State's Environment and Forest Minister, Th Debendra inaugurated a 3 day long International conclave on medicinal plants today at the RIMS Jubilee Hall.  The conclave is being organised by the Department of Forest, Government of Manipur in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Government of India and AYUSH with the support of World Health Organisation (WHO) India chapter and Ministry of DoNE.

Recent research has shown that Type-1 diabetes and celiac disease share some genetic roots. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, analyzed data collected from 9,339 healthy people, 8,064 people with type-1 diabetes and 2,560 people with celiac disease. Data analysis showed those four celiac disease genetic mutations that also appeared in people with type-1 diabetes and two diabetes mutations that also appeared to raise the risk of celiac disease.

A Japanese study has put forward a fact that high resting heart rates may be linked to the development of obesity and diabetes.

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which is basically a network of neurons in the body, regulates the heart rate without conscious thought. Furthermore, it is also believed to control the large intestine, blood vessels, pupil dilation, perspiration and blood pressure.