Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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Study finds polio drive counter-productive
Cash Incentives Making People Suspicious Kounteya Sinha | TNN Frequent polio vaccination rounds is causing fatigue among vaccinators while cash incentives to mothers for getting their child vaccinated is actually making them suspicious about the repeated oral polio vaccine (OPV) rounds.
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Association of environmental cadmium exposure with pediatric dental caries
The authors to examine the relationship between environmental cadmium exposure and dental caries in children 6
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Nutritional value of germinated wheat and soybean based supplementary foods
An experiment was conducted to develop and evaluate energy and protein rich supplementary foods. Products namely Seviyan, Halwa, Pinjiri and Pinni were developed using combinations of germinated wheat and soybean and carrot powder for 4-6 years old children. Organoleptic evaluation, proximate principles, carotene, iron and calcium were determined using standardized methods.
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Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of adverse birth outcomes
In this retrospective cohort study the authors examined whether PCE (Prenatal Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene) contamination of public drinking-water supplies in Massachusetts influenced the birth weight and gestational duration of children whose mothers were exposed before the child's delivery.
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A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the bivalent killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine in adults & children in Kolkata
An effective vaccine against cholera has been used for public health purposes in Vietnam since the 1990s. This vaccine was reformulated to meet WHO requirements. The researchers assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the reformulated bivalent (Vibrio cholerae 01 and 0139) killed whole cell oral vaccine in a cholera endemic area in Kolkata, India.
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Obesity epidemic exaggerated: report
Australia's childhood obesity epidemic has been exaggerated and is only increasing in lower-income families. New research has called into question whether the millions of dollars being allocated for prevention programs should be better targeted, a News Ltd newspaper reports. The research questions whether money should be targeted at the highest-risk groups, rather than focused on the general population. The findings are based on measurements taken from thousands of Australian children in 2000 and 2006 in two nationally representative samples.
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Childhood lead exposure leads to crime
Here's another reason to ensure your home is lead-free. Exposure to the toxic element during development makes people more likely to get into trouble with the law as adults.
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China on high alert over deadly virus
China's ministry of health has issued a high alert over a deadly virus causing hand-foot-mouth disease among children. By the second week of May, the outbreak had claimed 26 lives and infected
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PR companies give public face to corporate agenda
at the fag end of the monsoon session of Parliament last year, 28 parliamentarians and politicians, including veterans like Motilal Vohra and Natwar Singh, sent a letter urging human resources
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PR is legit
Regulation on lobbying a dream According to Jayoti Lahiri, secretary general, Public Relations Consultants Association of India, "There is very little literature on the functioning of public