Food allergies: what you need to know about the role your skin plays
The reasons for the rise in allergies are complex, but the skin is now recognised to play an important role as a gatekeeper for the body’s …
Respiratory, cardiac diseases on the rise
In ten years from now, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai together will record the highest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution
Smog and health of aam aadmi
The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …
Pollen rain
Breaking past records, the city Atlanta was enveloped by a coat of pollen from the trees of northern Georgia
Deadly Dimensions
Diesel may be the most commercially viable fuel at present, but one that raises serious doubts on the future of urban health. Sundeep Salvi of …
Breathing easy
A hundred medicines, a dozen therapies but no cure, that is the story of asthma treatment world wide. Complementary medicine fill the vacuum
Gasping millions
Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler …
How carcinogenic is your CAR?
Do you want a country full of cars? Cars cause cancer. Scientists can even measure the cancer potency levels of the cars we ride. The so-called …