BASCHI Quick Slimming capsules pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has tested a product labelled BASCHI Quick Slimming capsules and found that: the capsules contain the undeclared substance sibutramine consumers are advised that sibutramine is a prescription-only substance Sibutramine was withdrawn from world markets in […]
Fast food companies advertise children’s meals on TV with ads that feature toy premiums, and the use of these toy premiums may prompt children to request eating at fast food restaurants, a study suggests. The researchers found that the more children watched television channels that aired ads for children’s fast food meals, the more frequently […]
In partnership with a commercial lab, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed a simple and affordable diagnostic test to detect the mosquito-borne illness chikungunya. While not often deadly, chikungunya causes severe, incapacitating and often chronic joint pain. To create the test, the researchers used another mosquito-borne virus named Eilat […]
Star chef Manish Mehrotra believes Indian food doesn’t need inventions to be on the top spot in the global food map but it could do with a lot of exploring of the variety that the nation has to offer in terms of flavours. “Indian food doesn’t need inventions. All we need is exploring. If we […]
What has the Swachh Bharat campaign got to do with dogs? Well, Indian experts have found that managing how garbage is dumped and handled can help in controlling the population of strays in urban areas. While dog lovers have a way with free-ranging dogs or strays, for the municipal authorities and health management officials, it’s […]
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) will hold its 10th Global Health Summit from Jan 1 to 3 in New Delhi with a focus on women’s health and non-communicable diseases in India. A ground breaking launch of the first Trauma and Brain Injury Guidelines for India is also planned for Jan 2, […]
Dengue may be on the wane in the capital but patients who were victims of the deadly mosquito-borne disease that till some weeks had the capital in its vice-like grip blame medical negligence and lack of civic awareness for the post-monsoon blight every year. The total number of dengue cases in the capital has crossed […]
You should lose weight in case you are overweight in order to avoid cancer for a new study, which analysed data relating to more than five million people, has found links between obesity and cancer. According to the study, published in the journal Lancet, more than 12,000 new cancers every year in Britain alone are […]
Fasting for nine days during the Navratri festival will not harm your health if you learn how not to starve or eat later in a balanced manner, experts suggest. Dr Anup Dhir, senior consultant at Apollo Hospitals, stresses that devotees should not gorge on fried or oily food as this will result in high-calorie intake […]
With growing instances of hospitals, especially private ones, being accused of misleading patients to jack up their medical bills, leading specialists and other doctors have been brought on an online platform so that patients could avail of a second opinion from them as to whether the treatment course being adopted for them is right and […]