Health

Affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (Union Health Ministry) regarding petition of Uday Foundation to ban junk food in schools

Affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (Union Health Ministry) regarding petition of Uday Foundation to ban junk food in schools dated July 2011.

Original Source: http://udayfoundationindia.org/Affidavit_filed_in_the_Delhi_High_Court_b...

Judgement Date: 
01/07/2011
Tags:
Fast Foods, Health Effects, High Court, Delhi, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Food Additives, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Obesity
Health

New campaign launched in Delhi for screening diabetics in urban slums

Of the 28.5 crore diabetics in the world, 5.1 crore are in India
India is faced with the triple burden of persistent communicable diseases, new and emerging infections, and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday at the Delhi Secretariat launching a new Campaign for Screening of Hypertension and Diabetes in Urban

Publication Date: 
29/06/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Non Communicable Diseases, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Diabetes, Cancer, Slums, Municipal Corporation
Health

Non-communicable diseases project for Kolar, Shimoga

Focus will be on diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes
The State health department will initiate preventive and treatment measures for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Shimoga and Kolar districts from July, under a Centrally-sponsored pilot project.

Funded by the Union Health Ministry under the National Rural Health Mission, the National Programme for Prevention a

Publication Date: 
18/06/2011
Rashmi Menon
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Shimoga (D), Kolar, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Cancer, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases
Health

Health department, BBMP at loggerheads over scheme

They blame each other for failure of a Centrally sponsored programme
The Department of Health and the Bruhut Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) are embroiled in a blame game over poor response to a Centrally-sponsored free health camp.

While the department has accused the Palike of failing to create adequate awareness and part with funds for the screening camp to record prevalence of non-commun

Publication Date: 
09/06/2011
Rashmi Menon
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Municipal Corporation, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Health

Frog skin for treating cancer?

Proteins in frog skins which could be used to treat cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients by regulating the growth of blood vessels have been discovered by Scientists at Queen's University Belfast.

Led by Professor Chris Shaw at Queen's School of Pharmacy, the scientific team has identified two proteins, or

Publication Date: 
09/06/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Cancer, Diabetes, Frogs, Diseases
Health

Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children

The objective of the study was to estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in apparently healthy children from five zones of India in the age group of 2 to 17 years and to examine trends in body mass index (BMI) during the last two decades with respect to published growth data.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
V. V. Khadilkar, A. V. Khadilkar, T. J. Cole & et al
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
6
2
216-224
Tags:
Obesity, Child Health, India, Non Communicable Diseases, Diabetes, Statistics
Air Pollution

Ambient PM2.5 exposure up-regulates the expression of costimulatory receptors on circulating monocytes in diabetic individuals

Exposure of humans to air pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter (PM) may result in airway and systemic inflammation and altered immune function. One putative mechanism may be through modification of cell-surface costimulatory molecules. We examined whether changes in expression of costimulatory molecules on circulating cells are associated with ambient levels of fine PM [aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5)] in a susceptible population of diabetic individuals.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Alexandra Schneider, Neil E. Alexis, David Diaz-Sanchez & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
119
6
778-783
Tags:
PM 2.5, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Diabetes, United States Of America (US)
Health

To protect unborn babies, diabetes test made easy

Obstetricians and gynaecologists are pitching for a one-step test to detect signs of diabetes in pregnant women and as a possible step towards preventing the disease in their babies.

The standard test involves cumbersome steps for screening and diagnosis, the cause for many dropouts, while the one-step, DIPSI test not only limits visits to the clinic to one rather than two but also involves few

Publication Date: 
25/05/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Child Health, Health Care, Diabetes, Medical Research
Health

Hepatitis B, C prevalence high in developing countries

Nearly 80 to 90 liver transplants are being performed in a year in Chennai, says expert
VELLORE: With Hepatitis B and C being viruses which mainly damage the liver, India accounts for medium prevalence of hepatitis in the world.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2011
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D), Hepatitis, Diabetes, Population
Health

Report by the Secretary-General on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases represent a new frontier in the fight to improve global health. Worldwide, the increase in such diseases means that they are now responsible for more deaths than all other causes combined.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2011
United Nations
Tags:
Non Communicable Diseases, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, India, Global, Health Effects

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