Study focuses on women; first time such research has been conducted in India Women in India are more likely to have vitamin D deficiency, especially those belonging to lower socio-economic groups, a
A study of three villages in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, reveals that there is an alarming decline in female agricultural wage labour, resulting in de-feminisation, devastating poverty and outmigration
HYDERABAD: A cardiovascular risk study done for the entire country by researchers of Harvard University along with Population Health Foundation of India revealed that people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
In India, deaths due to AIDS have been reduced by nearly 55 per cent over the last decade and new HIV infections have been reduced by 66 per cent since 2000. India has said that achieving global targets
NEW DELHI: The government is set to streamline the rules for blood donation for safety of both patients and donors. The health ministry is expected to come up with specific donor selection criteria.
The most widely used antimalarial therapy may not fully treat some children and pregnant women, according to a new study. These patients' bloodstreams contained lower concentrations of one active ingredient
The annual report of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) presented in Banjul has indicated that maternal death toll is higher than combining that of all other killer diseases in the region.
Reluctance to consume folic acid puts struggle against anaemia at risk. Hyderabad: The Indian Council of Medical Research has observed that the prevalence of anaemia continues to be 58 per cent in
While India’s ranking by the Global Burden of Disease team in IHME may appear counter-intuitive, the truth is that incidence alone does not tell India’s full cancer story. In a recent paper in Jama
Two major studies released today show that many people with breast and lung cancers may forgo chemotherapy and still live longer, signaling a waning need for what was long seen as the standard of cancer
