What's happening to us when we get drunk?

Alcohol acts as a central nervous system depressant. This means it slows down the rate at which brain cells and other nerves in the body …

Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5

Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states

The dilemma of drink in India’s tribal areas

Should tribals regularly consuming home-brewed alcohol be let off as a cultural practice, or should it be targeted just like any other unhealthy …

Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report

Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Vimal’ apology: Health activists criticise action, say damage has been done

Activists urge amendment of Act that regulates tobacco products and surrogate advertising promulgated 20 years ago

Countries join hands to prevent, control non-communicable diseases

Governments of Ghana and Norway formed the first group to fast-track progress towards reducing NCD deaths by a third

Lakshadweep: ‘New laws calculated effort to alter habits of people evolved over generations’

Changing land laws and bringing in outside corporates could change the very character of fragile Lakshadweep

US woman's bladder produces alcohol in rare medical condition: Study

The woman suffers from liver damage and poorly-managed diabetes and is on a transplant list

Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment

A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment

Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will

Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity

Risky behaviour on the rise, so are its health effects: World Bank

Report calls for public intervention to curb smoking, alcohol and drug abuse and unsafe sex

A little alcohol a day can keep heart attacks at bay

But drinking beyond a stipulated limit can increase the risk manifold

3.3 million people died of excessive drinking in 2012: WHO report

Alcohol consumption rising in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, stable in Europe, Americas and Africa

How safe is your hand sanitiser

The government hasn’t had much control over India’s hand sanitising manufacturers, who have mushroomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic 

Is bar soap as gross as millennials say? We’re all covered with microbes anyway

We can’t see the trillions of microbes — the bacteria, fungi and viruses; we are ecosystems that house all kinds of microbial life