Lancet’s new commission aims to tackle potential public health threats for this century
Lancet Commission will look at factors that will impact population health the most through 2050 and beyond
India fourth in number of global malaria cases: Lancet report
All other nine high malaria prevalance countries are African
Clear and present danger: Lancet study highlights AMR time bomb in India, world
A recent study in The Lancet showed alarming casualties due to antimicrobial resistance globally, especially Asia and Africa; it also …
Air pollution killed 1.7 million Indians in 2019: Lancet report
Death rate from outdoor ambient air pollution up 115% in 2 decades, flags Lancet Planetary Health report
Smoking marijuana daily increases psychosis risk five-fold: study
The research adds to previous studies that have found links between cannabis and psychosis, but does not definitely pin point cannabis as the cause
Alarming increase in global use of antibiotics, India is the largest consumer
A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on overuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs
India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB
At least 38 million people live in households across 20 high-burden countries, where at least one person has incident pulmonary TB
Diseases of a lifestyle: the transition to avoid
Can we not go from being poor but unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit diseases that can be junked?
Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report
The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission
India's roads to remain lethal even in 2030: Lancet
Roads in India ignore motorcyclists and cyclists, prioritise car owners, it says
Obesity, climate change and under-nutrition form a synergy of epidemics: Report
A Lancet Commission report says these three co-occur, interact with each other to produce complex sequelae and share common underlying societal …
India second-biggest market for sugary beverages: Lancet report
Double malnutrition on the rise in India due to shift to ultra-processed foods, private sector push
Depression, anxiety, trauma stress, bipolarity, schizophrenia: Unaccounted costs of conflicts
New estimates by WHO indicate the world has grossly underplayed the problem
Unbalanced diets in G20 countries make 75% of global food carbon budget: Report
Food consumption patterns aligning with current national dietary guidelines can reduce total greenhouse gas emissions for G20 countries
Global Burden of Diseases: Non-communicable diseases bigger burden than early deaths
New report’s findings again emphasises the fast emergence of non-communicable diseases as a global health challenge
Type 1 diabetes leading cause of diabetes deaths in those below 25, easily preventable: Study
Countries with low socio-demographic indices recorded more type I diabetes deaths
Remdisivir shows no benefits on COVID-19 patients in first clinical trial
Lancet paper contradicts Gilead results on drug which claimed improvement in patients
COVID-19: Egypt, South Africa, Algeria at highest risk in Africa
Labs ill-equipped, health systems lack isolation and quarantine facilities: Lancet paper
47 per cent of Indian women still marry before 18, says new Lancet Report on adolescent health
It also says that the rate of rural Indian girls marrying before 18 years is twice that of their urban counterparts
India has maximum infant deaths in the world
Lancet study says 5.5 million infant deaths in the world go unrecorded
Over half the antibiotic formulations India used in 2019 were unapproved
Despite being the largest antibiotic consumer in absolute volume globally, India lacks a formal system of antibiotic use surveillance
One in every seven babies is born underweight: Study
The research includes data from 148 nations, but it only covers partial data from India
Study finds pill prevented 200,000 womb cancer cases in rich nations
According to estimates, around 400,000 cancer cases were prevented over 50 years
Reduction in premature deaths should be an SDG goal, says study
Impressive reduction in deaths among children in the past decade, but gains are low in countries engaged in war or suffering from HIV epidemic
African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment: Lancet study
Only 55% of African children living with HIV (including those who were previously undiagnosed) are on antiretroviral therapy and 32.6% have a …