The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Bad Enough To Harm The Weak As Well As Healthy People New Delhi: Over January 14-16, air pollution levels in Delhi reached a level that’s linked to “emergency conditions” for health. Air quality in Delhi reached a “critical” level—i.e. on January 14, 15 and 16 the air was extremely polluted …
January may have given the city a feel of winter, but the chill comes with a nasty sidekick: heavy air pollution. The drop in temperatures has seen cold air trap pollutants, forming a haze that spells major health trouble for many. In the last 15 days, the concentration of suspended …
Inhaling the gaseous air pollutants along with other toxic gases emitted by firecrackers not only makes one cough, go breathless and feel irritation in the throat, it aggravates the chance of attack among asthma patients, says health experts. Firecrackers contain elements like copper, cadmium, sulphur, aluminium, barium and various other …
Medical experts have warned patients suffering from lung and heart diseases, blood pressure and diabetes to exercise caution as their condition might worsen during the festive of lights, Diwali. Firecrackers can trigger heart and lung problems, they noted. During this time, owing to weather change patients of bronchial asthma need …
Institute organises awareness rally ahead of Deepavali celebrations Students and faculty members from the Department of Communication Disorders and National Service Scheme of the All-India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) on Sunday marched the streets of Mysore to create awareness on the hazardous effects of noise, especially from firecrackers, …
No Exercise, Alcohol & Bad Diet Raise Risk Of Heart Attack New Delhi: Better education and socioeconomic status have had little impact on the health profile of Delhi’s young, the results of a year-long survey conducted on young adults by city cardiologists to assess risk factors for heart disease vis-à-vis …
Pregnant women who live in neighborhoods with lots of air pollution may be slightly more likely to develop high blood pressure, a new study says. Past research suggests people with high blood pressure have often been exposed to more air pollution in the past than those with normal blood pressure. …
A staggering 80% of Lucknowites in their early 40s face high risk of developing heart disease against the national average of 70%, according to a study conducted in 12 cities over a period of three years. The study was conducted only among respondents belonging to the age group of 30 …
India's rising heart problems could be the result of increasing waistlines and dipping levels of good cholesterol, says a new study. The good cholesterol, or HDL, is a wax-like substance that picks up excess cholesterol from blood and deposits it in the liver for disposal. Indians have a huge deficit …
Forty-eight per cent of Mumbaikars face the risk of heart attacks because of obesity, more than 50% have unhealthy cholesterol levels while around 64% lead a sedentary life and avoid exercise. These are some of the disturbing findings of a mega study, conducted across nine cities among 1.8 lakh people, …
Deskbound lifestyle, smoking, obesity, fast food consumption and high stress levels have led to a rise in incidence of heart disease in the younger generation. According to a recent survey conducted by Assocham in 10 major cities, 32% Amdavadis in the age group of 25-45 years have alarmingly high cholesterol-levels, …
As if the City’s shameful traffic jams were not enough to worsen the living conditions, the ceaseless sounding of horn by motorists, especially near hospitals, has begun to badly affect the recovery of patients. Doctors at hospitals say the rate of patient recovery has been going down, thanks to the …
Prevalence Rate Higher Among Men Lucknow: Diabetes is disease of the rich in the city, says a study conducted endocrinology department of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. The study found that 21.2% of the subjects had diabetes. Institute professor E Bhatia and his colleagues conducted the study …
It suggests implementation of health, nutrition and development programmes A study by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on the death of tribal infants in Attappady noted that “high maternal under-nutrition of 48 per cent of adult women leading to chronic energy deficiency” resulted in the death of a large …
MUMBAI: The good and bad of Mumbai are both translating into an unhealthy portrait of the city. On the one hand, its status as the highest per capita income city could be fuelling its biggest health problems — namely the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension. On the other, being …
London: Skipping breakfast, common the world over, has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks. Missing out on the morning meal has been found to increase coronary heart disease risk, reveals a 16-yearlong study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Men who skip …
Mumbai: Non-government organisations (NGOs) led by AIDAN (All India Drug Action Network) have filed a fresh application in the Supreme Court as part of their decade-long petition that had forced the government to bring all 348 essential drugs under price control. AIDAN, LOCOST, Medico Friend Circle and Jan Swasthya Sahyog …
More than 3.5 million mothers and children under five die unnecessarily each year due to the underlying cause of undernutrition, and millions more are permanently disabled by the physical and mental effects of a poor dietary intake in the earliest months of life. By the time children reach their second …
‘State has 36,000 HIV+ people in the grey zone who are unaware of the infection’ Of the 6.51 lakh units of blood collected in Karnataka from April 2012 to March 2013, 1,096 were found to be HIV positive and therefore discarded. Shockingly, of these, a mere 236 (21.5 per cent) …
Washington: Scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, have linked perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) — a chemical found in microwave popcorn bags — to cardiovascular disease. PFOA is also found in nonstick cookware, food wrappers, furniture, and even raincoats. Researchers from West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, looked at the …
