African health ministers adopt PEN-PLUS strategy against non-communicable diseases

Stretegy will help bridge access gap in treatment, care of patients with chronic & severe NCD

In just three years, chikungunya cases in India increased by 390 per cent

Yet, the government spent just 68 per cent of total funds allocated in 2016 to fight vector-borne diseases

WHO’s new programme to eliminate neglected tropical diseases in Africa

These diseases affect economically poorer sections having severe impact on their lives and progress

‘Elderly women more overweight, obese than men’

More elderly aged 60 and above were overweight and obese in urban areas than in rural areas, found Longitudinal Ageing Study in India 

Wildfire smoke is an increasing threat to Canadians’ health

Older adults, people living in low-income areas, and those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and other chronic …

Ebola re-emerges in the Democratic Republic of Congo

36 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo less than two weeks after the WHO declared an end to the outbreak

The muck stops here

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive …

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

Eat sauce, fight cancer

Go grab a slice of pizza and be liberal with the ketchup. The tomato paste may help prevent many types of cancers

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Gas chamber

Industries spew poison unchecked in Chhattisgarh

Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do

Gas chamber

Industries spew poison unchecked in Chhattisgarh

Biodiversity loss identified as biggest reason for emergence of infectious diseases

Policy efforts to strengthen conservation would help, suggests new study

What is killing people in India: A complete picture

Disease of the Respiratory System has been the major cause of death since 2000

Bitter is better

Eating bitter food can help cure repiratory diseases

10-minute typhoid test

New technique can also detect the disease in early stages

Cancerous spread

Vultures on death row

Human persecution is the main cause behind the high mortality of vultures in India

Double whammy

Fresh outbreak of SARS, avian flu

Global aid on sanitation is southward bound

Hazards of sugar may be under reported

The sugar industry sponsered a study on coronary heart disease which downplayed sugar as a risk factor

India’s burden of heart diseases: Study says elderly, women more at risk

About a third of the senior citizens have been diagnosed with hypertension, 5.2% with chronic heart disease and 2.7% with stroke  

Should we treat chronic disease patients only if they agree to lifestyle monitoring?

The challenge of a rapidly increasing health care budget has prompted a call for “lifestyle rationing” of medical help to people who …

Clinical trials for first dengue treatment could start within a year

The dengue virus poses a grave risk to people in tropical and sub-tropical countries with an estimated 400 million getting infected globally each year