Down To Earth impact: ICMR to send team to study cancer in Odisha's Bargarh

Indian Council of Medical Reasearch team to study cancer in Odisha's rice bowl after Down To Earth reportage

2 of 3 child deaths in India due to malnutrition: Report

Children under 5 in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Rajasthan worst-hit, finds study of 2017 data by ICMR, PHFI and NIN

Cancer now kills more than double the Indians it did in 1990

An ICMR study finds that while 3.82 lakh cancer patients died in 1990, the number jumped to 8.13 lakh in 2016

ICMR releases new draft guidelines on bio-medical research involving children

Children’s nod would be compulsory for making them part of any clinical trials, say guidelines

Scientists develop an Indian tool for autism screening

The questionnaire-based tool, Chandigarh Autism Screening Instrument, has been developed specifically for autism screening in North India

फैल रहा है मलेरिया का अधिक घातक रूप

मलेरिया के घातक रूप के लिए जिम्मेदार प्लास्मोडियम फैल्�…

World Malaria Day: New coordinated effort for malaria research unveiled

The Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India will bring together various stakeholders on a single platform to identify and prioritise research …

As gutkha stands banned, dohra consumption rising in Uttar Pradesh

Dohra does not contain any statutory warning label and hence, consumers are unaware of its health hazards

ICMR launches third phase trial for adult anti-TB vaccine

The current vaccine for TB, the BCG, is only given to neonates

Lack of funding for top health research body

The Indian Council of Medical Research has only half the funds it needs

टीबी से बचाव के लिए आईसीएमआर कर रहा है टीकों का परीक्षण

आईसीएमआर के शोधकर्ताओं ने अब दो ऐसे टीकों का परीक्षण शु�…

ICMR expands India Hypertension Control Initiative to 100 districts

The initiative earlier covered just 25 districts in four states

Why some women are more prone to develop cervical cancer

Researchers found a correlation between the composition of three micro-RNA genes in the DNA and the risk for a person developing cervical cancer

स्वस्थ दिखने वाले शहरी लोग विटामिन की कमी से ग्रस्त

राष्ट्रीय पोषण संस्थान के अध्ययन में आधे लोग विटामिन बी…

Treated but not cured

Ten years after India declared itself leprosy-free, drug-resistant strains emerge. The environment facilitates the spread of the disease

'We are in a much better position than in the past'

With the Zika virus spreading across the Americas, the international community has panicked. Kundan Pandey spoke to Soumya Swaminathan, Director …

AIDS vaccine under trial

Stem cell dilemma

How clinics use embryonic therapy not approved by ICMR

स्वास्थ्य का व्यापार

जीएम भोजन का स्वास्थ्य के प्रति एक चिंताजनक पहलू यह भी ह�…

जरूरत बनी मुसीबत

सूचना क्रांति का वाहक इंटरनेट अब दुनियाभर में लोगों को �…

Zika virus: US relaxes travel warnings to India

US health agency changes India’s status to “current or past transmission but no current outbreak” from the earlier “…

Cancer incidence in India higher than expected from earlier projections, says new data

National Cancer Registry Programme data also states that women are most at risk from cancer

Commercial surrogacy could soon be illegal in India

Health industry estimates put the size of India's surrogacy business at about Rs 900 crore

Spotted rice gets clean chit

The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice hung in balance for more than a year

As good as embryonic stem cells