Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 NEW YORK: A skin patch could help migraine sufferers avoid potential side-effects - as well as providing greater pain relief. The patch contains sumatriptan, a drug which is currently used in pill form to treat the problem. Now an American company has developed a patch that is as potent as oral medication but avoids the potential gastro-intestinal side-effects, such as nausea and vomiting. A patch can also provide a constant and steady supply of medicine into the bloodstream, which might offer better relief. Migraine affects an estimated 10 per cent of the UK population - mostly women - and results in around 18 million lost working days every year. Trials of the new patch are ongoing and the migraine patch is likely to be available in the next year or so.
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