Recently the government of many countries have made gay marriage a legal act. And now an ace condom maker is all set to launch a gay condom as number of the HIV infections among the same-sex couples has been increased in India. The condom may be named as Spice Up.
According to a survey by the condom manufacturer’s Family Planning Promotion Trust along with National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), gay couples experienced discomfort using conventional condoms.
Confirming the news, an executive from the company’s family planning trust said, “We are still in the process of developing the product. As far as the costing goes, we are still unsure if it must be sold in the socially marketed category or in genera one. However, this concern is secondary to product development.”
After a homegrown swine flu vaccine, India has developed an indigenous swine flu H1N1 detection kit. Defence Research and Development Organisation, Imperial Life Sciences and Ocimum have been credited with the feat following a review by ICMR director general Dr V M Katoch.
The country reels under a fresh H1N1 swine flu outbreak with 548 fresh cases reported only last week and the highest cases for this year. There have been 38 deaths between July 19 and 25.
Dr Katoch said, “These companies have successfully developed indigenous swine flu testing kits. At present, India imports these kits from US-based Applied Biosystems and Swiss firm Roche Diagnostics, which are quite expensive. The Indian kits will cost only one-third as compared to their imported counterparts.” ICMR director said, “We will unveil the most promising product in the next few weeks. The idea is to get an effective testing kit available as early as possible,” India had been importing the CDC-approved real-time PCR kits for detection of H1N1 despite high costs. the country was spending Rs 5,000 for each negative test.
A disadvantage of sipping too many cups of tea is that you may become victim of rheumatoid arthritis, especially if you are a woman. Those who never consume tea are less likely to have this disease. This finding was revealed in a study that was meant to analyze differences between tea and coffee.
The study was conducted on more than 76,000 women who consumed tea regularly and were found to be 79% more likely to have rheumatoid arthritis. It was also found that coffee is never likely to be responsible for the disease.
Now the study that took place in the US and presented in Rome, will focus on the method of preparation of the two drinks and how they are linked to this disease.
Within one year of H1N1 virus surfacing in India, the country has launched indigenously made vaccine called Vaxi Flu-S to combat the virus. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has launched the vaccine on Thursday. The vaccine is manufactured by Zydus Cadila.
On this occasion, the minister said, “Post-Independence, this is the first influenza vaccine which has been indigenously made. The H1N1 made us think that we could not wait for importing vaccines, keeping in view the huge population. I am happy we achieved our goal on time.” Azad also got himself vaccinated with this single-dose vaccine.
He said that the vaccine will be available in all parts of the country shortly. The vaccine has been tested on over 250 people and it can be administered on people 18 years to 60 years of age.
The age-old habit and almost a tradition in many culture of drinking milk regularly look to be beneficial in many ways as has been found in new scientific studies. Drinking of milk has been particularly found helpful for muscle builders as well as for keeping accumulation of fat off from the body.
A new study held at McMaster University has shown that diary foods are not fattening for women and men. What surprised the scientist is that drinking of milk actually helped in fat loss. Perhaps this is mainly due to a combination of calcium, high-quality protein and vitamin D found in milk.
A group of women were given 500ml of fat free white milk one after exercise. But it was found that they hardly gained any weight. It was found out that simple exercise and milk consumption work for improving women’s health substantially.
In earlier studies, it was already proved that in men, milk increased muscle mass and fat loss.
Recently the government of many countries have made gay marriage a legal act. And now an ace condom maker is all set to launch a gay condom as number of the HIV infections among the same-sex couples has been increased in India. The condom may be named as Spice Up. 
