WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
A mystery fever is striking down people - mainly children - in the port city of Quelimane, Mozambique. Health authorities are struggling to identify the malaria-like illness, which includes high fever, joint pain and headaches. Dulce Santana told reporters it was not the first time she had brought her two-year-old …
Oil content in mayonnaise slashed by 40%, milk used in ice-creams 96% fat-free, all wraps made of whole grain McDonald’s is putting significant weight behind a wide spectrum of activities, which include working on healthy food options, ethically sourcing ingredients and reducing greenhouse gas emissions The world’s leading fast-food chain, …
The summer season is an invitation to diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya. If little care is taken, then one can easily save himself/herself from the vector borne disease. The first formula to ward off mosquitoes from the house is to plant few plants in and around the house …
The vector-borne disease had affected 9,271 people here in 2017. At least 10 cases of dengue have been reported in Delhi in the first three months this year, indicating an early spread of the virus carrying the vector-borne disease in the national capital. According to the latest municipal report, of …
Choosing from the over 180 health insurance policies offered by the 20-odd health insurers is no easy task. Most customers end up comparing only the prices and opt for a health insurance policy that provides maximum coverage for minimum premium. Apart from price, individuals need to look at a few …
The Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur exhorted the members of the state Assembly to come forward to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, so as to eradicate these diseases from the society. He emphasised the need for removing the social stigma attached with these disease, while addressing a workshop on …
Aggregation of alpha synuclein has strong implications in Parkinson’s disease. The heterogeneity of folding/aggregation landscape and transient nature of the early intermediates result in difculty in developing a successful therapeutic intervention. Here we used fuorescence measurements at ensemble and single molecule resolution to study how the late and early events …
Pune: Six persons succumbed to swine flu in Nashik, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Nagpur and Pune since the beginning of this year, prompting state health officials to step up vaccination of high-risk individuals. “Swine flu virus has infected 20 people this year so far. Of them, six have succumbed to the virus-induced …
BENGALURU: India has one doctor for every 921 people, as of December 2017, which is way ahead of the doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 prescribed by the World Health Organisation. The number includes ayurveda, homeopathy and unani (AUH) practitioners, along with allopathy doctors. If allopathy doctors alone are considered, the ratio …
T.N., Maharashtra among better performing States According to information provided by the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha recently, of the total 25,650 primary health centres (PHCs) in the country, 15,700 (61.2%) function with one doctor each. …
It’s a game of snakes and ladders but every ladder signifies a good habit and every snake bite is synonymous with an unhealthy habit, all related to the deadly disease of encephalitis. Sample this: the player in block number 2 takes a ladder straight to 20 with the message ‘maintained …
According to the National Health Portal, India stands second on the world diabetes chart with 69.2 million cases after China with over 100 million cases. Four months ago, when the first ever attempt to chronicle India’s disease burden by states over a 16-year period till 2016 was made public, the …
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court recently reminded the Maharashtra government of its duty towards the public at large and particularly the obligation to raise the standard of living of the people. The HC accordingly directed the government to issue appropriate guidelines informing people about the precautions to be taken …
The government released a draft Bill termed Digital Information Security in Healthcare Bill, which seeks to give powers to citizens about their health data and pushes for penalties on misuse The government has proposed creating health information exchanges, which will be responsible for storing health data Healthcare in India is …
Melamine and phthalate, mainly di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), are ubiquitously present in the general environment. We investigated whether urine melamine levels can modify the relationship between DEHP exposure and markers of early renal damage in children. Original Source
In this paper, identify research streams to support the operationalizing of such food systems approaches in Ethiopia. To this end, engaged with stakeholders, reviewed the literature, and applied a food systems framework to research priorities in the Ethiopian context. Develop an initial food systems profile of Ethiopia and identify 25 …
Worse, it is antibiotic resistant; get yourself tested if you think you have the disease; start treatment immediately, self-quarantine for 2-3 weeks On World TB day, the world bank and the ministry of Health and Family cautions that Tuberculosis can no longer be confined to spaces which are segmented into …
In 2017, there were 6,144 cases of H1N1 virus and 778 deaths across Maharashtra while in 2016, there were 82 cases of H1N1 virus and 22 deaths. As many as 33,000 people across Maharashtra, 23,000 of them pregnant women and many of them diabetes patients, have been vaccinated against H1N1 …
Ideally, a strong primary healthcare system must precede any financial protection intervention at scale for hospitalisation costs. With the Union Cabinet giving its nod to the recently announced National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) — aimed at protecting 100 million poor and vulnerable families against hospitalisation expenses — some design elements …
“Why would you buy health insurance while you are young and healthy?” “Get health insurance to save tax” “Aren’t you already covered by your employer?” Different people have different opinions on health insurance. And unless you are part of the minority of people that has insured their health adequately, it’s …
