Happiness of nations

People who seek fulfilment only in material well-being are not satisfied, says the shrink, looking at the 'dark side' of the American dream

Run from cover

Health insurance companies pursue customers till policies are sold. Then they disappear. The nature of business has already changed the treatment …

Left to quacks

Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims

The fag end

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What an irony!

Sleepy concern

Indiscriminate use of melatonin is being debated by the public health authorities in the US

Sleepless in USA

Americans wake up to a vital need of the human body: sleep

Bookworms beware

Check it!

Medical products leach out toxic chemicals

Where do pregnant women go?

The body factory

Sayantan Bera photographs the no-nonsense obsession with muscles

South Asia

Less out-of-pocket expenditure for births in public facilities in rural areas, NFHS-5 finds

The latest figures suggest that Manipur spends more OOPE in both rural and urban areas, whereas Gujarat spends less among states and Dadra and …

AMR, flu pandemic again top WHO’s list of health challenges for 2020

UN body also lists newer challenges related to adolescents, emerging technologies and food among others

First African chief of WHO sets his agenda: addressing climate change impact on health

His top priorities include advancing universal health coverage and putting wellbeing of women and children at the heart of global health and …

Centuries-old obsession

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Fumes and wrinkles

Smoking not only affects your mouth and lung but it also plays a vicious part in expediting ageing and is responsible for premature wrinkles

When I abandoned movies, yoga came to my rescue

For Aashiqui actor Anu Aggarwal, yoga brought happiness and also provided tools to find it

Best among the worst

WHO identifies top 10 health risk factors

Pestering the glands

Study says women exposed to pesticides have impaired thyroid gland function

VOC slip-up

USA miscalculates cancer risk

World Health Day 2022: Here’s looking at health, food & India

Killing oneself

Magnetic field of devices like hair dryers can damage brain

Primary health care, community health workers bag spotlight at WHA

The member states decided to implement Declaration of Astana and allocate adequate resources to support community health workers

Killer puff

Smoking killed 100 million men in last century