To allow or not to allow smoking in films ? The government appears confused.

With the “non-communicable diseases” high on agenda both at international and national level, the theme is widely publicised in 2012 wall calendar of the Union ministry of health and family welfare.

To allow or not to allow smoking in films? The government appears confused. After the heavy smoking scenes by Shah Rukh Khan in Don-2, the information and broadcasting ministry had asked the health mi

India is all set to be off the list of polio endemic countries. With India completing a year next week without the incidence of any polio case, experts say if the progress continues and all samples r

India is all set be off the list of polio endemic countries.

After having produced anti-rabies vaccine for over a century, the Pasteur Institute of India (PII), Coonoor, is likely to used to produce recently introduced “pentavalent vaccine”, a vaccine having antigens of five diseases.

Continuing a trend of going down, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has shown a further drop to 47 (deaths per 1,000 live births) from 50 in 2009, showing a reduction of three points as compared to the previous year.

Succumbing to the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, the women and child development (WCD) ministry h

The new age formula to cut down weight by fitting gastric bands has been rejected by experts. In a study published in the reputed journal The Lancet, experts cited a number of complications associated with the procedure.
According to the Lancet, the most common complications related to gastric bands are “band slippage or erosion, and lung-related problems”.

In a move that will eventually reduce the shortage of doctors in the country, the government is considering to relax norms for increasing post-graduate seats in the medical colleges along with one-yea