Stressful and erratic lifestyle, mothers not nursing babies adequately, smoking and pollution have put women at higher risk of developing breast cancer with health experts warning the situation has already reached an “alarming” level in the country. Over a 100,000 new incidences of breast cancer are occurring in India annually,Continue Reading
With birds in Delhi, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and Kerala testing positive for avian influenza AH5N8, the Centre on Tuesday issued a health advisory to states asking them to minimise bird-human interface to prevent an outbreak of bird flu. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), AH5N8 is considered less riskyContinue Reading
As Dengue and Chikungunya continue to affect people across northern India, Believers Church has started a campaign to educate economically weaker sections of the society about the disease and ways to prevent it. The drive was kicked off with a free Medical camp for the local community at Bharat Vihar,Continue Reading
Thenjippalam(Kerala): In a major breakthrough in cancer research, a Kerala scientist has identified a gene which prevents development of cancer cells. Dr P Arun of Thenjippalam in Malappuram district, who works at the Mayo Clinic in the US, discovered that Cyclin A2– the protein that regulates the cell cycle —does doubleContinue Reading
BHUBANESWAR: Japanese Encephalitis claimed two more lives today, raising the toll due to the vector-borne disease to 50 in the past one month in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Meanwhile, a police complaint was lodged against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other ministers and officials in Malkangiri police station, holding themContinue Reading
Five of the ten leading causes of disability across the world are mental health problems. And these problems prevail across socio-economic boundaries, genders, ages and nationalities. International studies about mental health in the workplace are increasingly telling a similar story of stress, depression and alcohol abuse, to name a few.Continue Reading
Surgeons are warning of the potentially deadly risk posed to young children by button batteries. If accidentally swallowed, the small, round batteries can get lodged in the oesophagus and burn a hole through its lining. London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital has seen a big increase in cases in the pastContinue Reading
In 2015, India, like other developed countries, had more number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. In the case of males, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (3.6 million) were more than double that were caused by communicable diseases (1.5 million), while it was nearly double in females (2.7 million dueContinue Reading
A British man could become the first person in the world to be cured of HIV using a new therapy designed by a team of scientists from five UK universities. The 44-year-old is one of 50 people currently trialing a treatment which targets the disease even in its dormant state. ScientistsContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Lack of infrastructure, logistical constraints, and myths and stigma attached to organ donation are the major hurdles keeping the rate of heart transplant in India at an “abysmal low” vis-a-vis in the west, according to health experts. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally,Continue Reading