India needs new ways to end polio
Eradication of small pox has slashed the medical bill of the human population by an estimated $1bn each year. Eradication of polio, the next milestone in sight, is likely to lead to an estimated
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Infant mortality rate high in mine zones
Jamshedpur: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based leading research outfit, has suggested four key areas which the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) of West Singhbhum should
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Viral hepatitis 'kills as many as Aids or TB'
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and
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Efforts on to create DNA ditties
Biotechnology companies spend enormous sums and tap the creativity of countless scientists to determine the exact order of DNA nucleotides in genes, in the hope that the knowledge will lead to new
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Hypertension is catching us younger, leading to early onset of ailments: survey
Rising obesity in young people is causing lifestyle diseases; 24% of them suffer from or are suspected to show symptoms of blood pressure fluctuations “Hypertension [HTN], also known as high blood pressure
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Mumbai health: Affluenza leading to spike in diseases
MUMBAI: The good and bad of Mumbai are both translating into an unhealthy portrait of the city. On the one hand, its status as the highest per capita income city could be fuelling its biggest health problems — namely the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension. On the other, being one of the most densely populated cities in the country is ensuring that one tuberculosis patient spreads the air-borne disease to at least 15 others within a year.
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Lead-based paints can cause brain damage: Experts
Seventy-seven percent of the population of the country is exposed to lead-based paints that can cause them irreversible brain damage, particularly who are under the age of six, experts said yesterday.
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Three deaths in a month, hospitals on swine flu alert
With 60 patients testing positive for the H1N1 virus since January 1, against a total of four cases reported during the same period last year, the Health department on Thursday called an emergency meeting.
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GAMBIA
Students of the Pirang Lower Basic School in Gambia have started a campaign to rid their neighbourhood of used batteries. After being taught about the health and environmental hazards posed by
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Energising School Feeding
<p>Cooking school meals requires energy. In some countries, families are asked to contribute to fuel expenses or to provide firewood, failing which, children may be refused school meals. The acquisition
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Electric bikes in the Peoples Republic of China: impact on the environment and prospects for growth
Electric bikes (e-bikes) provide low-cost, convenient, and relatively energy-efficient transportation to an estimated 40 million
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Access to medicine index 2018
The Access to Medicine Index finds that a handful of pharmaceutical companies are developing the bulk of urgently needed new medicines for the poor. The development of new medical products that are considered
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Dengue virus NS1 disrupts the endothelial glycocalyx, leading to hyperpermeability
<p>Dengue is the most prevalent arboviral disease in humans and a major public health problem worldwide. Systemic plasma leakage, leading to hypovolemic shock and potentially fatal complications, is a
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No Esc from out of Ctrl e-waste
That old computer stashed away in a corner of your home and a battery exceeding its expiry date lying around casually seem harmless enough, but this e-waste, as it is called, generated in every household and office, is in fact a source of contamination.
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Obesity leading cause for chronic lifestyle diseases
Warning people of the risks related to obesity on “World Anti-Obesity Day”, health experts have stressed that obesity can be one of the most important reasons for developing chronic lifestyle diseases
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Sindh leads with highest diarrhoea cases, child mortality
Despite being in power for last six years, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Sindh couldn't improve the health infrastructure in terms of clean water supply to the province. On one hand contaminated
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Criminal charges coming on Wednesday over Flint water: report
Michigan's attorney general will announce criminal charges on Wednesday connected to his investigation into dangerous levels of lead in Flint's drinking water, the Detroit Free Press reported on Tuesday.
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Punjab to be polio-free in 2014, claims official
Parliamentary Secretary on Health Khawaja Imran Nazir has said that healthy Punjab will lead towards a healthy Pakistan and the target for making Punjab polio-free province would be achieved in 2014.
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In fresh tests, Maha FDA finds excess lead in Maggi
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found lead contamination in fresh batches of Nestlé India's Maggi noodles tested over the last two months. Out of 46 samples randomly collected from
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Delhi's gift to stuffy Faridabad -diesel autos
Traffic pollution is perhaps one of the issues that has received the least attention in this industrial hub of Haryana. As a result the pollution level has defied all limitations leading to serious