3 New year resolutions for people with arthritis
Every year we take new year resolution to give up a bad habit or to begin a good one. This years theme for World Arthritis...
Follow traditional diets to reduce obesity
While being interviewed for the post of a dietitian , a candidate was asked if she were a poor housewife and she wanted to cook a nutritional...
Ayurveda treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Two years back I spent a month in an ayurveda hospital to recuperate from the side-effects of an accident. While lying in the hospital I...
For a healthy adulthood parents must ensure kids get enough Nutrition for growth
Mother has a 75 year old helper called Bhavani Amma. I remember Bhavani Amma for her peculiar diet, or 'strict diet', that baffles everyone. Before...
Ministry of environment issues draft notification to check lead in household and decorative paint
According to a notification by Ministry of Environment, metallic lead in household and decorative paint exceeding 90 parts per million is hereby prohibited. The Ministry of...
66 percent of Children tested had more than 5 Blood Lead Level
In Cities in India, people are aware that the environment is polluted and that Lead is one of the pollutants. During the Lead in Maggi...
Few facts about Mosquito-borne Zika Virus in India
There is an alarming spread of the Zika virus in various parts of the world by the Aedes aegypti mosquito that is also the carrier of dengue, yellow...
Be part of the Big Impact: Stop Lead Poisoning
Colourless, odourless and poisonous lead, invisible to the naked eye but is present in the soil, water, air and products of daily use. In countries like...
Where does lead in food come from?
Our body does not require lead, an element found in nature, but because of the presence of lead in many consumer products, and manufacturing process,...