Archive for March, 2008

Lilly Grants $4.4 Million to the WHO for MDR-TB Program Expansion

Today Eli Lilly and Company announced its four-year grant of $4,384,000 to the World Health Organization (WHO) for scaling up its global capacity to manage multi- drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) programs.
The grant covers four activities, starting with the technical assistance the WHO will provide to developing countries that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis […]

Cassia Tora - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA TORA
Common Name : FOETID CASSIA, TORA, SICKLE SENNA, SICKLE POD, COFFEE POD, TOVARA, CHAKVAD
Part Used : SEEDS
Habitat : […]

Cassia Fistula - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA FISTULA
Common Name : FISTULA, LABURNUM, PURGING FISTULA, GOLDEN SHOWER, AMALTAS
Part Used : FRUITS AND BARK
Habitat : Grows in valleys upto […]

Cassia Angustifolia - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA
Common Name : SENNA, INDIAN SENNA, TINNEVELLY SENNA, CASSIA SENNA
Part Used : PODS, STEMS, LEAVES
Habitat : Cultivated in […]

Electric toothbrush

An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that uses electric power to move the brush head, normally in an oscillating pattern, though electric toothbrushes are often called ‘rotary‘ toothbrushes.
Different kind of brushes
The Cochrane study separated the electrical toothbrush designs into:
* side-to-side
* circular
* ultra-sonic vibration, like the Sonicare manufactured by Philips - which claims to have a […]

Christianity Religion - Religion & Spirituality

Christianity is based upon the teachings of Jesus, a Jew who lived his life in the Roman province of Palestine. Roman communications networks enabled Christianity to spread quickly throughout the Roman empire and eventually to the rest of Europe, and finally the entire globe.
As time progressed, Christianity divided into three major branches. The Roman Catholic […]

Naturalistic spirituality - Religion & Spirituality

Naturalistic Spirituality is a term for a variety of religious and/or philosophical beliefs which pertain to the human experience of the numinous. Chief among modern forms of naturalistic spirituality is natualistic Pantheism (for example as found in the World Pantheist Movement), but the term may also apply to the beliefs of some pagans, many Taoists, […]

Secular spirituality - Religion & Spirituality

Secular spirituality as a cultural phenomenon refers to the adherence to a spiritual ideology without the advocation of a religious framework.
Secular spirituality in principle might embrace many of the the same types of practices as religious spirituality, but the motivation is different. Clearly, since belief and dogma are absent, the emphasis is likely to be […]

Calamus - ARACEAE, CALAMUS

Family Name : ARACEAE
Botanical Name : ACORUS CALAMUS
Common Name : CALAMUS, SWEET-FLAG, SWEET ROOT, BACH
Part Used : DRIED RHIZOME
Habitat : North Temperate and subtropical regions upto 2200m […]

Boswellia Serrata - BURSERACEAE

Family Name : BURSERACEAE
Botanical Name : BOSWELLIA SERRATA
Common Name : INDIAN OLIBANUM TREE, OLIBANUM, LUBAN, GOND
Part Used : BARK, GUM RESIN
Uses : The bark is sweet, cooling and tonic. It is good in […]