Study confirms link between diabetes drug and increased risk of bladder cancer
London (ISJ) – The diabetes drug pioglitazone is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer, finds a study published by�The BMJ. The findings suggest...
Category : HEALTH
Eat well for a healthy future generation
London (ISJ) – Mind what you eat, or your children and grandchildren may have to pay the price. Studies have shown that parental diets, lifestyles...
Smoking and chewing tobacco cost India 104500 crore a year
New Delhi (ISJ) ? The economic cost of smoking and chewing tobacco in India is Rs. 104,500 crore every year, almost 282% of the approved...
India launches national immunization campaign against Rotavirus tomorrow
New Delhi (ISJ) – Tomorrow (March 26), India will launch one of the biggest immunization campaign against Rota Virus, which kills about 78,000 children in...
CSIR lab claims to have developed technology to make world?s only Anti-Obesity Oil
Mysuru (ISJ) ? Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI) under the CSIR has come up with what they claim, the only one of its kind...
Endosulfan causes male infertility, says IISc scientist
Mysuru (ISJ) ? The toxic pesticide Endosulfan causes male infertility, said Dr. Sathees C. Raghavan, Associate Professor at the premier Indian Institute of Science, IISc,...
CSIR institute trashes Arvind Kejriwal’s Odd-Even number policy to control air pollution
New Delhi (ISJ) – An institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has questioned the ‘efficacy’ of Delhi’s Aam Admi Party government’s...
India sitting on an environmental tinderbox, warns advocacy CSE
New Delhi (ISJ) ? India faces some of the gravest public health risks from environmental pollution, warns New Delhi-based environmental advocacy group, Centre for Science...
Growing toxic burden in environment a major health issue, warns environmental watchdog
New Delhi� (ISJ) – As the debate over air pollution in Delhi and the ways to combat it takes centre stage, an environmental watchdog warns,...
Kochi hospital maps new heights in tracheal transplant
Surgeons at Amrita Hospital carry out first phase of Asia’s maiden tracheal transplant� Kochi (ISJ) ? Surgeons at Kochi-based Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences &...