Last you read, I prepared you with reasons why it is important to stay ahead in the race of - smart bacteria that can kill ...
01:55 PM, Apr 12, 2013
So we as humans think we are the smartest race. Well, we are. I don't disagree. Just look at the planes and cars and electricity ...
11:25 AM, Apr 10, 2013
So when a national newspaper broke this story on how water in New Delhi was contaminated with a superbug, of course it sounded like something ...
11:57 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: It's World Health Day on Sunday and the focus is on one of the biggest killers of this century. High blood pressure which affects one in three adults globally and 214 million Indians are projected to by hypertensive by 2030. 9.4 million Indians die due to hypertension every year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Nearly a third of young Indians - 33 per cent of men...
08:42 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: All antibiotics, tuberculosis drugs and other habit-forming medicines may soon have a label, warning users against over the counter medication, according to the latest draft notification by the Health Ministry. According to Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India records 70 thousand new multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases every year. India has already switched to using the second line drug Artemisinin for Malaria widely and nearly 5 per cent...
08:50 AM, Apr 04, 2013
To what's being called India's hidden epidemic, neurological disabilities hit 3.5 million people every year. The Kessler Foundation estimates there are 7 cases in India every minute, with people left unable to function on their own, even walk, like in spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries. ...
09:46 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Even as China deals with crippling levels of air pollution, a new report has discovered that air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India. Delhi has been rated as one of the most critically polluted cities, and Chief Minister Sheila Dixit has admitted that the situation is out of control. ...
11:35 AM, Feb 18, 2013
There is some good news and bad news for smokers. A new study published in the New England Medical Journal has found that if you smoke, you are likely to lose 10 years of life. But if you quit smoking at 40, you are likely to gain those years back. ...
09:47 AM, Jan 28, 2013
It's a rare moment of pride for India as it celebrates two years of being polio-free on Sunday. The drive against polio is considered to be one of the most effective public health campaigns launched in India and has started yielding positive results. ...
11:35 AM, Jan 13, 2013
The brutal gangrape and death of a 23-year-old paramedics student in New Delhi has left India enraged and shocked and a dialogue on reforms in ...
05:11 PM, Jan 12, 2013
As the young paramedic student battles for her life at a hospital in Singapore, where she was airlifted on Wednesday night, doubts have been raised as to why the gangrape survivor was shifted there for treatment. ...
04:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012
It is 12 December 2012 - and the unique date of 12.12.12 is being chased by, believe it or not, would-be mothers across cities in India. Numerologists say babies born on this date will be 'lucky'. No wonder then, there are many C-Section deliveries lined up for the day. ...
08:10 AM, Dec 12, 2012
December 1 is World AIDS Day and India has nearly 2.3 million HIV people living with HIV/AIDS. ...
08:18 AM, Dec 01, 2012
New Delhi: India has 61 million diabetics between 20-79 years according to the International Diabetes Federation. By 2030, this figure is estimated to go up to 101.1 million. President of the International Diabetes Federation Professor Jean Claude Mbanya said, 'Major number of diabetics are in the middle and low income countries." In fact by 2030, according to the estimates, 8.4 per cent of India's adult population will have diabetes. But...
08:20 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: A new study has estimated that 100 million people have died due to smoking in India over the last 100 years, and the worst apparently is yet to come. Nearly 4.52 trillion cigarettes and 40.3 trillion beedis have been produced in 100 years, between 1910 and 2010 in India, according to a new study published in the journal Current Science. And in an even more shocking revelation, the...
06:57 AM, Nov 12, 2012
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