Ranging diseases, courtesy changing lifestyles
A two-day annual conference was organised by the Medical Fitness Society on lifestyle and nutrition. The conference was organised keeping in mind that one-third of the Indian population is obese.
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Sedentary lifestyle, junk food help TB climb social ladder
Twenty years ago, tuberculosis was the scourge of the socio-economically backward, often slum dwellers forced to live in shanties, without a care for personal or civic hygiene. Today, many upper and middle
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Diagnosing asthma in children to get easier
Pune With environmental pollution, eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle making children prone to asthma, an initiative by the Chest Research Foundation (CRF) is set to make asthma detection easy.
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Hypertension, obesity high among rural tribals: Study
Not only urbanites but tribals from far Nicobar Islands are also falling prey to lifestyle diseases such as high blood pressure and obesity. A study published in the latest edition of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR
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Only the lonely
People who live alone and have few friends are prone to early death as their hearts' responses to stress are altered, say Myriam Horsten and her colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm,
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Lifestyle diseases higher in state
The prevalence of lifestyle diseases like diabetes mellitus and hypertension is much higher in Kerala than in other states, according to the Economic Review 2004, tabled by the government in the
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Rise in cancer, hypertension cases in Leh
There has been a increase in the number of cancer and hypertension cases in Leh district in the past decade due to a change in lifestyle ,according to Chief Executive Councilor (CEC) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Tsering Dorjey.
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Starving childhoods
"THE tribals need to change their attitude and lifestyle," said R.K. Dixit, the Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh, in response to a query about continuing reports of children starving to death in the region. The Sahariyas, one of the poorest tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh, live mostly in remote villages with little access to health care.
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Saffolalife study reveals that 71% Delhites are at high cardiovascular disease risk
The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. When
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Stress and the city: Urban decay
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with
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Spotlight on diabetes
The Centre for Diabetes and Lifestyle Disease, Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Medical Science, today organised an international of Medical Sciences , today organised an international symposium
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Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and biomarkers related to insulin resistance, subclinical inflammation, and adipokines
<p>Insulin resistance (IR) is present long before the onset of type 2 diabetes and results not only from inherited and lifestyle factors but also likely from environmental conditions. We investigated the
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Cancer rates could rise by 50%, health body warns
Cancer rates across the world are likely to rise by 50% in the next 20 years unless Europe and the US check their junk food consumption, smoking, and sedentary lifestyles, and poorer countries
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Bird flu plucks heart from rural life
The erosion of the family's finances and lifestyle are among the many consequences of the avian flu pandemic in Vietnam, which is at the frontline of a global battle against a disease health experts
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to pollution, 18/12/2017
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to pollution, 18/12/2017. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has not conducted any assessment of the premature
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Future diets in the developing world; questions, answers and gaps
As low-income countries develop, people’s diets change. They tend to move from being high in cereals (maize, rice, wheat), starchy staples (potato, cassava, plantain) and fibre, to more westernised patterns
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Elder to tap lifestyle diseases market
The Rs 275-crore Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd has set up 'El Life', a division dedicated to tap the about Rs 2,800 crore lifestyle diseases market. This segment has a share of about 14.7 per cent of the
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50% Guwahatians suffer from chronic dieases
Pulse Positive, the newly-set up lifestyle consultancy firm, has said around 50% of the Guwahati city dwellers suffer from chronic dieases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc, which are
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Watching TV can make you myopic
A new study has revealed that an excessive indoor lifestyle is the sole reason for the epidemic proportions of myopia in East Asian countries. According to the researchers, children who spend most of
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UK alarmed over 'public health time bomb'
British authorities are in alarm over teenage lifestyles, pointing to rampant drug abuse, indiscriminate unprotected sex with multiple partners and addiction to fast foods. The BMA said in a recent