The latest report by the World Health Organization(WHO) has come up with some heartbreaking revelations. According to the report, titled, ‘Air Pollution and Child Health: Prescribing Clean Air,’ 93%(1.3 billion) of the children under the age of 15 years breath polluted air which puts their health and development at an[Read More…]
New Delhi: As many as 290 fresh cases of dengue were reported in the national capital in the week ending October 27, compared to 190 in the previous week, according to a municipal report released on Monday. As per the latest report, 1,310 people have been diagnosed with the vector-borne[Read More…]
New York: Mid-aged women transitioning to menopause may be able to lower their risk of developing stroke, heart disease and Type-2 diabetes if they exercise more or eat a low calorie diet, suggests a research. The study showed that physically active women were less likely to get incidents of metabolic[Read More…]
New York: If your diet consists of pro-inflammatory foods such as processed meat, carbonated beverages and vegetables other than the green leafy and dark yellow variety, you may be at a higher risk of developing kidney failure, researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, suggest. The findings showed that diets that[Read More…]
London: Hormones could be the reason why cannabis affects women differently than men, brain studies on animals and humans suggest. The studies showed that sex differences in response to cannabis are not just socio-cultural, but biological too. The findings showed that men are up to four times more likely to[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said the government is aiming to establish an electronic database system across all the districts in India. “We are aiming at establishing an electronic database in all its districts by the year 2020, to reduce the burden of paper-based data collection,[Read More…]
Modi government launched Ayushman Bharat Scheme aims to provide better health benefits to the poor people of the country. While many beneficiaries of the this scheme were treated for free, there has been a major negligence associated with Ayushman Bharat Scheme in medical college of Lucknow. In a recent shocking[Read More…]
New York: Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic in the US have found that better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to better longevity, regardless of age, with no limit on the positive effects of aerobic fitness. Cardiorespiratory fitness is the ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen to skeletal muscles[Read More…]
London: People who commute — walking or cycling — through natural environments are more likely to develop better mental health than those who commute less, according to a new study. Natural environments included all public and private outdoor spaces that contain ‘green’ and/or ‘blue’ natural elements such as street trees,[Read More…]
Jaipur: The number of people infected with the Zika virus has gone up to 100 in Jaipur, officials said on Thursday. State Chief Secretary D.B. Gupta held a review meeting and directed the officials to carry out anti-larvae activities in educational institutions and administrative buildings in Jaipur. Veenu Gupta, Chief[Read More…]
With the legalization of Marijuana sales, Canada becomes the first G7 country and second country in the world to legalise cannabis use across the country. Now buying weed is no longer beyond one’s approach would be available both ‘online’ and on retail stores. It is to see how it performs[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Centre will come up with a new homeopathy institute in the national capital which will offer post-graduate courses in seven disciplines, ministry of Ayush said on Tuesday. “The intake of PG students will be seven students per department per academic year. The intake of PhD students will[Read More…]
New York: A majority of older patients who underwent heart valve surgery were found to be at risk of cognitive problems up to six months after surgery, researchers say. Researchers, from the University of Rochester in the US, examined whether surgeries on two types of heart valves — the mitral[Read More…]
London: People with diabetes are more at risk of deaths from alcohol-related factors, accidents or suicide, than non-diabetics, a study has found. The increased risk of death from these causes may be related to the mental health of patients, which may be adversely affected by the psychological burden of living[Read More…]
New Delhi: Amidst the hectic schedule of day-to-day life, we often neglect common digestive problems such as acidity. Considering these digestive problems to be minor, we either ignore or tend to treat them by ourselves. Acidity can cause heartburn — a burning sensation in the chest, stomach and throat. However,[Read More…]
In an era where speech is more and more polarised and combative, ‘labels’ used to refer to mentally unhealthy people can lead to negative effects that you and I can’t imagine of. ‘Mental illness’ label haunts, stops people from seeking help According to study researcher Brea Perry of the University[Read More…]
Jaipur: A total of 29 positive cases of Zika virus, including three pregnant women, have been detected in Jaipur, said Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, she said: “To date, a total of 29 cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Jaipur.[Read More…]
Bengaluru: While the fate of some of the Netflix series (such as Sacred Games) is caught up in fire after the dissolution of Phantom Films, many people have and continue to fall victim to Netflix addiction – a sub category of screen addiction. Researchers in the city have found cases[Read More…]
Mumbai: Eminent surgical oncologist of Mumbai Sultan A. Pradhan was conferred the prestigious Dhanvantari Award at a function held here, an official said. Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao did the honours on Sunday night before dignitaries including NCP leader Sharad Pawar, former Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, D.Y. Patil, Rahul Goyal[Read More…]
Expanding its usage, selfie trends has crept into many government sectors including hospitals, schools in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. After a school in Uttar Pradesh, now doctors in Munger district of Bihar have also been asked to submit their selfie to mark attendance. Making the best use of technology in[Read More…]
Refusing the PM Modi’s dream plan, ‘Ayushman Bharat Scheme’, around 500 private hospitals in Chhattisgarh unanimously decided to not to treat patients under the scheme. Earlier, all the 500 hospitals were empanelled under various schemes of the National Health Insurance Scheme and state medical schemes. Indian Medical Association, state unit[Read More…]
India has 600 million young people and any death due to lack of blood is a matter of shame, says 43-year-old athlete Prakash M. Nadar. Like a soldier or a doctor or a well-wisher, this polio-afflicted man is a saviour for many. Nadar, a Marathi dwells in Mumbai and has[Read More…]
It is not even two weeks since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana–Ayushman Bharat and called it a game-changer initiative to serve the poor and the names of few important people from Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has emerged among its beneficiaries.[Read More…]
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
By Dr C.M. Batra According to the International Diabetes Federation’s ‘Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease report, in 2015, approximately five million were estimated to have died from diabetes, the majority of these as a result of cardiovascular complications. The report adds that populous countries have the largest absolute number of people[Read More…]