information. The third option is to pose your question in the in-built search engine, and get the answer.Dr Thakkar also promises to answer questions via e-mail within 72 hours.
Garlic prevents plaque build-up in arteries
While previous studies have highlighted the healthy heart benefits of garlic, including lower blood cholesterol levels, results of a new study suggest that garlic prevents, and may even reduce, the build-up of fatty plaque in arteries.
A four-year study of 280 adults found that participants who took 900 milligrams of garlic powder per day had up to 18 per cent less plaque in their arteries than those who took a placebo or "dummy" powder.Fatty plaque is comprised of many substances, including cholesterol. When plaque accumulates in the coronary arteries, the condition can lead to a heartattack.
Cancer patients try alternative medicines
Nearly every four patients with cancer of the head or neck have tried alternative medicine therapies for their disease, according to a report. Patients employ these remedies ``with the intent of fighting the cancer directly or as an adjunct to conventional treatment'', writes a team of Canadian researchers lead by Dr Paul D Warrick of The Toronto Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. The findings have been published in the May issue of the journal, Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
The authors interviewed 200 patients undergoing treatments for cancers of the head or neck at two Toronto hospitals. Herbal remedies comprised about half of all the alternative treatments. The popularity of alternative therapies among cancer patients reflects the continuing rise in public acceptance of herbal medicines, acupuncture and other alternative treatments.Although most users considered their physician a reliable sourceof information on alternative therapies, just 27 per cent said they had discussed their use of these with their doctor, the investigators note.
Rome meet to discuss animal feed crisis
A UN commission will discuss this week the possibility of a force aimed at pushing for an adoption code to ensure proper feeding of animals, which end up on dinner tables. Following the recent scandal in Belgium in which cancer-causing dioxin ended up in animal feed, public interest is high in how cattle, pigs and chickens used for food are fed.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, a joint body of two UN agencies, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Geneva-based World Health Organization, began meeting on Monday.
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