Country’s premier medical institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday said that the drugs, which were used on the 49 children, were found to be “safe” and the children were also not selected from a particular socio-economic group.

Suffering from a controversy over the reports of deaths of 49 children during clinical trials of new medicines in the premier institute during the last two-and -a-half years, AIIMS said that all the studies had undergone scientific scrutiny and had all the required regulatory and ethical approvals.

According to report of the institute the infants died because they had "high-risk and serious disease conditions.

Having traditional English breakfast could be harmful to your health as it may expose you to a risk of bowel cancer. The food which contains fried eggs, sausages, bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes has about 700 calories and people who have this diet are 63% more prone to get into the risk of bowel cancer.

People who eat more fry-ups with bacon and sausages have more risk of bowel cancer. Consumption of processed meat will get into higher risk of bowel cancer. About two third risk of bowel cancer is increased after eating 150g of such diet in a day and if you eat about 50g the risk is increased by a fifth.

On Monday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced to pay of Rs. 5 lakhs to each victim, who had been undergoing treatment of eye cataract surgery and complained of blurred vision post surgery, during the eye camp at Perambalur.

Karunanidhi further said the Government would conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter. He also said that all patients who currently are being treated would get a monthly pension of Rs 400.

The patients complained to the administration that they have been given expired eye drops during the eye operation, which was conducted in a camp organized by a private Joseph Institute of Ophthalmology on July 28. Sadly, six victims lost their eyesight completely yesterday.

A non-profit group raised an issue regarding the deaths of 49 children during clinical trials of new medicines in AIIMS during the last two-and -a-half years. This group believes that the children enrolled for the clinical tests were from poor families. The Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups had sought information about the trials through a freedom-of-information request.

The hospital denied that children involved in the trails had poor socio-economic background. Moreover the children enrolled for the trials represented the "prevailing mix" of patients treated at the premier institute AIIMS on Tuesday said that the drugs used in the trials were found safe in earlier studies and "not known" to have fatal complications.

The Public health officials of Canada linked 6 deaths to the bad quality of meat. The outbreak of a deadly bacterial disease is expected to come from tainted ready-to-eat meat produced by Maple Leaf Foods. The director-general of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating the matter.

Two people are found suffered from dangerous ailment Listeriosis. It is a sort of food poisoning which can adversely hit the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions. The detectable symbols of disease are fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday discussed some points related to public health and medical facilities during a function. He laid the foundation stone of Jorhat Medical College at Jorhat in Assam. He also flagged off a Mobile Medical Unit in the first day of his two-day visit to Assam. He appreciated the efforts of the state government. He congratulated the state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his valuable efforts to set up a medical college in Assam. He hoped that the vision of CM to open three medical colleges will materialize soon.