Puffing to death

Ulcerous water

Steer clear!

Tense? Cut down on fat

A lowfat diet can be as effective as any single drug therapy in checking high blood pressure

Different 'strokes'

Antifreeze

Scientists figure out the common cold "handshake"

Wider ambit

Move to increase scope of international health laws

Health report 2016: a glance at major developments

Down To Earth takes a probing look into key health issues that raised concerns and dominated medical discourse in 2016

Zika-the new global pandemic

After dengue and chikungunya, the Aedes mosquito is delivering a new emergency— Zika. Down To Earth looks into the reasons behind the …

What next?

मिलने लगा ऊंटों को इलाज, पशुपालकों ने ली राहत की सांस

लॉकडाउन की वजह से राजस्थान के ऊंटों को इलाज नहीं मिल पा रहा था

स्वास्थ्य जांच में कारगर हो सकते हैं मेले

सिंहस्‍थ कुंभ में लोगों की उच्‍च रक्‍तचाप एवं ओरल हेल्‍थ की जांच करने के बाद शोधकर्ता इस नतीजे पर पहुंचे हैं। इस अध्ययन में ...

Mobile health system can help regulate hypertension, diabetes: study

Basic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol need to be fed into the mHealth system, called mWellcare

Promoting good food is cheap and the returns are 12 times the investment

For every $1 invested in policies to control lifestyle diseases, the financial returns can ensure millions of lives are saved, says WHO. But is …

Studying poop samples, scientists find clues on health and disease

Agricultural antibiotics, those fed to animals, were detected in many people who claimed they hadn’t taken antibiotics in the year prior to …

Half a teaspoon of baking soda every day can help prevent autoimmune diseases

The same should not be done without consulting a physician

Five little-known diseases to watch out for in 2017

Emerging diseases on which the experts are keeping a close eye

Hypertension affects 1.13 billion people globally; 199 million reside in India

The burden of high blood pressure witnessed a dip in high and middle-income countries but low-income countries experienced a surge

Zoonotic diseases: interview with Sarman Singh of AIIMS

A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be spread from animals to humans. Scientists estimate that more than six out of every 10 infectious …

Why evolution must be at the centre of fighting parasitic infections

Each year more than 200 million cases of malaria are recorded across the globe

End of innocence

Two recently published American studies reveal that cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause arterial blockages in infected individuals

Rise in hypertension cases in Delhi highest in the age group of 35 to 44 years

The prevalence of hypertension, an important risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases, has increased rapidly in the National Capital Region over …

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Human factor in swine flu

आपके इम्यून सिस्टम को नुकसान पहुंचा सकता है जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक

यदि आप भी अपने भोजन में जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक ले रहें हैं तो होशियार हो जाइये, क्योंकि जरुरत से ज्यादा नमक आपके इम्यून ...