A Sweet Pill
The recently-announced "free drugs for all" initiative by the Centre could lead to the long-pending national pharmaceutical policy getting cleared. In 2002, the Supreme Court had struck down the policy
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Cuba tests prostate cancer vaccine
Cuban scientists said they have concluded the second round of the clinical trial of a potential vaccine against prostate cancer. Urologist Ranfis Rodriguez Monday said 56 patients, who were vaccinated
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Heinz recalls Sudan I food items in China
Leading global food manufacturer, Heinz has recalled its chilly sauces and chilli oils from China amid fears that may contain the red industrial dye Sudan I, believed to cause cancer, state media
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Grain warehouse workers prone to respiratory diseases
workers in warehouses are regularly exposed to respiratory diseases and allergies. Usually, grain warehouses have high concentrations of airborne grain dust which contains very harmful pesticides,
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Noise and more noise in Hyderabad
The city is fast becoming a concrete jungle of chaos and cacophony An endless stream of private vehicles, honking buses and heavy vehicles and mushrooming two-wheelers. All leading to traffic snarls and adding to the load of air and noise pollution.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns in district Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, 09/07/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikas Singh Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 09/07/2020.</p> <p>The issue for consideration is the remedial action against
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India should aim to eliminate Type-1 polio virus by 2008 end, say experts
The India Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on Polio has recommended that the Health Ministry should focus on eliminating Type-1 polio virus this year and prepare to eradicate Type-3 virus transmission by 2009. "India is leading an intensified polio eradication effort against Type-1 virus and has recorded the lowest ever transmission level of the virus since 2007 till date,' said members of the expert group at their two-day meet which concluded on Thursday.
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HC notice to UT, Punjab on PIL
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the Centre and authorities in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a public interest litigation seeking a ban on cancer-causing agents. The PIL claimed there was a nexus between government officials and the industry, due to which carcinogens made their way into the consumer market. “The unholy nexus and collusion between the industry and public servants leads to a situation which results in mortality and morbidity of a large number of people, which is no less than cold-blooded murder,” the PIL filed by Hemant Goswami said.
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Consumption, production, market access and affordability of nutritious foods in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
Poor dietary quality is a significant risk factor for stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among young children and globally one of the leading causes of premature death and disease (Arimond & Ruel,
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Polio free year, India’s greatest public health achievement: WHO
The United Nations and leading world organizations celebrated India’s first polio free year and termed it as a major milestone in their fight against this dreaded disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, termed it as the “greatest public health achievement” of India, the Bill Gates, of Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation described it as a major milestone in the global fight against polio.
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Cancer in Malwa, Uranium may not be cause: Expert
As the Punjab government has failed to set up any medical commission to find out why cancer has become a major killer and what is leading to its spread, especially in the Malwa region, experts continue to differ on the cancer-causing agents there.
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HP to have care centres for AIDS patients
Himachal Pradesh has taken the lead in the region by opening a community care centre for AIDS patients so as to provide them with holistic care and counsel the family members to cope with the killer
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The unleaded cosh
Lead-free petrol, which the ministry of environment :nd forests (MEF) is All: seeking to introduce in W, the 4 major metrop titan cities by April 1, 1995, is hazardous to health, says H B Mathur,
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Endosulfan can cause male infertility: Study
Exposure to Endosulfan could lead to male infertility, says a study conducted by a doctor in Coimbatore even as reports from Kasaragod indicate that the Kerala Government
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A prospective analysis of airborne metal exposures and risk of parkinson disease in the Nurses’ Health Study Cohort
The researchers linked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Air Toxics tract-level data with the Nurses’ Health Study, a prospective cohort of female nurses. Over the course of 18 years of
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Soon in India, a vaccine against diarrhoea virus
After successful clinical trials in Latin America and England, vaccine to fight rotavirus to hit Indian markets in July A new vaccine to fight rotavirus is set to hit the Indian markets in the second week of July. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children and is responsible for over a lakh deaths of children below the age of five in the country every year.
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Toxic metals in beauty products
CSE Study Finds Leading Brands Using Mercury, Chromium And Nickel New Delhi: Your make-up may be leaving you with a touch of toxic heavy metals, with potential health implications over long-term use. A study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claims to have found high levels of mercury in several well-known national and international brands of skinwhitening creams and chromium in several brands of lipsticks.
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Toxic trinkets: an investigation of lead in childrens jewellery in India 2010
In a concerted effort to bring out information on toxic substances and their use in everyday products in the public domain, vis-
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Researchers find cancer-causing gene in women
Researchers said they have uncovered an important step in the process of how a gene known as BRCA1 can sharply raise a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer - a finding that could lead to new
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Cancer study shows gene's danger
Researchers said they have uncovered an important step in the process of how a gene known as BRCA1 can sharply raise a woman's risk of breast and ovarian cancer-a finding that could lead to new