The politics gene
Alan Milburn, the UK health minister, attempted to show that Britain was leading the international agenda on genetics and public policy. His boast that "Britain's system of socialised health care
Alan Milburn, the UK health minister, attempted to show that Britain was leading the international agenda on genetics and public policy. His boast that "Britain's system of socialised health care
Road crashes endanger the lives and livelihoods of millions of road users globally and in India. Owing to the epidemic of road crashes, in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 - 2020
<p>Seasonal outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) occur with striking regularity in India and lead to substantial mortality. Several viruses, endemic in many parts of India, account for AES. Although
This publication focusses on the Aral Sea crisis - the result of economic processes set in motion by the planners of the erstwhile Soviet Union in the 1950s. It is one of the biggest ecological disasters, second only to Chernobyl, leading to a total collapse of the socio-economic life of the people.
Smithkline Beecham (SB) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to work together to eliminate lymnphatic dilariasis, which often leads to elephantiasis --one of the world's worst disfiguring and
New Delhi The Supreme Court has transferred to itself a petition filed by a leading chewing tobacco manufacturer against the ban on sale of gutka and paan masala. Gutka manufacturers have moved various high courts questioning the constitutional validity of the notifications issued by various state government. The manufacturers are insisting that gutka cannot be treated and regulated as ‘food’ as it has “no nutritional value” and highlight the “discriminatory nature” of the ban that has brought their business to a “complete halt”.
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘clean and efficient bioenergy cookstoves’- the tenth in the series of publications. Globally, more than 3 billion
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 forces. "Mr Advani,
This press release by UNDP provides an in-depth study of three districts in the Indian state of West Bengal, namely, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Uttar Dinajpur. The study reveals that where we live can determine our well-being as there are wide variations in human development between districts and also between rural & urban populations.
About 900 doctors from all over the country attended the seventh National Holistic Health Conference which opened here on June 17. The conference was held in Gyan Sarovar, one of the country's
Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances. But non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely to be met.
Finding the most appropriate strategy for the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in young children is essential in countries like Niger with annual “hunger
Almost nine million children under 5 years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause of under-five mortality in developing countries. About one out of five deaths is
PB Jayakumar / Mumbai May 2, 2009, 0:14 IST Tokyo's policy push for generics an added draw. Leading Indian drug makers such as Ranbaxy, Lupin, Zydus Cadila and Dishman, which forayed into Japan in the past three years, have emerged as important players in the generic or copycat drug business of patented medicines in that market, the second largest in the world.
<p> Malaria continues to remain a serious public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the World with around 225 million cases and near one million deaths every year causing
Eating fast food three times a week may lead to asthma and eczema in children, say researchers who have looked at global disease and dietary patterns. Data from more than 500,000 children in more than
Certain kinds of carbon nanotubes -- hailed as a new "wonder" material -- behave like asbestos and could lead to a lung cancer that appears decades after exposure, an international team of researchers said on Tuesday. The findings suggest that the lightweight building block, 100 times stronger than steel and used in a number of everyday products, could be dangerous if inhaled in sufficient quantities, the team wrote in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Kolkata is one of the most polluted cities of the world. The city has been plagued by one of the most prominent pollution problems of the of the world, the air pollution. The time period of 2000-2008 saw
The emerging economies Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Turkey – in short, the BRICSAMIT – have come to be considered the economic powerhouses of recent decades. Not only
Modernization should not lead to destruction. It must improve the quality of life, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a function on International Day for the preservation of Ozone Layer. Speaking