( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Patients coping with mental disorders can now look forward to major changes in their lives through an innovative treatment called Schema Therapy -. Schema therapists help patients change their entrenched, self-defeating life patterns - or schemas - using cognitive, behavioural, ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Chandigarh, Nov 21 - A swine flu scare among students here has led to a sudden fall in attendance in schools and colleges in this union territory. Screening of students is done every morning by their class teachers and suspected cases are sent home. Over 500 students ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Patna, Nov 21 - Bihar's junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission's threat to file criminal cases against them. The doctors said the strike would continue ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Lucknow, Nov 20 - The six new medical colleges and two para-medical colleges coming up in Uttar Pradesh would be run under a public-private partnership - arrangement. A decision to this effect was taken by the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mayawati here Friday. ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - Scientists Friday said that the government was in the process of formulating guidelines for regulation of probiotic foods, which have flooded the Indian markets, and the guidelines would be in place by January 2010. A task force set up by the Indian ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - In a bid to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS, the Confederation of Indian Industriy - Friday announced the launch of a toll free helpline in four languages. Making the announcement at a discussion organised by the International Labour Organisation -, ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said. The survey also found ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed 'opportunistic screening' norm. The scheme was in its pilot stage in 10 states, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A -, more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Friday. The first case of swine flu in the country was confirmed ...

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, Nov 20 - Progress on child issues is slow even though India has accomplished a great deal in ensuring the rights of children almost two decades after it ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child -, Unicef India representative Karin Holshof said Friday. ...