This Global status report on physical activity is WHO’s first dedicated global assessment of global progress on country implementation of policy recommendations of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA) 2018-2030. It also presents an estimate of the cost to health systems of not taking action to improve physical …
Sonali Bendre recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with a high-grade cancer that has metastasised. With this news, the actor falls in the category of other celebrities, such as Manisha Koirala, Lisa Ray and, more recently, Irrfan Khan, who were also diagnosed with different types of the disease. What’s …
Poor dietary habits may be putting a number of children at risk for kidney stones, a condition that commonly affects adults. City urologists said that they are observing a significant increase in cases where teens, as young as 10 to 15 years, are getting affected by the disease that occurs …
Panaji: In India, there are 65 million people living with diabetes and the annual coronary deaths are expected to reach 4 million in 2030, said director, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, professor D Prabhakaran. He was speaking at the ongoing 50thinternational cardiovascular disease prevention training seminar in south Goa. Prabhakaran …
WHO launches Global action plan on physical activity and health 2018-2030: More active people for a healthier world. Being active is critical for health. But in our modern world, this is becoming more and more of a challenge, largely because our cities and communities aren’t designed in the right ways. …
Social media stars might be encouraging children to eat more unhealthy foods, new research suggests. The study, conducted by the University of Liverpool, was devised amid growing calls for tougher restrictions on junk food advertising to tackle the obesity crisis. Now, the researchers are calling for more protection for young …
Indore: About one per cent youngsters in Indore, below 35 years of age, are suffering from cardiac disease, experts say. The alarming figure was released by Indore branch of Cardiological Society of India (CSI) after the death of 21-year-old son of a senior BJP leader in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The …
Nearly 10 per cent of sudden deaths in our country are due to cardiac arrests. Hyderabad: The sudden death of 21- year-old B. Vaishnav, the son of former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya, has rung alarm bells about the increasing number of cardiac problems in young people. Cardioogist Dr Hygriv Rao …
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 [HBP], is a long-term medical condition in which blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. HTN is …
Over 14 crore people in India suffer from high blood pressure, says study. Hyderabad: The Telangana state has the second highest rate of high blood pressure in the country, with 39 per cent men and 29 per cent women are found to suffer from hypertension, according to the National Institute …
Societies face the challenge of keeping people active as they age. Walkable neighborhoods have been associated with physical activity, but more rigorous analytical approaches are needed. Researchers used longitudinal data from adult residents of Brisbane, Australia (40–65 years of age at baseline) to estimate effects of changes in neighborhood characteristics …
Trichy: Some like it hot and spicy, but doctors warn that consuming very hot or too spicy food regularly could lead to cancer of the esophagus. Already, the change in food habits has caused an increase in the prevalence of esophageal cancer in India, some city-based oncologists said here on …
The largest age group represented in the study was 19 to 45 years. Hyderabad: According to Thyroid Registry, the prevalence of hypothyroid in India is 10.95 per cent while the world average is between four and five per cent, says a study published in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and …
Most people think of the liver as a digestive organ, but in reality, it engages itself in immune mechanisms to thwart infections, filters and removes toxins in food and water we drink, while playing an active role in the handling of sugar, protein and cholesterol in the body. World Liver …
NAGPUR: Several cardiac-related issues such as heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, hypertension, diabetes and among other problems will be discussed by experts at two-day Central India Cardiology Conference to be held in the city on Saturday and Sunday for delegates across India. The conference will be hosted by the Cardiology …
As we spend hours with our laptop screens and live vicariously through our smart phones, our bodies are revolting in insidious ways. An eye-opening study by Hyderabad-based eKincare, India's fastest growing technology-led healthcare startup, shows that diabetes and hypertension are becoming increasingly common among young professionals in top-tier Indian cities. …
Pancreatic cancers are caused due to sedentary lifestyle, smoking and high intake of alcohol. Hyderabad: Gut bacteria is found to play a major role in making pancreatic tumours aggressive according to a recent study published in Cancer Discovery. The study stated that the bad bacteria in the guts are found …
Panaji: Goa may score on the public healthcare system, but it appears that this isn’t enough to control lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension, the two chief causes of renal failure. In the Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, at Bambolim, alone there about 450-500 end-stage renal disease patients on …
Physical inactivity is an important cause of noncommunicable diseases. Interventions can increase short-term physical activity (PA), but health benefits require maintenance. Few interventions have evaluated PA objectively beyond 12 months. We followed up two pedometer interventions with positive 12-month effects to examine objective PA levels at 3–4 years. Original Source
Study on 1.04 lakh children in the city The world over, surveys have pointed to a prevalence of obesity among children, and Bengaluru is no exception. A school-based screening of 1.04 lakh children in 138 private schools in Bengaluru has revealed some alarming trends among students aged between three and …
A seven month-long survey conducted by a gynecologist in various schools and colleges of Navi Mumbai to find out the risk factors associated with changing lifestyles showed that the main causes for lifestyle diseases are lack of physical activity and irregular food habits to name a few. Six hundred girls …
