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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Study throws light on innovative strategies for malaria elimination
India accounted for 6% of global malaria burden in 2016; highest number of cases reported in Odisha Universal access to malaria diagnosis and treatment and follow-up of patients with enhanced surveillance
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India asks US health monitor to withdraw or modify Zika outbreak alert
The Government of India has cited studies undertaken at the National Institute of Virology, Pune, in its official communication to the CDC India asked the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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Pollution has Ahmedabad in a killer choke-hold
AHMEDABAD: The minute you step outside your house, vehicular fumes hit you. As you go further, under-construction roads or building add to the particulate matter you breathe in. These suspended particles
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Hospitals cut use of antibiotics, find it saves lives and money
MUMBAI: Antibiotics are so overprescribed that a Kochi hospital managed to cut down the use of restricted antibiotics — considered the last-resort medicines for seriously ailing patients — by as much as
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Zika causing microcephaly not found in Jaipur: ICMR
JAIPUR: Pregnant women in their first trimester, who were tested positive for Zika in Jaipur, can now breathe a huge sigh of relief. It has been confirmed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) that
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Number of cancer cases up by 15.7 per cent since 2012
A total of 11.57 lakh cancer cases was reported in India this year, a 15.7 per cent increase over the 10 lakh cases reported in 2012, Ravi Mehrotra, director of Indian Council of Medical Research’s National
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Gujarat government scan finds Amraiwadi area to be Zika sensitive
AHMEDABAD: Even as the Gujarat government continues to maintain a studied silence on the status of Zika virus infection in Amraiwadi area, the state health department’s own surveillance notes suggest that
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Air pollution emerging as third major risk factor for heart disease
Mumbai: Air pollution is emerging as the third major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in India. It is perhaps lagging behind only the two traditional reasons believed to cause heart ailments
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NE states show rise in HIV cases: Report
Guwahati: New HIV infections have been reported in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 2017, in spite of an overall decline in HIV infection in the country, according to a National AIDS
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Air pollution is key risk factor for lung disease
Disability adjusted life years or DALYs are years of healthy life lost to premature death and suffering. New Delhi: Air pollution was the leading risk factor for chronic obstructive lung disease in