Prices of 20 life-saving drugs reduced
The prices of 20 life-saving drugs of leader products have been reduced recently in order to help the common citizens to access affordable drugs. Pakistan Minister for Health, Muhammad Nasir Khan has
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Gere caught in India's Aids dispute
The actor Richard Gere became the latest celebrity to become embroiled in the row over the spread of HIV/Aids in India when rightwing campaigners accused him of getting his figures wrong, and of
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Silent killer
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 177 million people worldwide have diabetes, a figure that's expected to surpass 300 million by 2025. Dr Paul Zimmet, director of the International
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AIDS downs chickens
The chicken is in a soup. The bird that passes the dietitian's strictest eating plan may now threaten your health. As per a Chinese report, two out of every three chickens imported from the US
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Heat therapy to curb excess uterine bleeding
Changing lifestyles, food habits and levels of stress have to a large extent had an adverse effect on women's health. Many suffer in silence. But the fact remains that excessive menstrual bleeding
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150 m children in developing world malnourished: UNICEF
About 150 million children in the developing world are still malnourished, there are still 120 million primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in schools, some 6,000 young people become
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CIMAP bags another patent
The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, seems to be on patent winning streak. After obtaining a major patent on Gomutra just a few month back, the CIMAP has obtained US
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Venders' food could come under WHO guidelines
To ensure better quality of food items sold on the streets of Delhi, the government has decided to undertake a comprehensive survey to identify the number of vendors, the quality of food being served
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Dirty water = hepatitis
When it comes to treatment of some of the most serious diseases, the common perception is that those who can afford it should go abroad. But in the field of gastroentrology this might not be true. A
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Encephalitis killed kids'
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Aridaman Singh today said a preliminary inquiry into the death of 75 children in some western UP districts including Saharanpur, Muzzaffarnagar, Bijnore and Moradabad
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MP plans herbal medicine export
Madhya Pradesh Government is going to explore avenues for export of herbal medicines, and for this, Union Health Ministry has been approached, said Forest and Transport Minister Harvansh Singh. To
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MP transfers 5000 mines to panchayats
Madhya Pradesh has transferred a total of 5000 mines to the panchayats, fetching a revenue of about Rs 16 crore. The entire amount of royalty from these mines is being deposited in the accounts of
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Rajasthan mining activities resume
Mining activities in Rajasthan have resumed after the Supreme Court on Monday modified its earlier order banning mining in the Aravalli hill ranges. The apex court has permitted mining if prior
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Dr Reddy's wins patent battle with Pfizer
In a significant development for the US generics market business of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, the US court for the district of New Jersey has dismissed on Tuesday Pfizer's complaint against Dr
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Convention on herbal plants
An inter-disciplinary committee to study and evaluate the exiting health system is the need of the hour, said chairman of the Central Council of Indian Medicine, Government of India, Dr Jayaprakash
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Human Biologicals Institute broke norms: Health Services director
Director of Health Services V K Rajan has said that the Human Biologicals Institute, Kerala, whose anti-rabies vaccine Abhayrab was banned recently had failed to fulfil the quality control norms laid
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Nestle claims 3.7m from famine-hit Ethiopia
The multinational coffee corporation, Nestle, is demanding a $6m (
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Rice genome fully decoded
A Japanese-led international team of researchers announced on Wednesday it had finished decoding the rice genome, paving the way for the production of strains highly resistant to insects and
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Sea water farming
The entire food requirements of human race depend on plants irrigated by fresh water from rivers, lakes etc. One of the crying needs is to find an effective alternative for fresh water irrigation to
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Experts favour EU farm proposal
Trade experts say that the proposal on agriculture submitted by the European Union is favourable one from the point of view of developing countries like India. The proposal which calls for