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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Centre to set up panel to help Bhopal gas leak victims
The Government has agreed to set up a panel to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which has till now killed more than 15,000 people. On Thursday morning, Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan visited Jantar Mantar where the Bhopal survivors have been protesting for the last two months and read out a two-page statement authorised by the Prime Minister. The statement said India would press the US company which now owns Union Carbide to clean up the site.
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ICMR seeks cola data
The Union ministry of health and family welfare is collecting data from scientists and research institutions on ill-effects of soft drinks and other carbonated beverages. This exercise, the first of its kind, has been taken up by the ministry in the backdrop of research reports by various laboratories that consumption of soft drinks is not good for the health of people.
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Deadliest form of malaria on the rise in India
Malaria caused by the deadly plasmodium falciparum parasite is becoming common in India. Even though the number of malaria cases have declined from 30 lakh in 1996 to 16 lakh in 2006, infections caused by plasmodium falciparum have increased from 38% to nearly 50%.
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It is bad science to keep information back
In addition to knowing about and treating their poison-ravaged bodies, the people in Bhopal need research to know what lies in store for the children born to gas-affected and contamination-affected parents. Right to knowledge: A Bhopal gas tragedy survivor sitting in protest in New Delhi.
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IT professionals prone to health hazards
Bengal Engineering and Science University in collaboration with National Institute of Occupational Health under Indian Council of Medical Research will conduct a study on the occupational health hazards amongst IT professionals.
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Hard times likely for soft drinks
The government is increasingly getting conscious about the health of its people.
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Treatment of kidney diseases in India pathetic, finds study
An additional 1.50 lakh new patients are added to the existing lot every year 5 to 7 p.c. get some form of treatment, rest die without any definite healthcare intervention High cost of treatment, non-availability of donors major limitations for successful treatment NEW DELHI: Each year an additional 1.50 lakh new patients of end-stage chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis or kidney transplant are added to the existing lot in the country. And of these only a measly 5 to 7 per cent are able to get some form of treatment, while the rest die without getting any definite healthcare intervention, a study conducted by All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research has found. The study revealed that the high cost of treatment and non-availability of donors were the major limitation for successful treatment of chronic kidney disease, which also forced people to resort to all sorts of "legal and illegal' methods to get a kidney transplant. "The study took an overview of patients coming in with chronic kidney disease. Prevention of chronic kidney disease in this country is the only option if we want to reduce the cost of therapy related to the disease. Also co-ordinated approach to solve the acute shortage of kidney is required. Screening for chronic kidney disease is important as patients at early stage of kidney disease do not have any symptoms. If missed, then they come to hospital at very late stage when not much can be done,' said Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Additional Professor in the Department of Nephrology at AIIMS and principal investigator of the study. "Kidney diseases and kidney failure are alarmingly increasingly world-wide including India. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Acute kidney diseases are possible to cure, but chronic kidney diseases cannot be cured by any treatment,' he added. In India one in ten people has some form of chronic kidney disease. Diabetes and hypertension are responsible for more than 60 per cent cases of chronic kidney disease. Fifteen per cent of adults in urban areas are diabetic and 40 per cent of these are likely to develop kidney disease. About 20-30 per cent of the adults are hypertensive and many of them will develop chronic kidney disease. Many patients of chronic kidney disease die of cardiovascular complications. Stating that early detection and setting up a robust country-wide organ donor programme were key in controlling the disease, Dr. Agarwal said: "The group, which is at a high risk of developing chronic kidney disease, is first-degree relatives of patients of diabetes, hypertension and patients of chronic kidney disease. This group definitely needs more attention from point of view of prevention of chronic kidney disease.
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Supreme Court criticized for giving clearance to Bt Brinjal
There is no stopping the Bt brinjal trials now. The supreme court on December 10 refused to stay Mahyco's (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company's) ongoing trials in various parts of the country. Social
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More rules
The Indian Council of Medical Research along with Review Committee on Genetic Modification (RCGM) and Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is formulating protocols to assess the safety of food derived from genetically engineered crops. "The new set of protocols is aimed at the stage prior to the making of a GM seed.