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Remarks Linking Inbreeding And Diabetes Sparks of Controversy

... obesity too." "There is an inbreeding complex in villages - people inter-marry," he claimed. "That might mean more of them have got the same gene which predisposes them to it." Dr Ketan Dhatariya, consultant diabetologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, condemned the MP's remarks and said ...

India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas

...pital city of Delhi. Council leaders of around 500 villages attended the launch, and its primary aim was to try and enlist their support in controlling the spread of the disease. Denis Broun, the executive director of UNAids stated at the convention that, “Aids is a disease of intimacy and has a lot to do w...

More than 50,000 Affected by Chikangunya Fever in Madhya Pradesh

...have entered Madhya Pradesh two months ago through villages in Betul district bordering Maharashtra, officials said. Admitting that Chhindwara, Badwani and Burhanpur were affected with the fever, state Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi said: "But the intensity of the disease is decreasing as the health departmen...

Anti-Polio Drive to be Stepped up in Ghaziabad

... to ensure polio drops are given to every child in villages of Loni and Bhojpur blocks// where two suspected cases of the disease were reported last month. The directives were issued by the UP Health Secretary and the district Chief Medical Officer M P Singh had been informed about it, District Magistrate M...

Thailand Tops in Rare Type of Cancer

Three villages in Thailand's north-eastern province of Khon Kaen ...study, the rate of cholangiocarcinoma in the three villages of Phai, Mancha Khiri and Channaburi - situated in the Shi River basin of Khon Kaen, 380 km north-ea...

Sex Workers Adopt IT Solutions to Fight AIDS

...nd that follow-up is a big problem. They come from villages and go back and there are several girls of the same name," said Reza-Paul, who is also an advisor to Ashodaya Mahila Samannaya Samity, a sex workers' organisation. Reza-Paul said that these sex workers were initially given ID numbers, which they di...

South Africans Turn to Natural Remedies for Treating Erectile Dysfunction

...esu tree (Securidaca Longepeduculata) found in the villages of the Venda district near the Kruger National Park along the border with Zimbabwe is said to be the source. The compound extracted from its root and consumed with tea and other traditional drinks has been shown to relax the muscles of the male sex...

AIIMS Strike Enters Second day, Support Continues To Pour In

...ence that we would all like to have of work in the villages and the impetus we would like to give to them to do research in the various spheres of medical education.’’ It is heartening to see that her vision also envisaged what could happen in the future as she also then stated, ‘‘Subject to such minimum con...

Chikungunya Death Toll Raises to 12 in Madhya Pradesh

...e state, reportedly entered Madhya Pradesh through villages in Betul district bordering Maharashtra. Health ... to tackle the disease.' 'The number of affected villages had reached 82 in the past one fortnight but now it is decreasing as the health department and distr...

Alarming Rise of Diabetes in Rural India - Survey Reports

...n about health in rural areas is scarce. While the villages enrolled in this study are more developed than man...015. The George Institute study, conducted in 20 villages from the Godavari regions of Andhra Pradesh, sampled over 4,500 individuals. Of those with known dia...

Chikun Gunya Incidence Coming Down In Karna: Minister

... said. Chikun gunya fever has broken out in 2,860 villages affecting 2.26 lakh population, he said adding the districts of Gulbarga, Bidar, Bellary and Gadag were the worst hit. Ashok said four official committees have been formed to monitor the situation. The minister's statement was in response to the is...

Madhya Pradesh Affected by Chikungunya Fever

...e first time, reportedly entered the state through villages in Betul district bordering Maharashtra, they said...amidia Hospital, the state's biggest, that visited villages in Betul last week has confirmed the presence of chikungunya. The figure of affected villages in ...

Drug addiction higher in rural Punjab: study

...e today, said an increasing number of youth in the villages of Punjab were taking to drugs like smack (brown sugar). The study - which surveyed urban and rural youth, both illiterate and educated, between the ages of 16 and 35 - said the intake of drugs was higher among rural youth primarily due to unemploy...

UP To Provide Nutritional Diets To All Pregnant Women

...d the criteria for opening 'Anganwadi Centres' and villages with a population of over 500 would have such centres. Altogether, 31,498 new centres had been opened and 63,000 rural women were engaged in them, he said. Source:PTI News...

50 Die Of Malaria In Tripura

...herra sub-division of Dhalai district, said all 19 villages in TTAADC areas were affected by malaria. Rabindra Debbarma, general secretary of the opposition Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), however, alleged that at least 100 people had died in Gandacherra sub-division in the past month and the...

ISRO To Expand Telemedicine Network, 4 Speciality Hospitals To Be Included

...undation has set up a mobile telemedicine unit for villages around Chennai, while Venkatrao Dawle Medical Foundation's mobile telemedicine unit covers rural population of southern Maharashtra, the statement added. Edited IANS...

Malnutrition Crisis On Rise In India: World Bank

...A relatively small number of states, districts and villages account for a large share of the burden. "Bridging the gap between the policy intentions of ICDS and its actual implementation is one of the biggest challenges in international nutrition, with large fiscal and institutional implications," said Miche...

The Department of Health Gears Up To The Arrival Of JE Vaccines

...eports from the health department state that 8,004 villages of 61 blocks would be covered during the drive and 2,284 teams had been constituted to carry out the task. Cancelling the leave of all medical officers, the Chief Medical Officer Dr MN Yadav has directed them to motivate all the staff and health work...

‘Family Honour’ Hinder Pakistani Girls In Getting Educatin

...re simply too few educated women in many Pakistani villages to staff schools for girls. A lead economist in the World Bank's South Asia Region, Vishwanath says that restrictions on mobility are undercutting the ability of women to access services. The report also notes improvements in Pakistan in several ...

Doctors Join Hands To Spread Awareness Against Maternal Mortality

...to conduct health camps in over 100 small town and villages along the route. "Maternal mortality is the most shocking and yet the most ignored public health problem across the world. The numbers are staggering - every year approximately 600,000 women die of pregnancy-related causes globally and 99 percent o...

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