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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Diagnosis of Down's Syndrome can be more precise now
scientists have developed a non-invasive method for diagnosing Down's Syndrome
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Mystery fever in UP linked to toxic plant
for the last 20 years, a mystery fever has baffled physicians in western Uttar Pradesh. Several theories have tried to identify the fever, but there has been more confusion than clarity (see box
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Unidetified assassin
The mystery fever hit Uttar Pradesh 20 years ago. It was linked to viruses like Nipah, Chandipura, West Nile and JE. The JE virus was the most accepted causal agent even though the authorities
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Malnutrition count up in Orissa
in a repeat of last year's grim toll, over 20 children, including infants, died of malnutrition and other diseases in two gram panchayats in Orissa's Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary since January
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Polio vaccines in India may be unsafe
the polio vaccine administered at present may be unsafe. There is a controversy brewing over its potency. Experts in India say that the monovalent oral vaccine (mopv1) is being used without
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Childhood leukaemia's nuclear link
the largest ever cluster of childhood leukaemia cases in the vicinity of a nuclear facility has been reported by a German-American team of epidemiologists. The cluster of 15 children was found
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Debate over mobile towers close to hospitals
a signal booster mobile tower over a maternity hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, has become the point of an imprecise issue. Sultania Zanana Hospital, a 250-bed government maternity hospital,
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Nickelodeon characters endorsing junk food
There is something not-so-comical about our comic channels. A recent study says Nickelodeon, the popular entertainment channel, is spreading junk food among kids through its advertisements. Center
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Women, children worst victims of indoor air pollution
World Health Organization (who) says over 3 billion people use solid fuels, including biomass