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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1 million Indian TB patients fall off radar each year
MUMBAI: A close-up of India's tuberculosis epidemic shows, for the first time, how a million of the now 2.8 million TB patients go 'missing' or never show up in the Revised National TB Control Programme.
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Centre checks dengue kits for reliability
AHMEDABAD: While the medical fraternity in the city remains divided over the efficacy and accuracy of rapid test kits for dengue and malaria, a serious study is being undertaken by research agencies under
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'Clinical trials for Ayurveda dengue drug in advanced stages'
Clinical trials for Ayurveda-based drug for dengue, jointly being carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Ministry of AYUSH, are in the "advanced stages" and presently its clinical
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Why India is struggling to introduce dengue vaccines
Dengue is a dangerous debilitating disease that occasionally kills people and has no known cure or treatment. Two vaccines against the dreaded disease - one foreign and one Indian - await regulatory
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India not likely to introduce vaccine for dengue this year
ICMR looking at newer vector control strategies, including a bacterium that limits virus growth. INDIA IS unlikely to introduce the world’s only vaccine against dengue this year. Experts and Indian
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Study paints grim pollution picture
Kolkata: Abnormally high PM2.5 (particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micron in diameter) levels in Kolkata's air nearly all through the year, except monsoon, is a major killer and may assume epidemic
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Yellow taxi theme for this Beliaghata Puja
Taxi scrap used in decoration of the pandal.Taxi scrap used in decoration of the pandal. KOLKATA: Abnormally high PM2.5 (particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micron in diameter) levels in Kolkata's
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Centre allays concerns of anti-GM groups over composition of a key panel
NEW DELHI: Allaying concerns of environmentalists who alleged that the central biotech regulator's sub-committee that studied the bio-safety of GM (genetically modified) mustard did not have any 'health
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Shared priorities make India-Africa health tie-up critical: ICMR chief
India-Africa Health Sciences Meet opens tomorrow In an attempt to bring down dependence on the West for expertise on health research, the government is preparing the ground for a partnership with the
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Made-in-India leprosy vaccine to be launched
It will be introduced in five districts of Bihar and Gujarat first. A first-of-its-kind leprosy vaccine developed in India is to be launched on a pilot basis in five districts in Bihar and Gujarat.