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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Suicide, TB kill more than maternal ills
Contrary to the belief that women in their reproductive age die more due to maternal reasons, a study conducted in Maharashtra has found that tuberculosis, cancers, suicides, injury and poisoning are the major killers of women in the 15-44 age-group. The study was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) through its National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumba
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Indian doctors in dock for superbug report
THE Indian government has sent notices to eight Indian doctors who were part of a research done by a UK-based medical journal that said foreign patients coming to India for treatment risked picking up and spreading a new drug-resistant superbug. The notice has sought explanation why the doctors did not take mandatory permission from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to transfer the
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Lifestyle disease prevalent among tribals of 11 States
<br /> <div>Food habits, tobacco consumption and alcohol dependence is taking a toll on the tribal population across the country that is falling prey to hypertension, considered to be lifestyle disease of the urban elites.</div> <div> </div> <div>A population-based study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research over the last few months found that hypertension is prevalent amongs
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Stricter guidelines soon for mobile radiation
<br />Sandeep Joshi<br />
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New surveillance tool for Japanese Encephalitis
Shastry V. Mallady It helps State health officials in preventing disease outbreak MADURAI: A new surveillance tool developed here by scientists of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for preventing outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) was handed over to the Tamil Nadu Public Health Department on Sunday.
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NAC should address issue of abundance of food
Right to Food Movement, a network of NGOs favouring a food security law, said the NAC should address issues of abundance of food and efficiency of a public distribution system before finalising the draft on food security Bill.
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Tragic Relief
<p>On the grimy, filth-lined streets of Bhopal's walled city that were stalked by death more than 25 years back, the outrage following the June 7 judgement in the gas tragedy criminal case by a local Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM) court has slowly made way for quiet dejection. In the prevailing mood of gloom, the fears of the survivors of the world's worst industrial accident have come true.
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State used up only 5% of H1N1 vaccine
MUMBAI: The Centre is upset that Maharashtra, one of the states to be worst affected by swine flu last year, has managed to consume just about 5% of vaccine doses provided to it. The Union government is even less amused as it has already placed orders with Indian pharmaceutical companies manufacturing H1N1 vaccines, for more doses, for selective vaccination.
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5-year study to decode effects of cellphones
New Delhi: The world
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5-year study to decode effects of cellphones
New Delhi: The world