The federal government of India has instated rules imposing mandatory pictorial health warning signs on all packaging containing tobacco products. The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packing and Labeling) Rules 2006 will come into effect starting February 1, 2007. It will allow traders and manufacturers time to implement the necessary modifications.

Each packaged tobacco product is to contain the health warning as specified in the regulatory plan.

A research by scientists at Missouri University-Columbia's Sinclair School of Nursing has reveled that exercising can help boosting mental and physical well-being of cancer patients. However, the study didn't suggest what type of exercise is most effective or how much a person needs to work out in order to benefit.

The research comes in line with previous studies that garner benefits of exercise in cancer patients, but have yielded mixed results.

A new study finds that taking dietary supplements does not fight the growth of cancer, or alter the course of precancerous conditions.

According to work published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, supplements such as vitamins, antioxidants, retinol or garlic were proven to have no effect on the disease.

A vaccine for avian influenza has been developed by the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory. This discovery brings India on par with China, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand. The vaccine used killed H5N1 virus and can be used during a H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

The immune response is good and the vaccine offers protection of above 90 percent. The lab is now in the process of looking into the duration of protection.

Beijing, China (AHN)-In addition to keeping tabs on its 1.8 billion people, China will now begin tracking its vegetables.

In an attempt to ensure food safety during the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing is planning to give every cabbage, carrot and pea pod its own identity number and file.