Lack of compensation norms for clinical trials results in exploitation of poor patients Drug companies paid as little as . 50,000 as compensation to families of volunteers who died during clinical trials
It has been increasingly recognised that environmental pollution carries the greatest health risk to human beings. Scientific research has convincingly shown that low levels of lead exposure, a
Former President Bill Clinton's Foundation plans to announce a deal with five of the world's leading medical companies to slash the price of two critical HIV diagnostic tests in developing nations.
Recycling of used lead-acid batteries could be improved by changes in battery design, and dangers to health and the environment could be further reduced with the introduction of performance
Heavy Consumption Of Soft Drinks Can Cause Blood Potassium To Drop Dangerously Low: Experts Think twice before you take a sip from that cola bottle this summer. Experts are warning that excessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis.
<p>When good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed, 70 percent of infections can be prevented in health care settings, according to this new report by WHO.</p>
The scale up of DOTS in India is one of the greatest public health accomplishments, and yet undiagnosed and poorly managed TB continues to fuel the epidemic such that India continues to have the highest
Factors in 2010: diabetes, high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoking, and alcohol use The three leading risk factors for global disease burden in 2010 were high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoking, and alcohol use, while in 1990 the leading risks were childhood underweight, household pollution from sold fuels, and tobacco smoking, including passive smoking.
Urban sprawl costs the American economy more than US$1 trillion annually, according to a new study by the New Climate Economy. These costs include greater spending on infrastructure, public service delivery
Alang's woes On March 12, 2007, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of a case against the Norwegian asbestos-laden ship Blue Lady for another six weeks. On March 8, an intervening petition
A total of 1.6 million Americans live next to the most polluting incinerators in the country, with lower-income and minority communities exposed to the vast majority of pollution coming from these waste-burning
Nearly 80 per cent of school-going children in Mumbai suffer from dental problems. Even as India leads with the number of dental colleges, a survey conducted by the Indina Pedodontics and Preventive
<p>42 rivers in India are polluted with at least two toxic heavy metals reveals this report published by Central Water Commission.Ganga, the national river, is polluted with five heavy metals—chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron</p>
A rare strain of HIV that is highly resistant to virtually all anti-retroviral drugs and appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS was detected in a New York City man last week, city health
A rare strain of HIV that is highly resistant to virtually all anti-retroviral drugs and appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS was detected in a New York City man last week, city health
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxic Elements in Soft Drinks, 29/11/2016. Samples of food items are picked up for testing and analysis by the State/UT Food Safety Departments from time to time. Separate
Call it the tsunami aftermath or simply being prudent. With the Capital leading the way for the country in matching international medical surveillance and data collection systems across the globe,
This paper discusses both occupational health risks to workers and environmental health risks to residents and workers. Because worker exposure times are shorter than resident exposure times, some risks may be less for workers than for residents. On the other hand, contaminant levels to which workers are exposed can be significantly higher than those that reach residents, thus leading to increased risks for workers over residents.
Conflict poisons both land and sea, and lost natural resources lead to more violence. Ecology is an unlikely objective during wartime, but one that can help to secure peace. (Editorial)
Over the past years, due to rapid industrialization and advanced agricultural activities environmental deterioration is becoming a major concern. Water is one of the most important and basic natural resource
