(CNS): This is certainly another milestone in the Year of the Lungs (2010). The cost of treating asthma has dropped by nearly half in Beninand El Salvador, thanks to the Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) created by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union). The two countries are the first to receive deliveries [...]

Special on World Cancer Day: 4 February 2010
Most public health programmes of the Government of India are directed towards communicable diseases such as malaria, filaria, polio, tuberculosis and leprosy etc. The occurrence of certain diseases due to lifestyle changes like diabetes, respiratory/cardiac diseases, tobacco related disease and cancer, has now been recognized, and public health programmes [...]

New Delhi: Four out of every five people with diabetes now live in developing countries, with most affected men and women being of working age.
This is according to the latest data published by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in the fourth edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas.
“It is dismal news that some 285 million people live with diabetes [...]

CA: Ayurveda is an ancient holistic health and medicinal science from India that focuses on ‘food’, ‘herbs’, ‘meditation’, and Ayurvedic Therapies. Ayurveda focuses on healing the multi dimensional living being by healing the physical body, mind, intellect, emotions and spirituality. Just like Chinese medicine, the focus is on Prevention.
Ayurveda Yoga LLC was founded by Monica [...]

New Delhi: “Controversies in Type 2 diabetes” is the newest publication to promote diabetes education among medical professionals in the country.
The book authored by an editorial panel is headed by Dr Prof B M Jayaram as Editor-in-chief. The other members of the editorial team include Dr. Prof. A.K. Das, Dr. Prof. N.R. Rau and Dr. [...]

Washington, D.C. - North Carolina on January 2 will take an historic step for health when it becomes the first major tobacco-growing state to implement a statewide smoke-free law that includes all restaurants and bars.  This new law will protect the right of North Carolinians to breathe clean air.  North Carolina’s hospitality workers can now [...]

Paonta Sahib (Nahan): National institute of communicable diseases (NICD) Delhi has finally confirmed the first swine flu death in the district Sirmour in Himachal, whereas 5 years child was also found positive. Sources said that district health department has received a communication from the NICD which has confirmed that 30 years Yusuf of Amarkoat village [...]

“In Lesotho, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) to prevent latent TB infection from becoming active TB disease, is not available for ordinary citizens but only for health workers. Those people who have latent TB infection have a right to protect themselves and access IPT services to prevent latent TB from becoming active TB disease. I consider [...]

“Basic human rights as enjoyed by others have not benefitted indigenous peoples. Therefore the respect and recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples is critical to our dignity and survival. In particular, implementation of our right to health is essential if we are to stop TB” said Wilton Littlechild, Regional Chief, Assembly of First Nations, [...]

Nahan: The detection of Polio case in Nalagarh of the Solan district in Himachal Pradesh on 17-11-09 has forced health department to launch a special drive ‘Mop up round’ for the vaccination of children’s between the age group of 0-5 years.
The detection of the case had surprised the department as since 2005 no such case [...]

New Delhi: On the eve of World AIDS Day, WHO released new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
WHO now recommends earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults and adolescents, the delivery of more patient-friendly antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), and prolonged use of ARVs [...]

Dr Eisuke Fukuma, Director of Breast Cancer, Kameda Medical Centre at Chiba, Japan, has done pioneering work in the field of endoscopic breast surgery and cryosurgery as a nonsurgical ablation.
He was recently in India to attend a conference on Minimal Invasive Surgery, hosted during the 35th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India, [...]

Aligarh: Eminent cardiologist and Director, Cardiology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. M. U. Rabbani has said that about fifty percent diabetes patents are vulnerable to the heart diseases of which only 20 percent people are aware of the cardiac problems. Most of such cases are diagnosed at the time of fitness [...]

Today is World Diabetes Day – a day to reflect upon why India has become the diabetic capital of the world with 50.8 million (7.1%) of its people suffering from diabetes. It is high time we prepared to combat this menace and curb its spread. As the new President of IDF has rightly remarked that [...]