All Strange Things About India and world
Recently, there has been renewed stress on compulsory iodisation, with the central government attempting to bring back a national ban on non-iodised salt. But the nature and comprehensiveness of research…
The central government wants to ban the sale of non-iodised salt on grounds of rising iodine deficiency. However, states with notable rise in deficiency are those where a ban has…
There is now a growing body of opinion against soft drinks in particular and fast food in general being marketed to children through the media and directly in schools. A…
Stressful apprenticeship in a system that is not geared to meet the medical needs of the majority makes junior doctors very different from the counterparts in other professions. Their strikes…
A new Indo-Canadian study has found a one-third decline in new HIV infections in the worst-hit regions of the country – Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Maharashtra. Researchers say…
The Ministry of Mines and Minerals says it may lift the ban on asbestos mining. It is ignoring the views of exposure victims, informed recommendations of public sector medical experts,…
In India, we have known the magic of turmeric all along. An Indian kitchen without a can of turmeric is rare. The world today is discovering this member of the…
It is certainly welcome that the government now recognises unsafe motherhood as a serious development concern. But the plans to tackle this are unimaginative, and ignore many realities of health…
Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed and her colleagues made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a few months back on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Health interventions for sex workers and…
HEALTH / PUBLIC HEALTH The WHO has warned that India would likely be hit if a bird-flu pandemic breaks out because India has large numbers of domestic ducks and the…