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Are soft drinks as bad as cigarettes for your health?
India.Com Health The SC directed that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks as the issue relates to citizens’ basic right to life. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and A K … Cola rules: Supreme Court directs colas to improve standardsDaily Mail |
NouseMalaria vaccine within touching distanceNouseThe transmission of malaria by mosquitoes was first discovered by British Doctor, Sir Ronald Ross when he was researching malaria in India, on 20 August 1897. Since then numerous methods have been trail…
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Qaeda suspect Libi’s health ‘deteriorated’ since US capture: Family
Zee News Raghie said his father was suffering from hepatitis C, an infection of the liver, and added Libyan authorities, who have protested to the United States over his October 5 capture, had pledged to form a defence team. On October 15, Libi, 49, pleaded not … |
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Keith Vaz: Diabetes was a real wake-up call
Express.co.uk The disease is particularly prevalent in families of south-east Asian origin and Keith’s roots are in Goa in India. The father of two admits the … If I don’t look after myself then blindness, liver failure and amputations are all concerns. “I’m never … |
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New hope for sufferers of thyroid cancer
Daily News & Analysis The first study provides additional data from the phase III DECISION trial of the drug sorafenib, a kinase inhibitor already approved for treatment of kidney and liver cancer, which was presented as a plenary during the 2013 annual American Society of … |
Faster method for converting fat cells to liver cells discoveredNewstrack IndiaWashington, Oct 22 (ANI): Scientists have developed a fast, efficient way to turn cells extracted from routine liposuction into liver cells. The scientists at Stanford Unive…
Do you know about these harmful ingredients in your cosmetics?India.Com HealthIn lab studies, these have been found to harm the liver, lungs and reproductive system, and especially the developing sex organs in males. They cause premature breast develop…
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Adulterated milk deadly for patients of diabetes, hypertension
Times of India “Think of patients with chronic kidney or liver ailments or those hypertensive. They live under strict salt rationing, and if they unknowingly consume salt through milk, it will do them great harm,” Chakraborty added. Saha agreed that doses of salt can … |
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The era of personalised medicine
Livemint Learning of one’s risk to disease is a useful application of gene testing, but scientists and doctors in India are more excited about the growing prospects of pharmacogenomics, which could usher in an era of personalized medicine in the future … |
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Trio on bike hits Freeway wall, two die
Daily News & Analysis “The 16-year-old suffered from polytrauma, injuries to the liver and a fractured forehead. He has been admitted in the neurosurgery ICU and is in … So far we have registered a case under sections 304-a (Death due to negligence), 279 (Rash driving or … |