‘Travel, urbanisation have led to 50-fold rise in dengue cases’
September 17th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Constant travelling and rapid urbanisation of rural areas have contributed to a nearly 50-fold increase in dengue cases over the last 50 years, say experts."Aedes aegypti ... Read more...
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Women’s rights being violated in India’s surrogacy capital
March 2nd, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A study by the New Delhi-based Centre for Social Research (CSR) has pointed to a grave violation of the women's rights at India's surrogacy hub, ... Read more...
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South Asian nations to collaborate on health care
February 7th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) South Asian nations have resolved to tackle challenge of healthcare in the region collectively.Country representates inked the 'New Delhi declaration' here Tuesday for better data-sharing ... Read more...
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Need research on diseases affecting South Asia: Azad
February 5th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) South Asian countries should together work for research on diseases affecting them and which are responsible for a high mortality rate, India's Health Minister Ghulam ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors sit-in to move to Delhi
January 20th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 20 (IANS) The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Friday suspended their 18-day sit-in here to protest inadequate compensation and announced they would soon shift it to ... Read more...
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Bhopal tragedy survivors burn Chidambaram’s effigy
January 14th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 14 (IANS) The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Saturday burnt an effigy of Home Minister P. Chidambaram to protest the decision of a ministerial panel not ... Read more...
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Law for biomedical research on humans by end 2012: Official
December 27th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) The law on biomedical research on human subjects, which will keep a tab on unethical medical practices and help those who abide by medical science ethics, ... Read more...
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States ignoring silicosis among mine workers: NHRC
November 7th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The health of hundreds of thousands of mine workers in India is in danger as several states have ignored the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ... Read more...
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Japanese Encephalitis: Azad visits Gorakhpur
October 20th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday visited the Japanese Encephalitis affected areas of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The disease has claimed more than 450 lives ... Read more...
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Don’t undermine superbug’s presence: Former ICMR chief
October 4th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Even as the health ministry has denied any threat by superbug NDM-1 alleged to be found in Delhi's sewage and drinking water, former Indian Council ... Read more...
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‘Don’t handover hospital for Bhopal gas victims’
September 25th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 25 (IANS) A hospital for Bhopal gas tragedy victims will be handed over to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). But it does not seem to be ... Read more...
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NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths
August 12th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday slammed the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the loss of hundreds of ... Read more...
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Stricter radiation norms soon for mobile handsets
June 5th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Concerned by the latest World Health Organisations (WHO) study linking mobile phone usage with brain tumours, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin ... Read more...
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No superbug, Delhi’s water safe, says government (Roundup)
April 11th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday asserted that the city's drinking water is safe and debunked the study in the British journal Lancet that claimed presence ... Read more...
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No need to panic about CCHF virus: ICMR
January 19th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has assured that Crimea Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) outbreaks can easily be controlled by proper hygiene and infection control measures. ... Read more...
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No need to panic about killer virus: ICMR
January 19th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) Wednesday asked people not to panic about the Crimian Congo Haemorregic Fever (CCHF) virus that has killed three people in ... Read more...
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Stem cell therapy used to save man’s leg
January 18th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Fifty five-year-old Bhadwan Dass from Haryana, a diabetic, was close to losing his leg due to gangrene. But a hospital on Delhi's outskirts has used stem cell ... Read more...
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Azad asks ICMR to speed up research in Malaria and Cancer
December 9th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has urged the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientists to put special efforts on transnational programmes so that affordable diagnostic ... Read more...
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Pushing for cheap diabetes diagnostic methods: Azad
November 15th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday said he has urged the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to coordinate efforts for affordable diagnostic ... Read more...
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ICMR to study spurt in cancer cases in Punjab
September 6th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) The union government has ordered a probe into recent reports about the presence of cancer-causing uranium in drinking water of various villages in Bathinda district of Punjab.
"It is ... Read more...
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No side effects of I-pill on majority of women: Azad
August 20th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Majority of women, on whom emergency contraceptive I-pill was tested, did not complain of any side effects, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Lok Sabha Friday.
In ... Read more...
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India a surrogate mum’s hub for foreign tourists
June 8th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 8 (ANI): India is turning out to be a prime destination for foreign tourists wanting to hire surrogate mothers.It costs foreigners around 23,000 dollars, about one-fifth of the rates ... Read more...
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Rights panel seeks reply in congenital blindness cases
May 25th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 25 (IANS) At a time when the Bihar government is in a dilemma over 28 cases of congenital blindness which have been reported in a span of a few months ... Read more...
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Bihar wants ICMR to probe congenital blindness
May 8th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 8 (IANS) Twentyeight cases of congenital blindness have been reported in a span of few months in Bihar's Bhojpur district, prompting the state government to approach the New Delhi-based Indian ... Read more...
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A far quicker, cheaper swine flu test, courtesy defence scientists
February 24th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a swine flu testing kit that can diagnose the pandemic in just two hours and ... Read more...
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Indian data on swine flu shamefully inadequate: Virologist
February 15th, 2010 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, Feb 15 (IANS) Warning that India should brace for more deaths from the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic, a leading virologist has described as "shameful" the lack of scientific data ... Read more...
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Swine flu vaccine nearing development: Official
January 2nd, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 2 (IANS) India is close to developing a vaccine to prevent swine flu and it should be ready by March or April, a senior health official said Saturday.
"We are close ... Read more...
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15 percent of Indian women below 50 are obese: Azad
November 30th, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) At least 15 percent of women under the age of 50 are obese in India, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed parliament Monday.
A Indian Council of ... Read more...
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India to have guidelines for probiotic food by 2010
November 20th, 2009 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Scientists Friday said that the government was in the process of formulating guidelines for regulation of probiotic foods, which have flooded the Indian markets, and the guidelines ... Read more...
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India needs a robust and vibrant public health system : Azad
September 18th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep18 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said that to improve the standard of public health, there is a need for introducing a robust ... Read more...
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ICMR official found dead in Delhi
September 2nd, 2009 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) An official of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) allegedly committed suicide at his residence in south Delhi Wednesday, police said.
M.P. Singh, 48, deputy director with ... Read more...
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Health ministry official commits suicide in Delhi
September 2nd, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) A senior health ministry official was found Wednesday hanging from the fan in his home here, police said.
M.P. Singh, 49, who was posted as deputy director ... Read more...
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India’s top most research agency to develop swine flu test kit
August 10th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) With each test to detect swine flu virus proving very expensive as the kit and reagents are imported from the US, India's top medical research agency, the ... Read more...
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India may have swine flu vaccine by September
August 4th, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) India may come out with a vaccine for the dreaded influenza A(H1N1) infection by September, health ministry officials said Tuesday.
The health ministry is working with ... Read more...
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GM mosquito trials raise concern in India
July 23rd, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
By K. S. Jayaraman
Bangalore/Chennai, July 23 (IANS) Experiments with genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes planned in India by a British company in a move to find a way to control dengue fever have ... Read more...
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