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Oil and sugar boards showing calorie content in common food items will soon be installed in government offices, hospitals, airports and railway stations. The NIN-led initiative aims to raise public awareness on healthy eating and reduce lifestyle diseases
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The study titled as ‘Mitigation of Lens Opacification by a functional food in a diabetic rodent model’, published in the journal Chemico-Biological Interactions (February, 2024), indicated that natural food products exerted multiple actions including antioxidant, which reduce the risk of chronic diseases and anti-inflammatory
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ICMR clarified that, according to current data from the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) network, there has been no significant increase in cases of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) across the country.
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“The initiative is a key step in positioning India as a leader in the clinical development of pharmaceutical agents,” said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. ICMR has formalized Memorandums of Agreement (MoAs) with several sponsors for four promising molecules under its Phase 1 clinical trials network.
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National Medical Commission’s guidelines to prevent the misuse of antibiotics must be strictly adhered to
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Keeping up with the changing times, the dietary recommendations include specific recommendations on the amount of physical activity that one must undertake on a daily basis.
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Study finds 136 million people in the country could be living with pre-diabetes condition
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A new study by ICMR-INDIAB found that over 11% of Indians suffer from diabetes, while 35.5 %of people suffer from hypertension.
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New Delhi: With 14,830 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose to 4,39,20,451, while the count of active cases has declined to 1,47,512, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being […]
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Hyderabad: The State government on Monday has said that so far not a single case of monkeypox has been reported in Telangana, even as the entire health care machinery is on high alert following Kerala confirming two persons testing positive for the viral illness. Health Minister T Harish Rao in a review meeting on monkeypox […]
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New Delhi: As schools across the country reopened after the summer vacation, there are concerns among parents about their children getting infected with COVID-19 as a surge in cases was witnessed in parts of India. However, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientist said that there are very low chances of COVID infection among […]
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Hyderabad: A recent comprehensive publication on cancers among adolescents and young adults within the age group of 15 years and 39 years, by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) from the data available in Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCR) across the country including Hyderabad, has indicated that cancers of mouth, tongue and leukaemia in males […]
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Even as nations are grappling with the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, another public health crisis is looming large over the world: bacterial infections that are resistant to existing antibiotic drugs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the new threat to public health that warrants urgent global action to save lives. Hundreds of thousands of deaths […]
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Hyderabad: The State government will implement the renewed Covid-19 testing guidelines that were released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), highlighting the need for a focused testing strategy on those who require the most and avoid wasting resources by offering Covid tests to healthy asymptomatic individuals. The refreshed ICMR guidelines had advised State […]
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Hyderabad: State-run tertiary teaching hospital Gandhi Medical College has been chosen by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as Regional Clinical Trial Unit (RCTU) and be a part of the pan-India network of institutes in clinical research, which will be known as Indian Clinical Trial and Education Network (INTENT). The RCTU status for Gandhi […]
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Hyderabad: Even as more and more cases of Omicron are being reported in India, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions. What is Omicron and what makes it a variant of concern (VoC)? The new Covid variant called B.1.1.529 or Omicron was first detected by South […]
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Hyderabad: A study conducted on paediatric cases in several government hospitals in the country, including Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, by researchers from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has indicated that the Delta variant was the leading cause of Covid-19 infections among Indian children during the second wave of the pandemic. The preprint study, available […]
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The results of a study conducted by ICMR showed that the people in the mix and match group had superior immunogenicity profiles against Alpha, Beta and Delta variants of Covid-19
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The survey was conducted in the districts of Jangaon, Nalgonda and Kamareddy in collaboration with the health department and covered all age groups including children between 6 years and 9 years.
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Efforts being made to purchase fish directly from the fishermen cooperative societies
