Over 60 children in Batakwada Tad primary school in Santrampur taluka of Panchmahals region suffered from food poisoning after drinking milk provided to them under Gujarat government’s “Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana” on Tuesday.

Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana is a recently-launched tribal welfare programme.

The students started vomiting within minutes of consuming specially packed flavoured milk.

When some school teachers checked the pouches, they found insects in the milk pouches of ‘Doodh Sanjivani’.

Recent study revealed that people who drink wine in adequate quantity everyday lower their risk of developing Barrett's Esophagus - an untreatable condition that can lead to oesophageal cancer. It happens when heartburn or acid reflux permanently damages the lining of the esophagus.

Research team led by Kaiser Permanente studied data collected from 953 men and women in Northern California. Data analysis revealed that those who drank one or more glasses of red or white wine a day were 56 percent lower risk of Barrett's esophagus. Intake of beer or liquor had no such benefit.

Various experts are divided over the concept of custom-designed babies offered by various fertility clinics. Some experts believe that it is immoral to use science in this way

Dr. Jeff Steinberg, running clinics in Manhattan and Los Angeles, says that within six months he plans to let customers choose their baby's eye, hair, and even skin color.

He said that the capability to offer such services had been around for years, but had been ignored by the medical community.

Australia has seen a spurt in the birth rate in what appears to be in answer to the former treasurer's Peter Costello's exhortation for Australian couples to have another child "for the country".

From the mid 1990's Australia's birth rate had been stagnant showing between 255,000 and 260,000 babies born every year. In 2004, the then treasurer Peter Costello introduced the $3000 Baby Bonus payment and research has shown the birth rate in NSW for women having their third or subsequent child rising significantly across all sectors of society.

Washington, Mar 2 : Scientists have found that Vitamin A plays a major role in the process whereby dendritic cells signal the white blood cells about any intrusion in the body.

Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center have discovered that dendritic cells can respond to a compound called zymosan, a component of yeast cell walls, through two different receptors by sending out both stimulatory and calming messages at once.

The scientists say that their findings may prove useful for designing vaccines against many infectious agents, as the calming receptor is known to respond to bacteria and viruses as well as yeast.

After its review of the popular over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) arrived at the conclusion that there was “no robust evidence that these medicines work” in children below 12 years of age.