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
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leukaemia breakthrough: A study by a team of scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston, USA, shows that cancer stem cells are different from normal blood stem
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Ailments caused due to environmental factors
Diseases caused by environmental factors
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Child health inequities in developing countries: differences across urban and rural areas
To document and compare the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas, and to investigate the extent to which within-urban disparities in child malnutrition are accounted
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Solid biomass as cooking fuel is a killer
Use of biomass takes high toll
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Better shape up
Bottlers agree to take off colas from schools
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Pesticides lower intelligence
Claims a study conducted on children
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Heavy metal
Vaccines with mercury can cause autism, but removing the metal is uneconomical for developing countries such as India
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Vaccine troubles
WHO accedes to paediatricians concern over Hepatitis B
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In court
dam height to be raised: A Supreme Court division bench has directed the Kerala government to increase the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam to 142 feet from its existing 136 feet. A petition by
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In short
high fluoride: Almost 35 per cent of school children above 8 years of age in the Palam area of Delhi suffer from dental fluorosis, according to a study by the Fluorosis Research And Rural