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Parag Milk Foods launches 'Go Protein Power' a protein product
Go Protein Power is a 100% vegetarian protein that is made in India. It contains easily digestible protein made from cow's milk which helps in building lean muscle as well as repairs muscle and tissue. It is quality tested at every stage and hence, poised to be of high quality and purity. It is currently available in Mumbai in packs of 200 grams & 400 grams.
Big tea ceremony event held in Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government recently held "Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2018" in Hama Rikyu Gardens.This autumn event aims to introduce wide and rich traditional culture and arts of Japan to domestic and foreign people visiting Tokyo through tea ceremony and other cultural events.Yoshie Ishioka, an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, said, "We have a variety of events in Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony that people from overseas can enjoy. Visitors not only experience having tea but also learn the process of making tea and etiquette of Japanese tea ceremony. We also have English commentary provided in many sections, so people coming for the first time from overseas can also enjoy it."While enjoying the real taste of Japanese tea, visitors experience the authentic style of ancient Japan and listen to in-depth English explanation of the tea ceremony.This event is the best place for foreigners who do not have a fair idea about tea ceremonies."It was so nice to hear the whole tea ...
'Green corridor' for heart transplant created; cops lauded
: A 'green corridor' to facilitate a heart transplant on a 47-year-old woman in a hospital here was created by the traffic police. The donor was a 51-year-old woman patient. The live heart was successfully transplanted, a press release said. The green corridor, stretching to 8 km from Secunderabad to Nampally, was covered in 7 minutes, the release said. The effort of the traffic police was appreciated by the doctors and the kin of the patient, it added.
Need to ensure emergency medicine, universal health coverage: Health Ministry official
Noting that India has done well in generic pharmaceuticals, and ensured that all treatments are available within the country, a senior Union Health Ministry official said Thursday the need was now to ensure emergency medicine and universal health coverage. Secretary to the Department of Health Research in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Balram Bhargava, averred India has witnessed phenomenal growth in several fields, including Information and Technology, Space, Nuclear and farming sectors. He said the Green Revolution has been among the most significant of these which has turned the country from being a food grains importer to exporter. "Not only that, we have done phenomenally well in pharmaceuticals. 50 per cent of the generic drugs in the world are of Indian origin, we have also done well in medical sciences and our generation has ensured that no one has to go out of this country for any treatment. It is all available in this country, he said. Bhargava was speaking here .
19 regional medical colleges to get geriatric training centres
The Union Health Ministry has approved 19 regional geriatric centres in government medical colleges of 18 states sanctioned for specialized care and training purpose under the National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE) scheme, said junior minister for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel here on Thursday.
Minister urges corporate honchos to explore investment opportunities in senior care sector
Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel called upon corporate leaders on Thursday to explore opportunities of investment in the emerging field of senior care. In her keynote address at the 1st Annual Senior Care Conclave organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Patel said the rapidly changing global demographics have resulted in a sharp rise in the demand for senior care services. This, coupled with an increased life expectancy of the population and an increased tendency globally to have nuclear families, has further accelerated the growth in the senior care sector, she said. "Health services are to be designed in such a way that there is a complete coordination across the thread of care providers to cure acute conditions and symptoms," she said. Highlighting the initiatives of the Health Ministry, Patel said the National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE) addresses various health- related issues of the elderly people and the programme is an ...
Father's age may up infant's health issues at birth
While women, for years, have been encouraged not to put off having children until their late thirties and forties, a new study now says that infants of older fathers are more likely to be less healthy at birth.
Hot coffee contains more antioxidants than cold coffee
Hot coffee has higher levels of antioxidants than cold coffee, which are believed to be responsible for some health benefits, says a new study.
AIIMS doctors remove 15-kg tumour from UP woman's uterus
Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here removed a 15-kg tumour from the uterus of a 20-year-old woman from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. Her case posed a challenge for the surgeons at the central government-run premier hospital as the tumour was very close to the uterus and removing it could have led to the removal of the uterus as well. "In such a scenario, she would not have become mother ever," a senior doctor at the AIIMS said. After proper evaluation and planning, doctors successfully removed the 15-kg tumour from her uterus last month without causing any harm to the organ. According to the doctor, it was the largest uterine tumour they had ever operated upon. "The woman was in terrible pain and her abdomen was swollen. A CT scan revealed a huge tumour in her uterus. She was operated upon and the tumour was removed following four-hour surgery," the doctor explained. They also are claiming that the woman, who is unmarried, will be able to conceive in .
Tech Mahindra signs pact with Hyderabad varsity
:Information technology (IT) services firm Tech Mahindra Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Hyderabad-BioNEST (bio-incubator nurturing entrepreneurship for scaling technologies). The MoU would bring in high-motivation among young entrepreneurs and better translational outcome through information technology and artificial intelligence to the life science arena, a press release quoted the Vice-Chancellor of the university professor Appa Rao Podile as saying. The life science arena includes biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and allied areas, the release said. Under the pact, Tech Mahindra would help in providing all the technology support for the start-ups incubating in the varsity, thereby providing opportunity for joint go-to-market with the young entrepreneurs, it added. "We have 65 faculty members, 400 PhD scholars and postgraduate doctors and 350 masters students engaged in teaching, research and extension activities ..
Minister launches asthma manual for schools
Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and his Delhi counterpart Imran Hussain on Thursday launced an asthma manual for schools to help schools build better management plans for emergencies.
Free dialysis services will be provided in Gorakhpur hospitals: UP CM
With an aim to provide better healthcare to people, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that free dialysis services will be provided in every district hospital here. Adityanath inaugurated a 10-bed dialysis unit at the Gorakhpur district hospital. "Our government is very serious towards better health services. Keeping in view the increasing number of kidney patients, the decision has been taken to provide free dialysis services. The plan comes under the Ayushman Bharat scheme," he said. "The Ayushman Bharat is the biggest health scheme ever and under it, 1,18,00,000 people in Uttar Pradesh will be benefited," the chief minister said. The insurance scheme provides an annual health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family.
No plucking in several states from December 15: Tea Board
The Tea Board has asked gardens in many states in the east, north-east and north India -- except Assam -- to stop plucking from December 15. The board's order in this direction will apply to all tea manufacturing units situated in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, it said. The last date for intimating to the Tea Board regarding closure of manufacturing is December 17, and that for completion of sorting, packing of CTC, orthodox tea and moving the packs to notified storage areas with invoice marking is December 27 (for CTC) and December 31 for the orthodox variety, the order said. The objective of the move is to reduce inferior quality of teas, a senior official of the board said. Welcoming the decision, Rudra Chatterjee, Director of Luxmi Tea Co Pvt Ltd, said, "The crop quality generally starts deteriorating from November and gets worse by mid-December. To stop plucking and selling of the poor quality, the Tea Board has exercised
'Electrical stimulation helps three paralysed patients walk again'
Three paralysed patients have been able to walk again, thanks to precise electrical stimulation of their spinal cords via a wireless implant, Swiss scientists said. According to the study published in the journals Nature and Nature Neuroscience, after a few months of training the patients with chronic paraplegia were able to control previously paralysed leg muscles even in the absence of electrical stimulation. The study, called STIMO (STImulation Movement Overground), establishes a new therapeutic framework to improve recovery from spinal cord injury, said researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) in Switzerland. All patients involved in the study recovered voluntary control of leg muscles that had been paralysed for many years, they said. Unlike the findings of two independent studies published recently in the US on a similar concept, neurological function was shown to persist beyond training sessions even when ..
Nepal PM K P Oli's health improving: Doctors
The health of Nepal's Prime Minister K P Oli, who was admitted to a hospital after developing lung infection, is improving and would be discharged soon, according to the doctors. Oli, 66, was admitted to the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, on Monday after developing a lung infection, the hospital said in a statement. Prime Minister Oli's health has improved significantly and he would be discharged soon after further observation and consultation, Arun Sayami, coordinator of the doctors team looking after Oli's treatment, said. Oli's personal doctor Divya Singh said his respiratory tract infection and blood sugar level were now under control.
President of Senegal Macky Sall presides Merck Foundation Conference "Merck Africa Asia Luminary"
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany conducted the 5th Edition of "Merck Africa Asia Luminary" under the patronage of The President of The Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall and The First Lady of Senegal, Marieme Faye Sall, and in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Senegal.During his closing speech, The President of Senegal, Macky Sall emphasized "I am very glad to be hosting this important conference in Senegal, as it will help explore many partnership opportunities and introduce new frameworks for health capacity building in collaboration with our Ministry of health and Merck Foundation and other ministries of health and healthcare societies & institutions across the world. I personally urge African Governments to prioritize investing on healthcare capacity building."Prof. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of the Executive Board and Family Board of E-Merck KG emphasized, "Merck is a value driven company and that is one of the reasons why Merck ...
Hot coffee has higher levels of antioxidants than cold brew: Study
Hot-brewed coffee has higher levels of antioxidants than cold brew, which are believed to be responsible for some of the health benefits of the popular drink, a study has found. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, also found that the pH levels or acidity indicator, of both hot and cold coffee were similar, ranging from 4.85 to 5.13 for all coffee samples tested. Coffee companies and lifestyle blogs have tended to tout cold brew coffee as being less acidic than hot coffee and thus less likely to cause heartburn or gastrointestinal problems, said researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in the US. While the popularity of cold brew coffee has soared in recent years -- the US market grew 580 per cent from 2011 to 2016 -- the researchers found almost no studies on cold brew, which is a no-heat, long-steeping method of preparation. At the same time, there is well-documented research that hot-brewed coffee has some measurable health benefits, including lower risk of ..
Cadila Healthcare receives final approval for Vardenafil Hydrochloride Tablets and Ursodiol Tablets
The group also received the final approval from the USFDA to market Ursodiol Tablets, 250 mg (US RLD URSO 250 tablets) and 500 mg (US RLD URSO Forte tablets). It will be manufactured at the group's formulations manufacturing facility at Baddi. It is indicated for the treatment ofpatients with primary biliary cirrhosis, a chronic disease in which the bile ducts in liver are slowly destroyed.
Low-fat diet may help increase cancer survival chances in kids: Study
A low-fat diet may help increase the cancer survival rate of obese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, a study claims. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US administered the chemotherapy drug vincristine to obese and non-obese mice with leukemia. They discovered that if they switched the obese mice from a high-fat to a low-fat diet immediately before starting chemotherapy, the mice had a dramatically improved outcome. The mice on the low-fat diet had a five times higher survival rate than the mice in the high-fat diet group, the study published in the journal Cancer & Metabolism found. "The most exciting thing to me about this study is the fact that this shows that a dietary intervention could potentially help us kill leukemia cells in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia," said Steven Mittelman from UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. "The current treatments for leukemia are very toxic, so finding .
Zydus Cadila launches generic erectile dysfunction drug in US
Drug firm Zydus Cadila Thursday said it has launched generic Vardenafil Hydrochloride tablets used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in the American market. The company has launched the tablets in the strengths of 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg in the US market after receiving the final approval from the United States Food and Drug Adminstration (USFDA), Zydus Cadila said in a statement. The product will be manufactured at the group's formulations manufacturing facility at SEZ, Ahmedabad, it added. The group has also received the final approval from the USFDA to market generic Ursodiol tablets, 250 mg and 500 mg, which will be manufactured at the group's formulations manufacturing facility at Baddi, Zydus Cadila said. The Ursodiol tablets are indicated for the treatment of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, a chronic disease in which the bile ducts in liver are slowly destroyed, it added. The group now has 226 approvals and has so far filed over 330 abbreviated new drug ..