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 …

कोरोना महामारी और शराब पर आधारित अर्थव्यवस्था

सड़कों पर दम तोड़ते श्रमिकों का इलाज पानी और भोजन है - यह समझने के लिए शराब के नशे मे डूबे समाज और सरकारों ...

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 …

हैरतअंगेज: एक महिला के शरीर से निकलता है अल्कोहल

महिला के ब्लैडर (मूत्राशय) में यीस्ट का खमीरीकरण हो जाता है, जिससे इसके शरीर में अपने आप ही अल्कोहल बन जाता है

Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report

Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules

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