Mobile phones behind hearing loss in young?
Mumbai: The jury is still out on the link between new phones, listening devices and hearing loss, but doctors say they are now seeing patients going deaf in their twenties. As the 55th International Week
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Extra belly fat linked to insulin resistance
Many people carry enough extra weight to threaten their health. Yet some people who choose healthy lifestyles still seem to struggle to keep the pounds off. And those with apple-shaped profiles are
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Regional overview of food insecurity: Europe and Central Asia
Economic growth and rising per capita incomes have all but wiped out hunger in Europe and Central Asia. But as countries become more affluent, changing consumption patterns are giving rise to other health
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Shooting up
Cancer in violence torn J&K
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Orchid discoveres process to make active ingredient for Viagra
The Chennai-based Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals is on the threshold of putting India on the road to success in lifestyle drugs by discovering an alternative process to manufacture wonder -drug
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Candles pose health risk, warn scientists
Burning the candle at just one end - let alone following a lifestyle that involves burning it at both - might be a health hazard, scientists have warned. Scientific advisers to the European
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World cancer cases to rise by 75 percent by 2030
Worldwide cases of cancer are likely to rise by nearly 75 percent by 2030, driven by demographic and lifestyle factors, according to a study published on Friday in the journal The Lancet Oncology. A
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Not just green fields
The International Institute for Sustainable Future in Mumbai, and the Gaia Foundation of Denmark have selected two villages in Thane district of Maharashtra. as part of a global initiative to
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Fatal beginnings
Thought to be lifestyle related till now, heart diseases might have their origins in the womb
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The Young Are Ageing
More teens are getting cardiac problems today. Is it stress, the lifestyle or just the air? Aneesh Mahajan (name changed), 14, a ninth standard student in Mumbai, had been having problems with anxiety and palpitations for some time. He wasn
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Check lifestyle diseases : Walia
Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia stressed the need for preventing lifestyle disease among people by increasing awareness about them. Inaugurating 'The Apollo Clinic' established by the Apollo Health
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Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
<p>The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Programme identifies chemicals, drugs, mixtures, occupational exposures, lifestyles and personal habits, and physical and biological
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Food processing industry takes a toll on country's health
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Eating at home isn't the in thing anymore. Hanging out is hip, especially in the mushrooming fast food joints that blister the skylines of India's cities. The urban middle classes with money to burn are redefining nouvelle cuisine. The costs are huge but few are counting the calories fewer still checking the nutrition chart.
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30 m Indians have cardiac risk
Compared to other countries, people of India have a much higher risk of heart attack. This is because of three reasons - sedentary lifestyles, high rate of uncontrolled diabetes and pot-bellied
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Rural wisdom
In the nearby villages kids are seen sleeping peacefully in their <i>chanwra</i> a round hutin the hot afternoon. The people in Jaithwai village have <i>kuttcha</i> houses with ceilings of <i>kheenp</i>a locally available bush. A mix of dung and mud makes the walls of the houses, and occasionally a few rocks; and the holes in the walls keep the huts less hot.
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Burden of allergy disorders rising in developing nations
Rapid urbanisation and drastically changing lifestyles have exposed people to severe allergy-related disorders in developing countries like India but lack of research and speciality in the discipline means
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Germs at root of chronic diseases
From gallstones to arthritis to heart disease, many illnesses long presumed to have roots in genes or lifestyle may be caused largely by infectious agents, a growing number of scientists believe.
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Kids developing wrong food habits, lifestyle, says expert
Concerned about the improper eating habits, eating disorders, low stamina levels and sedentary lifestyle of students, Mayo girls school, Ajmer, is holding an orientation workshop on healthy eating
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Over 60-m suffering from heart diseases
Over 60 million people in in India between the age 25 and 60 are suffering from coronary artery disease and experts have stressed on lifestyle changes to prevent heart attacks. At a conference on