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Intelligent scales, e-forks, tracking bracelets... Slowly, but surely, connected objects - eHealth - are becoming part of our daily lives.

The International BIO 2010 convention, held recently in Chicago, was a chance to promote French expertise and strengths in the biotechnologies sector. Almost half of all new drugs on the world market have their origins in biotechnologies. Outside healthcare, nano-biotechnologies, a cross between biotechnologies and ICT, and biotechnologies for environmental purposes are particularly promising research areas.

Having nearly 275 million tobacco users, India ranks second globally and very close to China (approximately 301 million users). But unlike China, where nearly all are smokers and nearly 95 per cent smoke manufactured cigarettes, India accounts for more of smokeless tobacco users - 206 million, says a study published on 17th Aug, in The Lancet.

India has taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced at the Polio Summit 2012. "WHO has taken India's name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have made during the past one year," Azad said.

Till a few days ago we thought that going at the current trends of Polio cases, India might be completely polio free in a few years. In 2011, only 1 case of Polio was reported in the country. While in 2010, the numbers of cases reported were 39 compared to 498 in 2009.

The southwestern US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with 17 deaths blamed on the mosquito-borne disease. Throughout the state 465 people have been sickened since the start of the year, putting it on track to have the most cases since the disease first emerged a decade ago.

Researchers from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India found that chemicals present in chewing tobacco and other smokeless forms of tobacco affect the bodily enzymes along with impairing the genes or DNA, reports research.

New Hampshire is going to become the first state to allow doctors, clinics and hospitals for using electronic prescription system by 2008. Government's John Lynch's Citizens Health Initiative, group of doctors, is leading the way of e-prescriptions.

Two fifths of men in developing countries still smoke or use tobacco, and women are increasingly starting to smoke at younger ages, according to a large international study which found "alarming patterns" of tobacco use.

US hospitals are not effectively using Facebook to engage patients, develop their brands or build health care communities, according to a new study, Healthcare IT News reports.