New Delhi: An expert committee under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul will meet on Wednesday to consider the logistics and ethical aspects of procuring and administering the COVID-19 vaccine, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.The committee on vaccine administration will engage with all the stakeholders including state governments and vaccine […]
Kerala will not implement the Centre’s proposal to privatise all district hospitals in the state, said Health Minister KK Shailaja.The the minister as saying, “The government is not ready to privatise the district hospitals in the state. The Centre has not informed that it is a compulsory directive from the Niti Aayog. Anyway, we are not […]
What is diabetes? Diabetes occurs due to a disorder of metabolism. People of any age get diabetes. The body does not produce sufficient insulin or use it properly. So it leads to high glucose in the blood. What we eat, is broken down into glucose energy (a form of sugar in the blood). This blood […]
Nutritional science and our approach to health, particularly obesity, is in for a huge shift. Scientists have developed a new framework called ‘nutritional geometry’, which will assist health professionals, dietitians and researchers to better understand and manage the complexities of obesity. The study is a culmination of more than 20 years of research in the […]
Washington:Certain people are more likely to rebel against the norm when seeing red, even though the colour is linked to inducing compliant behaviour with warning lights and corrections on a graded assignment, scientists including one of Indian-origin have found. The new study was inspired by a problem faced by a child helpline that offered […]
Even moderate consumption of alcohol may increase the risk of several types of cancer, a new study has warned. According to researchers at the University of Otago, drinking was responsible for 236 cancer deaths under 80 years of age in New Zealand in 2012. The research builds on previous work that identified 30% of all […]
London: Artificial pancreas – a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with diabetes and automatically adjusts levels of insulin entering the body – is likely to be available by 2018, scientists say.Currently available technology allows insulin pumps to deliver insulin to people with diabetes after taking readings from glucose meters, but these two components […]
Include omega-3 fatty acids in your daily diet if you want a better developed brain. In a study conducted on monkeys with highly connected and well organised neural networks similar to humans, researchers found that monkeys that ate a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids had more developed brains than those who had a diet […]
Ayurvedic treatment for sinus infection includes several methods that will put you at ease. Sinusitis treatment with ayurvedic remedies are sure to give you some relief! Next time, you need not worry about sneezing, coughing or a bad headache while you wake up in the morning. 1. Anu taila One of the ayurvedic remedies for […]
It is not that bad breath which you have in the morning due to those bad bacteria in your mouth. It is that smelly breath which is with you for the whole day to embarrass you as well as others who try to talk to you. Before going for any home remedies for bad breath, […]