Human anthrax and vultures

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

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Learning to live with noise pollution

Mental illness in fathers may increase the risk of preterm birth — new research

Stress-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, were associated with the highest risk of preterm birth

Cooking with ‘dirty’ fuels affects women’s mental health

Providing women in Nairobi, Kenya with stoves fuelled with bottled gas reduced their stress levels, study finds

Why should India invest in its adolescent population? New study has an answer

Rate of returns for females higher than that of males; intervention to address gaps in India’s mental healthcare for adolescents needed

World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO

While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019

COVID-19: No mechanism in place, persons with disabilities suffer in Bengal

Regular requirements of persons with disabilities were not being taken care of, according to district sources

Even an hour of screen time can affect mental health of 2-year-olds: study

Children and adolescents may have less curiosity, lower self-control & emotional stability, shows a study that surveyed more than 40,000 …

Gaming: How much is too much?

The WHO's decision to list gaming disorder as a mental health condition has several gamers and experts debating on its acceptance and validity 

Ayurveda offers remedy for failing memory

After yielding successful formulations like Liv. 52 and Guglip, Ayurveda now holds out promise of a new range of drugs to treat mental disorders.

Winning laurels

A new method for discovering important chemicals that could damage the nervous system gains a US patent for its inventors

Caught in the Web

Is getting hooked to the Internet a distinct disorder or is it a symptom of other psychiatric illnesses?

Climate change poses dire health and human rights risks

Human health relies on healthy ecosystems, but these are under threat. Securing the right to live in a healthy environment is crucial for all &…

Special trainings, aids for Ukraine health systems preparing for harsh winter amid war

Mental health of health workers, citizens also in focus

Neurons under study to tackle ailments better

A ray of hope for neurological disorders

Rising prevalence of eco-anxiety and climate anxiety is a growing concern

Eco-anxiety has both positive and negative effects on environmental education, ecological crisis and hindrances

Iodine deficiency causes mental handicap

Chandrakant Pandav , additional professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is a leading member …

WHO, ILO lay down guidelines to tackle stress in workplaces

Depression and anxiety are thought to account for 12 billion lost workdays annually, costing the world economy close to $1 trillion

How psychosocial support is highly neglected in humanitarian emergency response

Mental health and psychosocial support is essential to improve the well-being of children affected by humanitarian emergencies

Dementia going to increase three-fold by 2050

The estimated annual global cost of dementia is US$ 818 billion, equivalent to more than 1 per cent of global GDP

Depression, an invisible burden for TB patients; and we must urgently address this

The risk of people with mental disorders being prone to developing TB has often been overlooked

Depression single largest contributor to global disability, says WHO

The alarming thing is that the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in low-income countries