Guwahati : Sleuths of the Kaziranga national park in Assam have arrested seven poachers for their alleged involvement in killing a Royal Bengal tiger, forest officials said on Saturday. Kaziranga Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Rohini Saikia said the guards arrested seven persons after they were found in possession of tiger skin and bones from Kahara […]
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Delhiites at high risk of suffering from brittle bones
New Delhi : A new study has found that people in the city are at a high risk of suffering from brittle bones which can cause fractures even with simple acts like bending over or coughing. Nearly 60 per cent of the respondents in Delhi, including men and women, were found suffering from osteopenia and nine […]
‘Calcium, vitamin D supplements not harmful for older people’
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) After a study by researchers in China claimed that supplements containing calcium, vitamin D or both may not protect older adults against bone fractures, doctors in India have said that these supplements are not harmful for people at risk of osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to become weak and […]