Monthly Archives: December 2017
Losing just 10 kg sufficient for diabetes control: Lancet
A study published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet has shown that a mere 10 kg weight loss and not the drastic reduction earlier...
Sex survey shows higher acceptability in India for homosexuality
“Gay” lions in Kenya may have officials up in arms, even willing to give them moral lessons but Indians are now more open than...
Questioning Modi on anaemia, Rahul Gandhi flagged biggest issue of women’s health
In a rare departure from the Jain-Janeu debate that has eclipsed issues in the Gujarat Assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, one day...
Eating cheese may be good for your heart
If cheesy pastas are your guilty pleasure, then here's news that will lessen the guilt.
Chinese researchers have found that eating cheese, albeit in moderation,...
Tobacco packs may have to carry quit line number
The Indian health ministry is looking at making it mandatory for all tobacco products to mandatorily carry the number of the National Tobacco Cessation...
Sri Lankan cricketers in masks one more pollution warning signal
Not that Delhiites needed reminding but the sight of Sri Lankan cricketers on the Feroz Shah Kotla cricket field with masks on has once...
After hospital declares baby “dead” IMA issues advisory
One day after a private hospital in Delhi declared a living baby dead, inviting government inquiries and threats of licence cancellation, the Indian Medical...
India launches National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) on Friday unveiled a even-year National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS and STI, 2017-24. The two pillars of the...
50K more people on ART since India adopted WHO guidelines on AIDS
Months after adopting a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline of treating all HIV+ patients irrespective of their immune status, with a special drug combination,...
