The Department of Health of England will officially circulate letters to all parents informing them about the obesity level of their wards. The department of health has shown commitment to control the ever growing epidemic of obesity among its nationals.

Medical service provider Fortis Health Care has decided to establish a medical institute that will also have a cancer research hospital, in Punjab with an initial investment of Rs 100 crore.

Fortis Healthcare CEO Shivinder Singh stated, “We have submitted a detailed plan to Punjab Government to upgrade the healthcare services in the state, which includes setting a medical education centre that would include nursing school, OPD centre and a large cancer hospital.”

A recent study revealed that the herb, Boswellia serratawas, also known as Indian Frankincense can lessen the symptoms of osteoarthritis.

Boswellia serrata was enriched with 30% AKBA (3-O-acetyl-11-keto-beta-boswellic acid), which is an anti-inflammatory material that works by suppressing the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme. The latter is significant in the regulation of the body's reaction to swelling.
 

A recent Australian study revealed that a daily dose of garlic lowers high blood pressure as efficiently as anti-blood pressure medications.

High blood pressure has affected a large number of people all through the world. Without successful treatment, it can result into heart attacks and strokes.

Physicians usually suggest sufferers to lower their daily consumption of salt, reducing body weight and becoming fit, despite taking medications if needed to lower blood pressure levels to the safe level of 140/90.

Elderly people are always more prone and sensitive at getting diseases, since they have a weak immune system which cannot effectively fight with the virus attacks. Until recently, it was thought that Flu vaccines can protect the older people from Flu and pneumonia, but this thought as per the researchers is false.

The survival story of Supratim Dutta is an uncommon story of a common man. A normal morning in the life of HCL executive turned into a battle of life. He was going to his office early morning on July 12 in a taxi. His driver fell asleep at the wheel and rammed the vehicle into a Delhi Metro Construction site at Ghitorni, on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road in south Delhi. A 5 feet long iron bar pierced through the bonnet of the car, impaled Dutta’s chest and fixed him to his car seat. Dutta called up his family and friends who took him to hospital. The iron rod had to be cut with iron cutter to release him.