Report by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link to diabetes” dated 14/12/2023. CPCB has duly identified 131 cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) consecutively for five …
Experts identified Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) as the biggest killer in NE and advised the states to go for massive prevention and control mechanism of the diseases. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientist Dr Prabhdeaep Kaur said on Thursday that they have launched a study in the region covering each …
PANAJI: From just one case of swine flu reported last year, to 146 cases recorded since January this year, Goa has also reported 16 swine flu-related deaths, including one just last week. Of these 16 deaths, two were patients referred to the Goa medical college (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim, from …
A new worldwide analysis finds the emerging impact of poor diet as the biggest contributor to early deaths in 108 countries across the globe, followed by smoking and air pollution as high-ranking risk factors. The leading authorities on the global disease say bad diet contributed to global deaths with high …
Around 9.5% of total population above 18 years of age in the state have blood glucose level greater than or equal to 110mg/dl, says a recently released Clinical, Anthropometric and Biochemical (CAB) 2014. According to the doctors, blood glucose level greater than or equal to 110mg/dl is not normal and …
Approximately half of the US adult population has diabetes or is prediabetic, although prevalence of the disease appears to be leveling off after decades of increase, researchers said Tuesday. Nearly 40 percent of US adults had prediabetes and 12 to 14 percent had diabetes between 2011 and 2012, according to …
Traditional genetic testing focusses on analysis of one or a few genes according to clinical features; this approach is changing as improved sequencing methods enable simultaneous analysis of several genes. Neonatal diabetes is the presenting feature of many discrete clinical phenotypes defined by different genetic causes. Genetic subtype defines treatment, …
DHS has come up with revised policies and guidelines to fight H1N1, dengue and leptospirosis. REALISING THAT the state’s public health department needs to remain better equipped to tackle the outbreak of communicable diseases, the special committee appointed by the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has come up with a …
Obesity is not a homogeneous condition across individuals since about 25–40% of obese individuals can maintain healthy status with no apparent signs of metabolic complications. The simple anthropometric measure of body mass index does not always reflect the biological effects of excessive body fat on health, thus additional molecular characterizations …
Public Health England analysed blood-sugar levels to estimate the number of people at risk of developing type-2 diabetes Up to five million people in England are at risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to new data from Public Health England. Type-2 diabetes is closely linked to diet and obesity and …
JAIPUR: At a time when a large section of population is suffering from anemia, there are also those who are obese and are inviting health related problems like diabetes and hypertension. In the age group of 18-59 years in the state, 2.6% people have body mass index (BMI) more or …
Deaths from heart disease have declined dramatically over the last few decades but young people, particularly women, are not sharing equally in that improvement, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. Using data on adults age 25 and older, researchers tracked annual percentage changes in heart …
Navi Mumbai: Swine flu has claimed 29 lives in Thane district in the last eight months. Out of those, 8 deaths — the second highest in the entire district — were from Navi Mumbai, revealed data compiled by the civil surgeon of the Thane Civil Hospital. The highest number of …
The number of people living with diabetes has soared by nearly 60% in the past decade, Diabetes UK warns. The charity said more than 3.3 million people have some form of the condition, up from 2.1 million in 2005. The inability to control the level of sugar in the blood …
PUNE: For the dengue-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has a very short flight and feeds on multiple hosts, high-rise buildings in the city with hundreds of flats offer a haven, say experts. As many as 108 of the 156 dengue cases till August 13, this year have emerged from the …
Researchers claim that embryonic stem cells can help in studying the effects of pollution on human health. In the study, the researchers from the University of California have successfully detailed the use of stem cells to gauge the neurotoxicity effects of the environmental pollutant Bisphenol A (BPA). The researchers used …
`Heart, Lung Ailments Claim 5.8m LivesYr' With increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases in India, one out of four Indians is at risk of dying from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cardio-vascular ailments or cancer before the age of 70, according to estimates of various global and domestic organizations. The findings are …
A study led by researchers at McMaster University has found that that trans fats are associated with greater risk of death and coronary heart disease, but saturated fats are not associated with an increased risk of death, heart disease, stroke, or Type 2 diabetes. The findings were published today by …
The hospital stay of the patients ranged from a day to 41 days. On an average, a patient spent 7.69 days at the hospital. Swine flu patients spent 17-62 times the per capita income of the country on treatment at a private hospital in the city this year, a study …
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a condition described by the group of risk factors associated with obesity that raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. MS has an increasing trend in developing countries with change of diet and lifestyle. Many studies in India have reported high prevalence of …
Exercise And Healthy Diet Can Help In Prevention You may soon be able to run a simple blood test to know if you are predisposed to diabetes. And with the right lifestyle changes, you can delay or prevent the disorder. What is more, experts say the research findings may be …
