Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Sangita Iyer Vs Guruvayur Devasom & Others dated 17/02/2025. The Kerala High Court directed the Deputy Administrator (Livestock) of Guruvayoor Devaswom to file a detailed affidavit explaining the procedures being followed in Guruvayur Devaswom for booking and transporting elephants …
despite India's early international lead in promoting breastfeeding, fresh research reveals that the figures for some states such as Himachal Pradesh (hp) are a cause for worry. As many as 82 per cent mothers in hp still don't breastfeed their infants for an adequate period, says a study by the …
indian organisations that promote breastfeeding are protesting the proposed repeal of the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and distribution) Act, 1992 ( ims Act, 1992) by the Union ministry of food processing industries. The ims Act is among several other acts suggested to …
after finding high levels of dioxin-related compounds in breast milk of women living near landfills, a Vadodara-based non-governmental organisation intends to file a public interest litigation (pil) against the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (vmc). Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (pss), the ngo, alleges that people's health is …
in april this year, California became the first us state to introduce a bill to biomonitor breast milk. Activists and researchers hope that once this legislation is passed, it will help people realise that mothers pass on toxic material to their offspring. Breast milk monitoring would also help create awareness …
manufacturers of breast milk substitutes are grossly violating an international code while selling their products in West Africa. So says a study published in the British Medical Journal. The study has been conducted by Victor M Aguayo of Helen Keller Worldwide, a us-based research organisation; Jay S Ross from the …
safe inside the warm womb of the mother, a child kicks and turns. This is the third time that Sarah Connell is pregnant, but she has never reached her second trimester of pregnancy. She aborted twice earlier. This time she has moved houses, cleaned up her home, and taken every …
Waterborne diseases, caused by the intake of chemicals and contaminated water, affects around 3.4 million people globally. In India, around 563,000 people are affected annually, one fourth of which are children, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. Water gets contaminated due to sewage from households, industrial …
Indians are at great risk of lifestyle diseases. Inactivity alone claims two million lives globally every year, warns a recently-published who report. Indians, particularly the younger generation, are increasingly facing problems due to overweight, blood pressure, stress, high cholesterol and diabetes, all of which are a fallout of physical inactivity. …
Some chemicals can affect brain development and function. They also have serious effect on children's learning and behavioural abilities. Compared to other organs, the human brain develops over a long period of time
Open the recent National Human Development Report (nhdr), or any glossy document of the World Bank and its ilk, and it will reveal how the world is a much better place. Death rates have declined, people live longer, fewer children are dying and incomes are increasing. Of course, forget the …
Paediatricians are worried about rising cancer rates among children. Like Anupam Sachdeva and A K Dutta, head of department of paediatrics at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. They have been witness to a rise in the incidences of brain cancer and acute lymphocytic leukaemia, commonly found among children. In …
it could be termed as heart rending. According to a recent report, more than 28 million children under age five suffer from the debilitating effects of malnutrition in developing countries. At least 10 million die due to
bhopal gas victims are still facing the backlash of a tragedy that happened 17 years ago. Toxic chemicals released from the Union Carbide factory have not just seeped into the soil and groundwater but now traces of these toxins are being found in mother's milk too. A fact-finding mission (FFM) …
exposure to environmental pollutants present in mothers' blood and breast milk can hinder the development of a baby's brain before and after birth, research shows. Gerhard Winneke and colleagues from Heinrich-Heine University, D
How severe is the problem of malnutrition among children in India? Malnutrition is a serious and very common problem. About 50 to 60 per cent of the children, who are below the age of five, suffer from malnutrition. On an average, these children suffer from moderate to severe malnutrition. How …
the mental development of babies improves significantly when infant formula is enriched with two essential fatty acids that are found in mother's milk, says a recent study. Researchers at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas, Texas, usa , claim that the intellectual capacity of 18-month-olds shows a significant …
breastfeeding has a positive effect on the intelligence of babies, besides lowering their risk of developing blood cancer and making them less vulnerable to asthma, going by some recently published reports. Researchers from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, usa , suggest that the intelligence quotient ( iq ) of …
Babies raised on formula feed are twice as likely to be obese at five-six years of age than breast-fed babies, say Ridiger von Kries, paediatrician and epidemiologist at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, and his team. They conducted a survey among more than 9,000 Bavarian school children and found …
it is estimated that of the 2.5 billion people at risk of contracting malaria today, there are one billion people who are actually carrying malarial parasites. Two million to three million of them die each year. The death toll could rise to eight million a year due to the spread …
THE HIV virus continues to trouble the medical world. According to a recently-published report, about five per cent of infants born to HIV-positive women in the developing countries receive the virus through breast-feeding. Researchers concluded that the risk of post-natal HIV transmission via breast-feeding is substantial. Valiriane Leroy and colleagues …
