No decision to allow sale of medicine
using internet: J P Nadda
New Delhi: Government today said
it has not taken any decision to allow sale of medicines using the internet, a
day after an umbrella body of druggists and chemists announced a nationwide
strike on October 14 against "illegal" online sale of drugs.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda
today spoke to All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD)
president J S Shinde and clarified that no such decision has been taken by the
government.
"The Union Minister
clarified that no such decision has been taken by the government. He informed
them that views of all stakeholders will be taken into account as and when the
matter is taken up for consideration by the government," an official
statement said.
AIOCD, which has eight lakh
member chemists across the country, yesterday announced that it will observe a
bandh this Friday to oppose the central government's move to regularise online
sale of medicines.
"The government's move
towards regularising the sale of medicines through internet would increase the
risk of adverse drug reaction, which will give an opening for the entry of
low-quality...Mis-branded and spurious products. Entering of low-quality
products will have a major setback economically, which is estimated to hit
eight lakh chemists and about 80 lakh workers and their families," Shinde
had said yesterday.
The Union Health Ministry
statement said that to clarify the matter, a meeting was held between senior
officials of the Ministry and AIOCD on October 12 where the office bearers of
the organisation were informed that a number of representations have been
received both for and against this proposal.
It was informed during that
meeting that the matter had earlier been discussed in the meeting of the Drug Consultative
Committee (DCC) held on July 24 this year comprising the Drug Controller
General of India and all State Drug Regulators.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
15.10.2015
Summer-born kids likely to be taller and
healthier
London: Children who are born in summer are more likely to
be taller and healthier adults, suggests new research.
The study also revealed that girls born in summer attained
puberty later - an indication of better health in adult life.
More sunlight - and therefore higher vitamin D exposure - in
the second trimester of pregnancy could explain the effect, the researchers
said.
''Our results show that birth month has a measurable effect
on development and health, but more work is needed to understand the mechanisms
behind this effect," said lead author of the study John Perry from the
University of Cambridge.
The research, involving almost half a million people in
Britain, looked at whether the birth month had an effect on birth weight, onset
of puberty and adult height.
They found that children who were born in summer were
slightly heavier at birth, taller as adults and went through puberty slightly
later than those born in winter months.
The researchers compared the growth and development of
around 450,000 men and women from the UK Biobank study, a major national health
resource.
The results revealed that babies born in June, July and
August were heavier at birth and taller as adults.
The findings were detailed in the journal Heliyon.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
15.10.2015
It is easy to make good decisions when there are no
bad options
Robert Half
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