Is Chennai a drug transit point for Beijing Olympics?...

Published on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 13:40, Updated at Mon, Jul 14, 2008 in Nation section

DRUG TRAIL: Officials have seized 17 drug consignments within last 6 months headed for Beijing.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury hints Left, Cong may work together later.

After confiscating 17 consignments of drugs in less than a year’s time, authorities fear Chennai may have become a transit...

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Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get easier treatment.

The first goal is a pill option for people who now need daily blood-thinning shots for weeks after knee or hip replacement surgery.

But the ultimate goal is an alternative to that old standby war...

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Medical librarian an ALS advocate...

Dorothy O'Brien has always loved reading, researching and spending time near books. So it was natural for the English major to become a career librarian, combing the stacks for years, from public libraries to school libraries.

For more than a decade, O'Brien has worked as a medical librarian. She started in Gillette, Wyo., and since 1999, she's been a medical librarian at Good Samarita...

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