KCR Govt. totally failed to control Dengue : Doctors accused
How Can Hyderabad DEFEAT DENGUE? The government seems to have neither conscience nor VISION! Roundtable Chaired by Ms Karuna Gopal, President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities
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#BanOnEcigarettes : What are electronic cigarettes?
The Cabinet has taken a decision to ban e-cigarettes. The ban means the production, manufacturing, import/export, sale, storage and advertising of e-cigarettes are banned.
India’s weight problem – malnutrition and overweight
All is not well on nutrition front in the country. A new study has found that while malnutrition continues to be the leading risk factor for deaths in children under five
The Heat Is On: Taking Stock of Global Climate Ambition
Nearly all high-emitting countries are lagging behind in the fight against climate change and must step up, according to the most comprehensive report to date on the world’s climate ambitions.
Scientists propose Controlled Human Infection Model studies
India has a significant burden of typhoid especially among young children and the disease is endemic to the country.
Today’s Trending news | Morning Headlines | 18 September 2019
Today’s Trending news | Morning Headlines | 18 September 2019. Digvijay Singh, Uddhav Thackeray, Pakistan, Narendra Modi, Mamta Banerjee, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Amit Shah, Bahujan Samaj Party,
Figuring out how restricted diet increases lifespan
The traditional dictum ‘eat less, live long’ is well known. Scientists are now trying to figure out if this indeed works at the cellular level.
Dangers of artificial ripening of fruits and vegetables
The fruits become soft, change in colour, and develop characteristic aroma and flavour, with increase in sugar level and reduction in acid content. Many factors influence the process of ripening including temperature and relative humidity.
A promising treatment for an incurable, deadly kidney disease
A potential treatment for polycystic kidney disease – a genetic disorder that causes the kidneys to swell with multiple cysts and can eventually lead to organ failure – has shown promising results in animal testing.
Top 10 headlines this Morning | 13 September 2019
Top 10 headlines this Morning | 13 September 2019
Increasing cancer survival and progress in cancer control across high-income countries since 1995
New study reports increasing cancer survival and progress in cancer control across high-income countries since 1995
WHO Director-General urges world leaders to protect health from climate change
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged to world leaders to protect health from climate change.
Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent
When India is already vulnerable to hydrological and weather extremes, the combined effect of El Nino and aerosols in increasing drought severity will only subject India to more hydrological stress
Do you kmow, more than 1 million new STI cases are diagnosed each day ?
NIAID officials call for innovative research on sexually transmitted infections. “Refocusing research on sexually transmitted infections
NIAID Scientists’ Findings Suggest How Immune System Evolved to Withstand Food Scarcity
Memory T Cells Shelter in Bone Marrow, Boosting Immunity in Mice with Restricted Diets. Dietary restriction promotes memory T cell accumulation in BM.
Disrupting the Gut Microbiome May Affect Some Immune Responses to Flu Vaccination
Antibiotics treatment leads to enhanced inflammatory signatures in the blood. Loss of secondary bile acids is linked to AP-1/NR4A and inflammasome activation.
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases
Air pollution is emerging as one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular deaths in developing countries, according to a new study.
Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas
A new study by CSIR’s Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has emphasised the need to avoid changes in land use patterns near forest areas to prevent transmission of parasites and infections between human settlements and wildlife.
Cold desert regions need special attention: experts
Degradation of land, which leads to the process of desertification, is not limited to arid and semi-arid areas but is also visible in high altitude regions that get very little rainfall and are known as cold deserts.
Mobile app supported system to better manage people at risk of cardio-vascular disease
A mobile app supported system developed by an Indo-Australian team to help identify and better manage people at high risk of cardiovascular disease has been shown to be beneficial in a study conducted in rural communities in Indonesia.