August 28, 2008 – 11:00 pm
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zoroastrians.net
A very rare Souvenir published on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee Year of The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital (BDP PGH) in 1972 with articles from eminent doctors and community members like Dr. H.S.Mehta, H.P.Mama, Jal Pardivala, Rustom J Vakil, M.P.Bhagat, P.S. Jhabvala, Sohrab Hakim and many more. Very interesting reading on Guide to Healthy Living, Parsis and Sport, Musical Cures, Preventive Medicine, Parsis and Blood Diseases, etc. etc.
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www.livemint.com By : Priyanka P. Narain
After the Hakims married, they looked forward to a quiet life, interrupted often by the laughter of children.
Five years later, none had arrived. Troubled by the void, they began visiting doctors. But nothing worked—until they stumbled upon the fertility plan of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the apex organization in the city that offers financial support to Parsi couples who want children.
“They said they would pay for fertility tests and treatment if we went to their doctors,” says the woman, who declined to give her first name, citing sensitivities in the community.
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www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com
... Maybe Jog remembered Dr Grant as he had treated his mother. "Years later, Jog explained the reason for trusting me. He had never known a Parsee to cheat on anybody," he beams. ...
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It would be no exaggeration to say that Dr Keki B Grant’s (87) heart beats for Pune. He has indeed accomplished much in terms of the latest in medical diagnostics and therapy for Puneites. The Ruby Hall Clinic (RHC), which he founded, has flourished due to his Read More »
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www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com
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Avesthagen, a leading biotechnology company recently launched of the Avestagenome, a unique project to build a complete genetic, genealogical and medical database of the Parsis, who now number about 69,000 in India.
In today’s biotechnology driven medical care, the quest for new, more effective therapies and diagnostic tools have become essential to understand linkages between genes, diseases and environmental factors. The project results will find application in disease prediction and accelerate the development of new therapies and diagnostics. Read More »
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www.redherring.com By : Seema Singh
Bangalore-based biotech company Avesthagen said Wednesday it has launched a genome project to build a genetic database of an inbred India
community known as the Parsis.
The Avesthagenome project will study the Parsis people of the Zoroastrian community to gather data for a genealogical and medical database.
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