Sugar-stricken

Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases

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BRICS nations discuss ways to achieve health goals through collaboration

Affordable health care and containing burden of diseases high on agenda

Scared to leap

Amphibians in India are besieged by numerous threats

Long commuting in metros can harm eyes

Rural people can now get anganwadis on demand

In short

Atrial fibrillation patients at greater stroke risk when exposed to air pollution: Study

AFib is a common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 2.7 million Americans

Dengue shadow over FIFA 2014

Three of the 12 games venues in Brazil—Natal, Fortaleza, and Recife—carry high-alert warning

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Arsenic more toxic for specific gene variation

The salt challenge

Its restriction in food can help India fight high BP

Andaman Trunk Road ignores SC order, affects Jarawas' lives

Green tribunal panel finds ash from Okhla plant 'truly hazardous'

Tribunal directs waste management company to control emissions, record plastic content of waste

Supreme Court bans sale of firecrackers in Delhi, NCR

The licences of existing firecrackers sellers will be suspended and the government will not issue new licences

Boost for global polio eradication campaign

India's triumph can help other polio-endemic countries understand how to deal with the challenge, Deepak Kapur, chairperson of Rotary’s …

Unsafe water stunting growth of Indian children: report

Malnutrition and stunting is higher in the country than in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, says a report by UNICEF and FAO

GlaxoSmithKline fined for unethical drug trials on infants in Argentina

Pharmaceutical giant to file appeal in apex court

Dung menace

Best among the worst

WHO identifies top 10 health risk factors

Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

National Family Health Survey out

More floods, no winter

Democratising the global food chain

From corporatisation to cooperatives

Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan