The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
KOLKATA : In a bid to reduce harmful effect of pollution on health, the Indian Medical Association has decided to conduct various mass awareness programmes in the city. Stressing on the need of such campaigns, Mrs Urmilla Khanna, president of Indian Medical Association said: "Pollution affects major human organs of …
The move by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) of endorsing Tropicana juices and Quaker Oats has invited widespread criticism. Calling it an issue of ethics, Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, "We are clear that it's completely wrong. In fact it's legally wrong. The Prevention …
When Edzard Ernst became the UK's first professor of complementary medicine, he was attacked by both alternative therapists and conventional doctors. The doctors have come round, but he is now alternative medicine's public enemy number one after sticking the needle into everything from acupuncture to homeopathy. He insists he is …
Mobile Medical Teams (MMT) launched by the army and the state government under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) as a part of the comprehensive approach to the border management with focus on socio-economic development including healthcare of remote and inaccessible areas has almost proved to be a failure in Kashmir. …
Many cities in India, including in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, have oxygen bars since 1998. More bars are coming up, mostly targeting rich customers. They offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Public healthcare is not in the pink; it is deteriorating. In fact, it has been on a serious "decline' during the last two to three decades. This fact was highlighted by a report of the high-level group on services sector by the Planning Commission, which was released on Wednesday. The …
The study deals with the concept of disease and sickness, the different methods of treatment, the official health policies over the years among the Gaddis of Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh. Jan 2008
World Health Statistics 2008 presents the most recent available health statistics for WHO's 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes 10 highlights of health statistics as well as data on an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. The indicators were selected on the basis of their relevance to …
The objective of this report is to monitor global progress in the health sector as it scales up HIV prevention, treatment and care interventions towards universal access . The current report is the second in a series of annual progress reports developed by the WHO, the joint UNAIDS and the …
the Indian origin of medical knowledge, used to develop modern treatments, will be given due recognition in Britain from now on. Presently, there is rampant misrepresentation of traditional treatment methods such as ayurveda and unani. Multinationals falsely market them as their innovations. But this bio-piracy will no longer be possible …
To the Western observer in India, it is clear that the Indian Systems of Medicine (ism) offer great potential for worldwide growth. Currently, Indian exports are a modest us $50 million annually; a mere drop in the us $60 billion global market. The National Health Policy on ism envisages national …
the Union ministry of health and family welfare along with the department of Indian systems of medicine (ism) is planning to set up ayurvedic centres in various hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients. An expert panel will be soon constituted, which will finalise the proposal and list the …
Rural health care system in China has disintegrated, increasing the cost of treatment by 400-500 per cent from 1990 to 1997, states a United Nations report. Healthcare in several rural areas is so expensive that residents suffer from chronic infections and risk childbirth at home. They have stopped seeing doctors …
hospitals will soon be under an obligation to hand over medical records to the patients. Failure to provide the treatment records will lead to imprisonment. This is one of the major provisions of a new law, which is soon going to be introduced by the Union government. The bill is …
the government and manufacturers of ayurvedic drugs have decided to work together to increase the demand for Indian ayurvedic cures in the international market. This decision was taken during a one-day conference,
a medicinal plant stakeholders meeting was organised by Trade Record and Analysis of Flora and Fauna In Commerce ( traffic ) India, on 6-7 November, 2000. Trade-related issues of medicinal plants were discussed during the meeting. Speaking at the inauguration, Shailaja Chandra, secretary of the department of Indian systems of …
Government hospitals in India have a reputation for being noisy places. But there is a noticeable difference if you reach the oncology department. Even if it is more crowded than most other sections, you can sense a strange calm in the Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital of the All India Institute …
