Dietary Guidelines for Indians- A Manual
<p>The dietary guidelines emphasize promotion of health and prevention of disease, of all age groups with special focus on vulnerable segments of the population such as infants, children and adolescents,
Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
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No link between litchi, AES, say experts
AES outbreak in Siliguri in 1996, traced to imported raspberry, may have led to ‘litchi theory’. Experts looking into the annual outbreak of a disease in parts of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and Muzaffarpur
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Encephalitis strikes: 25 children killed in Muzaffarpur
Dreaded Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has taken toll of 25 children in the last fortnight in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur continue to baffle the experts who have for the first time noticed absence of basic
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Study blames anaemia in maternal, perinatal deaths
NAGPUR: A study in Nagpur has revealed that anaemia is a big factor in the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) as well as perinatal mortality rate (death of foetus after seven months of pregnancy or seven
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Punjab cancer headcount report to be submitted in July
Soon an exact headcount of cancer cases in Punjab since 2012 will be out. The Punjab cancer atlas project, which started in June 2011, will be submitted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
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Unethical’ clinical trial leaves 254 women dead
The death of 254 Indian women in the course of a 15-year US-funded clinical trial has triggered a raging debate about its ethicality. The trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women
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Radiation from cell towers in India not harmful: Panel
There is no cause of alarm with regard to possible ill-effects on human health by electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation from cellphone towers and cellphones because the limits adopted in India account
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Panel wants govt to allot funds for mobile radiation studies
The Government should allot funds to study the health effects of prolonged exposure to mobile phones in the Indian context, according to a panel. The committee, set up to look into electromagnetic field
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Health fears over car ride
The budget proposal to “give relief” to the automobile sector by cutting excise duties on several segments of cars, including SUVs, could worsen air quality and hurt people’s health, environmental scientists
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JNU study report on impact of mobile phone radiations- Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014
JNU study report on impact of mobile phone radiations - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. Minister Of Communications And Information Technology & Law And Justice has said that "two reviews have
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Indian Council of Medical Research washes hands off drug trials in Bhopal hospital
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has washed its hands of the clinical drug trials that took place on gas-victims at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC). Some of the doctors allegedly