Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
what kind of fat (and how much of it) is good for health? This is a question that has been intensely debated upon in the recent years with experts expressing diverse views. Most people, therefore, prefer to follow their doctor's advice: stick to a low-fat diet and save your heart. …
even when computers are increasingly being used as major diagnostic tools, the role of physicians has not diminished. Computers are especially helpful in cases when complex analytical procedures have to be performed with small samples. But physicians are still required to diagnose, analyse results in conjunction with clinical symptoms and …
why do babies that are born underweight run the risk of developing diseases such as heart disease and diabetes? David Barker and his colleagues at the University of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, uk, have found that weight at birth and in some cases, low weight at even one-year of age, …
Studies show that men who lose their cool are twice at the risk of heart attack as compared to more mild-mannered men. Susan Everson and her colleagues at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA, reached the conclusion after studying 2,110 middle-aged men, most of them in …
Some cardiac arrests may be all in the mind. Researchers in Canada have discovered a region in the brain that controls the activity of heart and blood vessels. According to them, abnormalities in the region can result in heart attacks. They suspect that many unexplained heart attacks could be due …
researchers have concluded after analysing a 30-year research on possible links between coffee/caffeine consumption and coronary heart disease and hypertension that it does not have any long-term effect on human health. They say there is no medical basis for urging people to give up coffee, beverages and other foods containing …
Contrary to popular belief that red wine is more cardio-protective than white wine or beer, a study suggests that all of them have equal presumptive health benefits. Gary Friedman and his colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centre, Oakland, USA, have reached the conclusion after studying 42,306 men and 39,519 …
THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Televisions all over the world display only 88 per cent of the image broadcast by TV stations. Now, Korean-based electronics company, Samsung is developing televisions that will display the missing 12 per cent. Called HiTron TV sets, these televisions are 2.5 centimetres wider than usual. Conventional TV …
Blood donation may reduce the risk of heart attack in men, say researchers at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kansas University Medical Center, USA. A study conducted on blood donors and non-donors shows that those who had never given blood were twice as likely to have sustained a heart attack …
A computerised stethoscope would help detect heart defects that may not be picked up by an ordinary stethoscope. Researchers at the Sussex University's heart sound group, UK, have developed the low-cost diagnostic tool that listens to the heartbeats of a patient and then digitises the sound. The digital data is …
A recent study has confirmed the link between pollution and heart attacks. Researchers at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, say one in 50 heart attacks reported at hospitals in London may be caused by outdoor pollution. Nearly 6,000 heart attacks can be avoided every year in the UK if …
the latest addition to the list of factors that lead to heart disease is one that depends on internal regulation of the body. Amino acids, the basic building blocks of proteins, are required by the body for metabolism. But a recent study conducted by Ottar Nygard and others in Haukeland …
a recent study has established that mobile phones can disrupt implanted heart pacemakers. The interference caused by hand-held wireless telephones may prevent cardiac pacemakers from functioning properly. A team led by David Hayes of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, came to this conclusion after conducting studies on 980 patients …
surgeons have developed a method of blasting holes through heart that would help relieve heartache in patients. Clinical trials show that laser beams can be used in creating holes in the ailing heart of human which can prove to be extremely beneficial for the people suffering from acute heart problems. …
a team of doctors at Mumbai's Nanavati hospital have achieved a major breakthrough in the treatment of coronary diseases. They recently inserted radioactive stents (metal stems) in the coronary artery for the first time in Asian medical history. The process involves declogging arterial blocks through radioactive exposure or therapy. Once …
a team of researchers from the us has developed a blood test that would help identify people likely to suffer heart failure or stroke (such as paralysis) years before the appearance of warning symptoms. Doctors will be able to take preventive measures and avoid future emergencies, say the researchers. Results …
reports of the benefits of vitamin e have caused considerable interest in the medical community in the last few years. Vitamin e supplements have been called the magic pill of the 90s by some physicians. And though previous declarations of such magnitude have caused controversy, as in the case of …
