Merck faked to promote drug
Used phony journals to push Vioxx pharma giant Merck has been accused of using unscrupulous methods, including publication of fake journals, to promote its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx. The evidence...
View ArticleRight to Education Bill ignoring disabled, pass only after changes:...
The Right to Education Bill, likely to be passed by Lok Sabha on Monday, is at the centre of a new row with disability activists alleging that it deliberately excludes disabled children from its ambit,...
View ArticleStrong link between child disability and poverty
Randeep Ramesh Wealthy families in Britain are a third less likely to have a disabled child, a statistic that reveals an alarming social gradient because poorer families unlucky enough to have such...
View ArticleDisability and Census of 2011
Kamal Bakshi Counting the “invisible” children of Mother India. While the current focus of political debate is on ‘caste and census,' there is another important aspect that deserves attention. This...
View ArticleChronic diseases and injuries in India
Chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular diseases, mental health disorders, diabetes, and cancer) and injuries are the leading causes of death and disability in India, and we project pronounced increases...
View ArticleAffidavit filed in the Supreme Court of India dated 4/08/2011 in re: Endosulfan
The interim report of Joint Expert Committee on endosulfan submitted to the Supreme Court. Says that the ban on this pesticide should be limited to Kerala and Karnataka only, since none of the other...
View ArticleTrain localites to treat Endosulfan victims
Rehabilitation centres for Endosulfan affected victims are in need of experienced and skilled physiotherapists and aesthetic- prosthetic engineers and modern instruments. Localites should be trained as...
View ArticleThe State of the World’s Children 2013: children with disabilities
The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities examines the barriers – from inaccessible buildings to dismissive attitudes, from invisibility in official statistics to vicious...
View ArticleExperts make ‘artificial bones’ from stem cells
Scientists have successfully developed “artificial bones” from umbilical cord stem cells, paving way for repair of bones and replacement of lost cartilage in limbs. Scientists in Granada, Spain, patented
View ArticleJudgement of the Supreme Court of India on providing reservation to provide...
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Union of India & Others Vs National Federation of the Blind & Others dated 08/10/2013 on failure of the Govt of India to provide...
View ArticleLower drug dose may help more stroke patients live
There's good news for stroke patients - a reduced dosage of a popularly used medicine not only does the job but can improve survival rates as well, findings of a latest global study show. Researchers at
View ArticleRheumatoid arthritis in Agricultural Health Study Spouses: Associations with...
Farming has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the role of pesticides is not known. Researchers examined associations between RA and pesticides or other agricultural exposures among
View ArticleElite wheelchair rugby: a quantitative analysis of chair configuration in...
Limited recommendations of wheelchair configurations for court sports have been identified in the published literature. To accommodate the wide range of impairments in wheelchair rugby, players are
View ArticleDirect skeletal attachment prosthesis for the amputee athlete: the unknown...
Lower limb amputees often experience complications with the use of conventional socket-type prostheses, which further reduce their already compromised ability to perform the activities of daily living,
View ArticleTanzania Human Rights Report 2016
Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has been documenting human rights situation in Tanzania and producing the Tanzania Human Rights Report since 2002. In the preparation and production of this report
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding compliance of the Rights of...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation Vs Union of India and Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding compliance of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
View ArticleEffect of Tai Chi for the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis in elderly...
Osteoporosis (OP) has been defined as a degenerative bone disease characterised by low bone mass and microstructural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to fragility and an increased risk of fractures,
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding benefits and facilities to be...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajive Raturi Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/07/2018 regarding the benefits and facilities that are to be provided to the persons suffering
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding rights of persons suffering...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajive Raturi Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/01/2019. The SC had had passed the judgment and order dated 15.12.2017 whereby the States as
View ArticlePersons with Disabilities in India: NSS 76th round (July – December 2018)
National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted a Survey of Persons with Disabilities during July 2018 to December 2018 as a part of 76th round of...
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