In the wake of swine flu outbreak, the State Epidemiological Cell of Directorate of Health Services on Tuesday in a meeting, decided on different measures to be adopted, including posting of three to four doctors at the Dabolim airport to screen patients coming in from infected countries like Mexico and the US.

No knowledge of April deadline, say Health Department officials

Vanaspati ghee manufacturers unhappy with proposed standard THE oils and fats sub-committee of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (mohfw), on March 18, agreed on a 10 per cent ceiling on trans fats in vanaspati ghee sold in the country. Members of the sub-committee also agreed trans fat levels shall be brought down further to 5 per cent in three years. The decision has not gone down

Ahmedabad : Talk about virility and there is nothing that can beat Gujaratis. A new study on review of family welfare programmes in the country by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare states that Gujarat has the second highest number of condom users among men and Intrauterine Device
(IUD) insertions among women in the country.

New Delhi: With Anbumani Ramadoss resigning from the Union Health Minister post recently, the plan to introduce pentavalent vaccines from April 1 is unlikely to take off.

Ananth Krishnan

It follows government

MUMBAI: The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCOTH) was inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday.

Is not cool, it increases risk of various diseases, says report THE rich and the middle class are spending more on unhealthy food, according to the quick estimates of the national consumption expenditure 2007-08. The study measures the amount of money that consumers spend on food. This has led to increase in incidence of lifestyle-related diseases. The report was released by the

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