Alarmed over the steep increase in obesity-related ailments in India, the Centre is planning norms for trans-fatty acid content in vanaspati oil by limiting it to 10 per cent and bring it down to five per cent in the next two years.

In a bid to prevent “unwanted pregnancy” among teenagers, the government has decided to clear the decks for advertisements of oral contraceptives in print and television media. The advertisements will now be carried with specific warnings about the pitfalls of excessive usage. The advertisements were withdrawn on the recommendation of the government’s chief drug advisory which found rampant use of pills among teenagers.

In a bid to prevent 'unwanted pregnancy' among teenagers, the government has decided to clear the decks for advertisements of oral contraceptives in print and television media.

The advertisements wi

The detection of 12 cases of totally drug resistant (TDR) tuberculosis (TB) in Maharashtra has set the alarm bells ringing in the Union health ministry. Apart from rushing a three-member team of experts to Mumbai to look into these cases, the ministry has called for the detailed case histories of these patients. It is for the first time in the country that the cases of TDR have been officially reported in the country.

In a move that will eventually reduce shortage of doctors in the country, the Union health ministry has decided to relax norms for establishing colleges in the country.

If the Union health ministry has its way soon the violations under cigarettes and other tobacco products will also figure in the monthly crime report of the station house officer (SHO) as other crimes

A recent study has revealed that using “canola” or “olive pomace oil” for cooking could lead to multiple health benefits.
In the study carried by the Diabetes Foundation of India and National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholestrol Foundation, experts tested two different types of oils in people with multiple abnormalities and compared them with oils with different fatty acid composition over a period of six months.

With stalking of women assuming menacing proportions, the Union women and child development ministry has proposed a separate penal provision to deal with the offence.

There is no penal provision defi

As stalking of women assumes a menacing proportion in the country, the women and child development (WCD) ministry has proposed a separate penal provision to deal with the offence.

Flooded with complaints that “sub standard” diagnostic kits are entering the country from China, a three-member delegation will audit and inspect manufacturing units in China.