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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Affidavit filed in the Supreme Court of India dated 4/08/2011 in re: Endosulfan
<p> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> The interim report of Joint Expert Committee on endosulfan submitted to the Supreme Court. Says that the ban on this pesticide should be limited to Kerala and Karnataka only, since none of the other states have reported adverse health effects.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
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Chikungunya diagnosis gets a boost in Kochi
<p> The scientists, from the SCMS Biotechnology Centre here, are confident that the antigen would make diagnosis of the disease more cost-effective, apart from giving accurate results.</p>
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Central expert team visits endosulfan-hit areas in Kerala
KASARGOD (Kerala), 31 JULY: A ten-member Central expert team today visited the district to study on the health status of people residing in the endosulfan-affected areas. The team was led by ICMR director
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Gas tragedy survivors submit memorandum to Guv, seek PM's intervention
<p> Thousands of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors marched from Bhopal Talkies and submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh addressed to the Prime Minister of India and a similar memorandum
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ICMR to get patents for healing techniques of Andaman tribals
Port Blair: Traditional healing techniques, using indigenous medicinal plants, practiced efficiently for hundreds of years by some of India
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Endosulfan: SC allows activists to file intervention application
Mangalore: The Supreme Court has allowed Navdanya, a recognised premier network of organic farmers headed by Dr Vandana Shiva and human rights activist and environmentalist Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag to file an intervention application in the case filed by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) seeking a country-wide permanent ban on Endosulfan. According to a press release, the apex court o
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Seeking ban on Endosulfan is politically motivated
Pesticide manufacturers have submitted before the Supreme Court that the plea of CPI-M activists for a ban on Endosulfan is politically motivated and sought dismissal of the petition. In its affidavit, the Pesticide Manufacturers & Formulators Association rejected the allegations made by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) that there were some deaths in Kerala due to use of Endosulfan.
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Bill on biomedical research to be placed before House soon
HYDERABAD, 4 JULY: A comprehensive Bill that aims to regulate and monitor the entire research on the human subjects in the country, will be introduced in Parliament by the end of this year, director general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Mr VM Katoch, said today.
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Ethics on trial
<p>Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug, but compromise on ethics. While doctors and organisations conducting trials make big bucks, the rights and safety of the subjects are often overlooked.</p>
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Vaccine trial's ethics criticized
<p>A clinical trial that came under fire in India threatens to have a dual legacy: inflaming unfounded fears about a lifesaving vaccine and raising new questions about the management of medical research in the country. </p> <p>http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/pdf/474427a.pdf</p>