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7 bodies recovered from fire-hit chemical unit in Surat

Surat, Nov 30 (PTI) A day after a major fire engulfed a chemical manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Surat city, bodies of seven missing workers were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. Out of the seven persons found dead at the chemical manufacturing unit of Aether Industries Ltd in Sachin industrial area of the city, one was an employee of the company while six others were working on contract, Surat Collector Ayush Oak said. “During a search operation in the factory premises, officials found bodies of seven workers who went missing after the fire which

Coronary heart disease in middle-aged people at risk of dementia in later life

LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) – People diagnosed with coronary heart disease in early middle age are at much higher risk of developing dementia in later life than people with healthy hearts, according to a Chinese study of more than 400,000 Britons published Wednesday. Men and women who develop heart disease early, particularly those under 45, have a 36% increased risk of developing dementia, a 13% increased risk of Alzheimer’s and are 78% more likely to develop vascular dementia — brain impairment caused by oxygen and nutrient deprivation, according to the research published in Journal of the American Heart Association. By

Indian economy expected to sustain strong growth amid global gloom

NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Indian economy is likely to continue its strong growth in the quarter to end of September, helped by a solid urban consumption and government spending, outpacing a slowing global economy squeezed by elevated interest rates and higher energy prices. Asia’s third-largest economy is expected to grow at 6.8% in the July-September quarter compared with a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll. India will release the quarterly gross domestic product figures at 1200 GMT on Thursday. India’s is seen as the bright spot globally as some Western countries are flirting with the possibility of

Common headaches linked to neck pain: Research

Chicago [US], November 29 (ANI): According to a study presented at the annual conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers discovered empirical evidence of how the neck muscles are implicated in primary headaches. The discoveries may lead to better treatments. The distinct underlying causes of primary headaches are still not fully understood. The most common primary headaches are tension-type headaches and migraines. “Our imaging approach provides first objective evidence for the very frequent involvement of the neck muscles in primary headaches, such as neck pain in migraine or tension-type headache, using the ability to quantify subtle inflammation

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