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PepsiCo to Launch 5 Products by Early Next Year

November 8, 2016 Srijita5%;, by, Early, Launch, Next?, PepsiCo, Products, to, Year

Beverages and snacks major PepsiCo India will launch up to five products by early 2017, intensifying its focus on nutrition and building a healthier portfolio of products. “We are moving as an organization towards creating a healthier portfolio, we have been working on developing products after understanding the local food palette and need for whole grains and nutrition in the Indian diet,” PepsiCo India VP-Nutrition Category Deepika Warrier told PTI. “We are looking at launching 4-5 new products by end this year or beginning of next year,” Warrier added. She…

Breakthrough malaria drug likely by ’18

November 6, 2016 Srijita18, breakthrough, by, Drug, Likely, malaria

Breakthrough malaria drug likely by ’18 (Getty Images) Contrary to the perception that drug research is mostly focused around the diseases of the elite, the antimalarial drug pipeline has increased nearly three-fold since 2008, with at least three new medicines expected to be launched in two to five years. India, where a lot of clinical trials have already begun, is likely to get a breakthrough anti-malarial drug Tafenoquine by 2018. The drug, a one-day-two-dose treatment, has already entered phase-three trials and once approved will replace the current 14-day treatment for…

Health Weekly Roundup: Diwali air over north India world’s worst, air pollution behind 1 in 10 under-5 deaths, new breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

November 6, 2016 Srijita1, 10', 2030:, 3.2, a, Air, behind, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Deaths, Diwali, Health, In, India, mn, New, North, Over, Pollution, Rise, Roundup:, to, Under-5, Weekly, World's, worst, Year

This week was filled with important medical discoveries, researches and health news. To ensure that you don’t miss any, we bring you a weekly roundup. Here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. Delhi chokes on worst Nov smog in many years The air quality index for 4 pm on November 2 was 432, in the “severe” category, while the index on October 31 (post Diwali) was 445. At 14 times the safe limit, Ggn breathes fire Concentration of PM 2.5 touched the…

New breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

November 5, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.2, a, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, mn, New, Rise, to, Year

New breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030 (Chad Baker/Getty Images) By 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned. India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet. Globally, cervical and breast cancer…

Weekend Detox Plan by An Expert: Rejuvenate and Reboot

November 4, 2016 Srijitaan, and, by, Detox, expert, Plan, Reboot, rejuvenate, Weekend

Binging, binging, binging…all in the name of Diwali. Card parties, family get-togethers, office get-together, you name it. Overfed, over tired and the body screaming for a break! That is my state today, so this weekend, I am going to ‘detox’, relaxing my digestive system, resting my brain and relieving my skin of all the indulgences of the past month. This is also the time when autumn is fading into winter, so breaking away from the usual helps the body get ready for the next season. Detox Menu: Start your morning…

New Breast Cancer Cases to Rise to 3.2 Million a Year by 2030

November 3, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.2, a, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Million, New, Rise, to, Year

By 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned. India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet. Globally, cervical and breast cancer take the lives of 800,000 women every year — with two-thirds of breast cancer deaths and…