Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
ONLY after four hours of delicate surgical procedure will a pacemaker fit into a patient’s chest. The cost, including hospitalization, can vary from Rs 50,000 to Rs 600,000 depending on the kind of pacemaker required and the hospital services. Sujay Shad, senior cardiac consultant and surgeon at Delhi’s Sir Ganga …
Acute exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with cardiac outcomes, often within hours of exposure. The incidence of effects within the population depends on a number of factors, including genetic differences. Baja et al. examined the associations of air pollutants with heart-rate
Studies in humans and animals suggest that both short-term and long-term exposure to elevated traffic levels can adversely affect pulmonary and cardiovascular function. Although several studies have examined associations between blood pressure and air pollution, few have examined pulse pressure or measures of systemic inflammation. Rioux et al. studied residential …
Moderate alcohol consumption is known to be protective against coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the INTERHEART study, a case–control study of acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients, revealed that alcohol consumption in South Asians was not protective against CHD. We therefore planned to study cardiovascular risk factor and CHD prevalence among …
People who live in cities with higher levels of particle air pollution tend to have higher blood pressure, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, looked at 5,000 people and found long-term exposure to air pollution increased blood pressure, even when other key factors were …
Paris: People who work three hours or more of overtime per day run a 60% higher risk of bad heart problems compared to those who work regular hours, a study published in the European Heart Journal said. The findings came from a longterm research project into 6,014 British civil servants …
How can we best advance the collective health of the United States, while monitoring our progress? This year offers another opportunity to revisit this fundamental yet profound question through the lens of the Healthy People initiative. In setting the country
India, like the rest of the world, is experiencing an epidemic of diabetes, a chronic disease characterized by dangerous levels of sugar in the blood that cause cardiovascular and kidney disease, which lower life expectancy. The prevalence of diabetes (the proportion of the population with diabetes) has been increasing steadily …
When an invention gets experts as varied as photographers, heart researchers, biotechnologists, physicists, security strategists and academicians interested, it merits discussion. We are talking about the new camera that captures high megapixel images and videos simultaneously. The way our eyes perceive motion is about to change. The most expensive digital …
Obesity has recently emerged as a major global health problem. According to World Health Organization estimates, ≈1.6 billion adults worldwide were overweight (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m2) and at least 400 million were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) in 2005, numbers that are expected to reach 2.3 billion and 700 …
What makes one prone to heart diseases and joint pain in malaria can be understood by applying basic fluid dynamics to blood flow—the same concept works on water pipes. Unlike environmental or genetic factors associated with the diseases, the flow of fluids is governed by well understood principles. Understanding does …
Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) has been associated with myocardial infarction and mortality in heart failure patients, and acute decreases in HRV have been reported to precede ischemic events and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Associations of particulate matter (PM) and traffic-related air pollution with myocardial infarction and cardiac mortality may be …
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released a document entitled Health, United States, 2009. Prepared for the US President and Congress from data gathered by state and federal agencies and continuing national surveys, the report provides an annual picture of …
Exhaust from cars and trucks exacerbates asthma in children. It may also cause other respiratory illnesses and heart problems resulting in deaths, a fresh study has found. The report, to be issued by the non-profit Health Effects Institute, analysed 700 peer-reviewed studies conducted around the world on varying aspects of …
Exposure to a chemical found in plastic containers is linked to heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, confirming earlier findings and adding to pressure to ban its use in bottles and food packaging. British and US researchers studied the effects of the chemical bisphenol A using data from a US …
In a potential breakthrough for diagnosis of heart disease, the field trial of nano technology-enabled sensors for early diagnosis of myocardial infarction is slated to begin soon and they maybe commercially available in a year. Addressing the Indian Science Congress here, Prof V Ramgopal Rao of Centre for Excellence of …
