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 give ₹500 to TB patients every month
Experts also recommend take-home rations apart from cash benefit About 35 lakh identified tuberculosis patients across the country will soon get ₹500 every month from the Centre as social support.
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Diabetic patients: Kerala tops list of Indian states
KOCHI: Kerala has the largest number of diabetes patients followed by Tamil Nadu and Punjab, according to endocrinologists and diabetologists in the state. While 19.4% people have diabetes in Kerala,
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Health Ministry and ICMR launch India Hypertension Management Initiative (IHMI)
Smt Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW) and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Secretary, DHR and DG, ICMR, launched the India Hypertension Management Initiative (IHMI) at a function, here today. The IHMI aims to reduce
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Keeping TB away with a healthy diet
ICMR to monitor 2000 patients in Jharkhand to determine role of good diet. Can a healthy diet stave off tuberculosis? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will monitor 2000 TB patients in Jharkhand
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Malnutrition India's biggest health hazard, air pollution a close second
NEW DELHI: Child and maternal malnutrition continues to be the biggest health hazard in India since 1990, while deteriorating air quality came a close second, according to a recent report in one of the
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Delhi kids have smaller lungs compared with children in US due to air pollution’
Smaller lungs mean poorer exercise capacity, and greater vulnerability to respiratory symptoms and diseases, says a recently released study A study conducted on Delhi children and released recently
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Mosquito sites need mapping
Simply destroying mosquito eggs has proven not to be effective in the control of the menace. Hyderabad: Simply destroying mosquito eggs has proven not to be effective in the control of the menace; there
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India committed to support research on preventing TB
Research consortium brings stakeholders to develop tools The India Tuberculosis Research Consortium (ITRC), formed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), here convened its second International
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AIIMS launches air pollution protection device
The team 'PerSapien Innovations' is now a start-up venture, recognised by the government of India The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday launched a device which will be used
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Diabetes affects Indians at a younger age and progresses much faster’
Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre says diabetes epidemic in the country can be slowed down with a little change in lifestyle and healthy eating India is among the countries which has the largest