-Livemint.com The latest findings add further evidence in support of policies that limit ultra-processed foods and instead promote eating unprocessed or minimally-processed foods to improve public health worldwide A new study have driven home the point that high intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular DISEase, bowel (colorectal) cancer and death. The study, published in the journal The BMJ, informed that the latest findings add further evidence...
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Lumpy DISEase: 35,000 cattle killed in 9 states -Shagun
-Down to Earth Multiplication of vectors, stray cattle main reasons behind spread A total of 35,000 cattle have died due to lumpy skin DISEase in nine Indian states as of August 23, 2022, according to the Union department of Animal Husbandry. Around 900,000 cattle have been infected, as the department tries to contain any further spread of the DISEase. Lumpy skin DISEase (LSD) is a viral illness, caused by lumpy skin DISEase virus...
More »Fortified rice is not suitable for everyone's consumption, state activist of ASHA and Right to Food Campaign
-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) dated 22 August, 2022 New Delhi, August 22, 2022: An RTI response by the Ministry of Women and Child Development reveals knee-jerk and self-protecting measures in the form of a few circulars issued by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development with regard to Fortified...
More »Rise in hysterectomies among young women, at private hospitals will cause a crisis; here is why -Jesty Saira Varghese
-Down to Earth Undergoing hysterectomy at younger ages can have adverse health impacts including osteoporosis and cardiovascular DISEases The rise in cases of hysterectomy or the surgical procedure for uterus removal in India has been a cause of concern in recent years, with critics complaining that doctors are too quick to take out the uterus at the smallest sign of trouble. While it is difficult to gauge the actual extent of the problem...
More »Rajasthan: Over 4,200 Animals, Mainly Cows, Die of Lumpy Skin DISEase
-PTI/ Newsclick.in Over 94,000 cattle infected by virus across 16 districts. Barmer, Jodhpur, Jalore worst hit, say officials. Jaipur: The lumpy skin DISEase among animals has spread at an alarming speed in Rajasthan where more than 4,000 animals, mainly cows, have died due to it and over 90,000 have been infected. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the state government is making every effort to prevent the spread of the DISEase. He...
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