Ultrasound tests can make you left-handed
A Swedish study of 1,80,000 young men showed routine ultrasound examinations of the foetus can affect the brain and lead to left-handedness, Swedish radio
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Human insulin may not be safe bet
Diabetes is the principal cause of blindness in this country. In addition to it a diabetic can also suffer kidney damage and strokes. The use of human insulin can lead to dangerous side effects about
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Court orders probe into sex determination clinics
A city court directed Delhi Police to investigate the activities of 34 clinics and diagnostic centers allegedly conducting 'prenatal' sex determination tests leading to female foeticide. The director
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NHRC help sought to ban Nimulid
The National Human Rights Commission's intervention has been sought to ban 'Nimulid', a drug aggressively promoted for curing fever and killing pain, as it leads to serious complications in the
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Follow Up
AIDS activists are suing the South African government for its failure to distribute an anti-HIV drugs that could save the lives of about 35,000 newborn babies each year. The lawsuit will be filed by
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Elevated human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene expression in blood cells associated with chronic arsenic exposure
Arsenic exposure is associated with human cancer. Telomerase-containing human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) can extend telomeres of chromosomes, delay senescence, and promote cell proliferation leading to tumorigenesis. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of As on hTERT mRNA expression in humans and in vitro.
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Indian villagers suffer serious health effects from governmental company's pesticides programme
One of India's leading environmental NGOs says that it has scientific proof that a government corporation's pesticide-spraying regime has caused villagers to have levels up to 900 times legal limits
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EU Paves Way to Prolong Biotech Maize Cultivation
The European Union took a step closer on Tuesday toward 10 more years of biotech cultivation after leading scientists reconfirmed the safety of the only genetically modified crop as yet commercially grown in Europe. That crop is an insect-resistant maize type developed and marketed by U.S. company Monsanto, approved for a decade of growing in 1998 and now awaiting license renewal.
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Meningitis vaccine likely in a few years
In a major break through, a vaccine for meningitis B, caused by bacterial infection, has performed well in a preliminary trial in Britain. Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. Vaccines are available against meningitis A and C, but none yet exists for meningitis B, the leading cause of bacterial meningitis throughout the world. Annually there are between 20,000-80,000 cases of meningitis B all over the world and of these 10 per cent result in death.
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AIDS vaccine trial
TO control the spread of AIDS in India, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has agreed to undertake AIDS vaccine trials in the country. At present, an estimated four million persons in the
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Hardrock mining: risks to community health
Hardrock mining - the extraction of minerals such as gold, silver, lead, copper and uranium from the earth is practiced in a manner inherently threatening to human health. Several studies have addressed work-related illnesses suffered by hardrock miners.
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air Pollution in metropolitan cities, 30/11/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air Pollution in metropolitan cities, 30/11/2015. The National Ambient Quality Standards (November 2009) comprises of 12 pollutants, namely, PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, O3,
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Competition Doesn’t Always Lead to Cheaper Drugs: DoP
Pharma cos worried that the dept is moving away from its stance on pricing of essential drugs. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has told a group of ministers that competition does not necessarily lead
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Overweight kids in Delhi-NCR are more prone to cardiovascular diseases
One in 10 school going children between the age of 13-16 yrs are overweight which increases risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) by over 35%, according to a recent survey conducted by ASSOCHAM Social
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Hard on the teeth
Alaskan health officials are trying to curb sales of soft drinks. They say native children are rotting their teeth by drinking too much of it. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which
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Legislative regulation of traditional medicinal knowledge in Eritrea vis--vis Eritrea's commitments under the Convention
On 21 March 1996, Eritrea acceded to the Convention on Biological Diversity which, among others, obliges states to sustainably conserve and develop customary uses of biological resources. Among the many forms of traditional practices of biological resources is traditional medicinal knowledge.
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Britain 'must lead asteroid watch'
Britain should lead an international effort to protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic impact by an asteroid or comet, government advisers said. "Impacts represent a significant risk to human
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Anti-dam group raps Advani for 'foreign forces' statement
A leading anti-Narmada dam organization has slammed Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani's statement that the opponents of the Sardar Sarovar Dam were working at the behest of foreign
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Health issues related to N pollution in water and air
Nitrates enter human body through drinking water, food and air. Ingested nitrates converted to nitrite by microflora lead to methaemoglobinemia, increased free oxide radicals that predispose cells to irreversible damage and effects like cancer, increased infant mortality, abortions, birth defects, recurrent diarrhoea, recurrent stomatitis, histopathological changes in cardiac muscles, alveoli of lungs and adrenal glands, deterioration of immune system of the body.
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Pfizer, Novartis, GSK also under USFDA scanner
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai July 19, 2008, 0:40 IST Amid reports of a US Congress probe against India's largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, data show that many leading multinational companies such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Merck are also under the scanner of the US drug regulator, for more or less similar violations as Ranbaxy is alleged to have committed.