Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

In short

Urban malady

A Japanese study suggests that city life contributes to premature death

Parliamentary panel recommends price cap for all drugs

Money spent in importing medicines a big concern for government

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Stem cells not effective in treating stroke, shows AIIMS study

Results from other studies, however, have shown substantial improvement in patients

New drugs on the block

The development of new drugs could contain the spread of malaria

Botox may be used to treat stomach cancer

Study shows nerves help cancer cells grow; Botox used to block the connection

Energy drinks all about caffeine only: study

Other ingredients listed have no positive impact

Textile therapy

A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments

Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study

The chemicals inactivate a protein that works as tumour suppressor and prevents cancer

Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study

On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India

A complete American diet

Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens

MDR-TB cases in India increase more than five-fold in two years

Minister says better surveillance and detection is the reason

This sugar substitute increases blood sugar levels

Study finds sucralose increases glycemic and insulin responses in obese people

Thirsty for breath?

Contaminated drinking water can lead to respiratory problems

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Mutations that make malaria drugs ineffective discovered

Gene kelch13 associated with malaria resistance

India has maximum infant deaths in the world

Lancet study says 5.5 million infant deaths in the world go unrecorded

Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new eu directives

Tough trial

Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?

Government bans blood test for TB

Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis

Barriers under pestle

There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use

Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking

Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking

Pesticide to Parkinson's

Study reveals a link