CAG pulls up Bihar for falling behind family planning targets
The Comptroller and Auditor general(CAG) of India has indicated the Bihar Government for its failure to effectively implement the National Family Welfare
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Anti-smoking Act yet to be framed in Meghalaya
Four years since the Anti-smoking Act banning smoking in public places in Meghalaya was enacted, the rules are yet to be framed! The Government must enforce the laws framed at it as the health of the
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Lobbying on for Bt cotton
Intense lobbying has begun in New Delhi to influence the decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee which is meeting tomorrow to discuss whether approval should be granted for commercial
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Foul water causing illnesses in Valley
The inhabitants of some areas of Kathmandu (Nepal) have fallen ill after drinking polluted water distributed by the Nepal Drinking Water Corporation (NDWC). The NDWC admits the water it is piping to
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Only 27pc TB patients have access to DOTS
Less than one-third of the tuberculosis patients have access to the directly observed short term treatment that represents the best chance of controlling TB epidemic , says a World Health
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Feuding doctors put kidney patients at risk, say NHS inspectors
Kidney patients are being put at extra risk by feuding doctors who cannot work together, say hospital inspectors who have demanded a further rapid NHS investigation into renal services in the
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Mad cow is hinted in tissues of muscle
Researchers studying mice have made a discovery that is certain to upset anyone who loves the rump end of beef but worries about mad cow disease. In mice, anyway the aberrant proteins that cause the
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Plagues of poverty
Infectious diseases in poor countries kill more than 12 million people a year and play a significant role in keeping countries destitute. Hookworm creates anemia and learning disabilities. Malaria,
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Psychologists get prescription pads and furor erupts
Psychologists are adept at diagnosing and treating mental illness. But unlike psychiatrists, who are medically trained, they have never been able to prescribe drugs for their suffering patients.As of
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Letters on students' weight ruffle parents
In the last 20 years, the incidence of overweight and obesity in children has doubled. The number of overweight adolescents has almost tripled in that time. The rise has been termed epidemic by
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No. 1 in world not good enough for us
Believed it or not, the Ministry of Health has disallowed sale of the premium brand of bottled mineral water, Perrier, in the country. The reason: it doesn't meet Indian Standards for mineral water.
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'India becoming hub for drug contract research'
The country is fast emerging not only as the destination, as the prime source as well as the market for new generation pharmaceuticals, biotechnology products and diagnostics, but also as an
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Thai AIDS cocktail drug from April
Thailand said on Thursday it has started producing a single-pill anti-HIV cocktail drug to be sold in government hospitals beginning next month. Thailand is only the second country after India to
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New BP pill checks strokes
A major comparison of two widely used blood pressure(BP) pills has found one dramatically superior in preventing strokes and diabetes, even though they are equal at reducing hypertension. The winner
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'Lack of checks' on drugs after launch
US health regulators lack sufficient resources to monitor the safety of new drugs once they are on the market, a former head of the Food and Drug Administration. David Kessler said the biggest threat
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New list of safe AIDS drugs, despite industry lobby
In a move that could help bring down the price of AIDS medicines for poor countries, the World Health Organization today released its first list of manufacturers of safe AIDS drugs, which included a
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'77 U.S. blood-product ban went unnoticed here
Now-defunct Green Cross Corp. continued to sell blood products that spread hepatitis C in Japan in the 1980s -- even though similar products were banned in the United States in 1977 -- because health
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Finland says has suspected second mad cow case
The Finnish Agriculture Ministry said it had found its second suspected case of mad cow disease in Western Finland. The ministry said authorities had killed a cow which had shown symptoms similar to
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Goa traders cry foul over plastic bag ban
Goa's drive to ban ultra-thin recycled plastic bags has hit a sticky patch with traders and manufacturers crying foul over its
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SPM above limits in Bangalore
Although pollution level in Bangalore is within the permissible limit, it is more than the limit in case of nitrogen dioxide and respirable suspended particulate matter (SPM). Minister of State for