Report by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link to diabetes” dated 14/12/2023. CPCB has duly identified 131 cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) consecutively for five …
In this new report WHO maps the trends in noncommunicable diseases in 193 countries including India and suggests where each government needs to focus to prevent and treat 4 major killers - cancer, heart disease, lung disease and diabetes. In April 2011 the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first …
In a new report, the World Bank warns that heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increasingly threaten the health and economic security of many lower- and middle-income countries, and that most countries lack the money and health services to be able to ‘treat their …
Scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against Type 1 diabetes by developing a treatment which would save sufferers from a lifetime of insulin injections. In Type 1 diabetes, the patient’s faulty immune system targets the pancreas. Without treatment, this causes so much damage that it …
A specially-designed floating laboratory to test blood sugar levels, a project of HLL Lifecare Ltd, will set sail from the Punnamada Lake shores in Alappuzha district on Tuesday. The floating lab will call at specified stations along the banks of the famed backwaters of Kuttanad, known as the State's granary …
Lifestyle-related diseases are now killing more Indians than the infectious ones. India’s disease pattern has undergone a major shift over the past decade, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). The latest WHO data paints a worrying picture. At present, out of every 10 deaths in India, eight are caused by …
The government’s ambitious mission to control diabetes has made a reluctant start. Worse, it suffers from lack of planning. The project was launched as part of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). The first phase of the diabetes control project started …
London: British scientists have developed an implanted sleeve, that looks like a giant sausage skin, which they claim can cure diabetes. A team, led by John Mason of the Trafford Healthcare National Health Service Trust UK, says that the two feet-long device can reverse diabetes within weeks — in fact, …
Recognising the threat of non-communicable diseases and lifestyle diseases tipping the balance of the State's health parameters, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) - Kerala would be rolling out lifestyle clinics across the State to provide easy access to medical treatment. With these clinics based at the sub-centre level of …
Ranchi, July 31: A joint committee of the Federation of Jharkhand Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) and Indian Medical Association (IMA) will meet state health minister Hemlal Murmu to press for rollback of taxes on medicines, to make them easily affordable to people with meagre resources. A meeting of …
This refers to the editorial “When business rules our kitchens” (June 16-30, 2011). Do we want to sensationalise the issue of poor food safety regulations and use big companies as a whipping boy or work on the solutions? How are we going to deal with the fundamental issue of feeding …
Doctors and non-government organisations working in the area of child welfare have welcomed the Union Health Ministry's initiative to ban fast food in institutional areas.
The government will screen five crore people from across the country for hyper-tension and diabetes. Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that these lifestyle diseases pose a huge health risk. Inaugurating a camp to screen slum-dwellers in Delhi for the lifestyle diseases, Mr Azad said,
Results from early trials of the drug -designed to improve levels of `good' cholesterol -revealed it stabilises blood sugar levels and reduces risk of heart disease Scientists claim to be developed a drug which can fight both heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Results from early trials of the drug
Affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (Union Health Ministry) regarding petition of Uday Foundation to ban junk food in schools dated July 2011. Original Source: http://udayfoundationindia.org/Affidavit_filed_in_the_Delhi_High_Court_by_Food_and_Safety_Standards_Authority_of_India.pdf
Of the 28.5 crore diabetics in the world, 5.1 crore are in India India is faced with the triple burden of persistent communicable diseases, new and emerging infections, and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday at the Delhi Secretariat …
Focus will be on diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes The State health department will initiate preventive and treatment measures for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Shimoga and Kolar districts from July, under a Centrally-sponsored pilot project. Funded by the Union Health Ministry under the National Rural Health …
They blame each other for failure of a Centrally sponsored programme The Department of Health and the Bruhut Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) are embroiled in a blame game over poor response to a Centrally-sponsored free health camp. While the department has accused the Palike of failing to create adequate awareness …
Proteins in frog skins which could be used to treat cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients by regulating the growth of blood vessels have been discovered by Scientists at Queen's University Belfast. Led by Professor Chris Shaw at Queen's School of Pharmacy, the scientific team has identified two proteins, or
The objective of the study was to estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in apparently healthy children from five zones of India in the age group of 2 to 17 years and to examine trends in body mass index (BMI) during the last two decades with respect to published growth …
Exposure of humans to air pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter (PM) may result in airway and systemic inflammation and altered immune function. One putative mechanism may be through modification of cell-surface costimulatory molecules. We examined whether changes in expression of costimulatory molecules on circulating cells are associated with …
