The insulin intolerance level in children adults in Sri Lanka has gone up to 11 per cent, according to the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), which has decided to present eight propos

Pune: Two more people have succumbed to swine flu in different hospitals in the city since Tuesday, taking the city’s H1N1 death toll to 29 so far this year.

MUMBAI: The good and bad of Mumbai are both translating into an unhealthy portrait of the city.

On the one hand, its status as the highest per capita income city could be fuelling its biggest health problems — namely the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension. On the other, being one of the most densely populated cities in the country is ensuring that one tuberculosis patient spreads the air-borne disease to at least 15 others within a year.

Chemists Say They Are Yet To Get Drugs With Revised Pricing

From Monday the most essential drugs will go cheaper by10 to 50% as the revised prices fixed by the national pharmaceutical pricing authority comes into force. In the first phase the prices of 151 formulations will come down and the remaining 91 formulations will become cheaper from next month.

For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions.

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on what is widely considered alternative or natural treatment for diabetes, including ayurvedic and homeopathic remedies.

London: Skipping breakfast, common the world over, has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks.

Study Shows Excess Body Weight Is Linked To A Child’s Socio-Economic Status

In a state in famous for malnutrition, one out of five teens going to private schools is either overweight or obese. This has been revealed in a study onducted by National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC). The study covered more than 49,000 school children in eight ities,including 23,006children in Lucknow, Agra and Allahabad. The other cities were New Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Dehradun and Pantnagar.

Mumbai: The government has banned three popular medicines — the widely prescribed anti-diabetes drug pioglitazone, painkiller analgin and anti-depressant deanxit — given the health risks associated