What’s your risk of developing kidney failure?
August 17th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 17 (IANS) New research has thrown up some startling insights about the likelihood of middle-aged adults developing kidney failure during their lifetime. About one in 40 men and ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Women fall sick more often than men
January 1st, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Women may visit doctors more often than men because they fall sick more often. They are more likely to suffer from arthritis, mental disorders and muscular ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Major diseases get only 10 percent of research funds: Expert
October 26th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Sonipat (Haryana), Oct 25 (IANS) Diseases accounting for 90 percent of the global disease burden receive only 10 percent of all medical research worldwide, said a Yale University professor here ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Mass diseases not being fought properly: expert
October 25th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat (Haryana), Oct 25 (IANS) Diseases that account for 90 percent of the global disease burden receive only 10 percent of all medical research worldwide, an expert said Tuesday.Pneumonia, diarrhoea, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Many slum, civic body-run school kids have worms: Study
September 4th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A high percentage of intestinal worms has been found among children living in slums and those in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run schools, according to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Streptococci, E. coli put newborns at risk for sepsis
April 26th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): A study has found that the most frequent pathogens associated with sepsis are group B streptococci (GBS) in full-term infants and Escherichia coli in pre-term infants.The new nationwide, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bill Gates to visit India this week
March 21st, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Software billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, who co-chair the international philanthropic organisation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be visiting India this week ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Cancer is not a disease of the rich but a global health priority, say experts
August 16th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): Medical experts have called for action on cancer, saying that it is not a 'disease of the rich' but a global health priority."The integration of cancer prevention and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Calcium supplements ‘increase heart attack risk’
July 30th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 30 (ANI): Calcium supplements, commonly taken by older people for osteoporosis, increase the risk of a heart attack, according to a new study.An international team of researchers analysed the results ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Over 2 billion people cut off from surgical services
July 5th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 5 (IANS) More than two billion people worldwide don't have adequate access to surgical treatment, says a Harvard study.
"Our findings suggest that high-income regions have more than 10 times the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
UN report says funding for water and sanitation have declined despite rising need
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:48 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – Funding commitments for water and sanitation have declined as a share of overall development aid over the past decade, despite strong evidence that making the two services ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Climate change may trigger health problems among children
October 17th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 17 (IANS) Climate changes could severely upset the mental health of children worldwide, warn medical experts.
Extreme weather events, drought, financial strain and changes in work, migration patterns triggered by ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Two million children die in violence every year’
September 12th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 11 (IANS) At least two million children die every year on account of violence in the world, while nearly 40 million suffer disabilities, an orthopaedic surgeon said at an event ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Piramal completes first phase trial of new diabetes medicine
August 25th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Pharmaceutical major Piramal Life Sciences Tuesday said it has completed the phase-I clinical trials of its new medicine that will make the treatment of diabetes easier and ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
1 in 25 deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol consumption
June 27th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 27 (ANI): A new study has shown that one in 25 deaths worldwide are linked to alcohol consumption.According to Dr Jurgen Rehm from Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Elderly need more sun to reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes
May 12th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) More time in the sunshine could help older people cut down the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.
Exposure to sunlight stimulates vitamin D production in the skin. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Kala Azar patients lack adequate diagnosis and drugs
February 5th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by admin
By Bobby Ramakant
At the fourth Leishmaniasis World Congress in Lucknow, India, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that there is a serious need to expand availability of effective treatments and diagnosis for visceral ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Former prisoners at a greater mortality risk than general population
October 16th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 16 (ANI): People who have served a jail term may be at a greater mortality risk than the general population, according to a new study.
For the study, North ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
One-third of diseases in poorer countries are potentially surgically treatable
October 14th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Researchers from Columbia and Cornell Universities (NY) have found that approximately one-third of the disease burden in poorer countries is potentially surgically treatable and curable.The findings could ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Aussies paid 10m visits to docs for mental problems in 2007!
August 6th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 6 (ANI): Australians made more than 10 million health visits last year in a bid to get help for mental health problems, according to a new report.The report has ... Read more...
Posted in National |
South Asia’s health worker shortage to figure at G8 meet
July 6th, 2008 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
By Patralekha Chatterjee
Geneva, July 6 (IANS) South Asia - including India - needs an additional 2.8 million health workers. The shortage there and in Africa is now so acute that it will ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
WHO releases new report on water, sanitation and hygiene
June 26th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Geneva, June 26 (ANI): Safer Water for Better Health is the first-ever report providing country-by-country estimates of the burden of disease due to poor water, sanitation and hygiene.
The report highlights ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Blood pressure killing millions in developing world
May 3rd, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
London, May 3 (ANI): According to a new report, the developing world is being hit hard by high blood pressure, and the majority of its victims are workers, whose deaths directly ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Health loss by type 2 diabetes may be more than double by 2023
January 13th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Queensland's (UQ) School of Population Health have predicted that health loss by type 2 diabetes will be more than double in Australia by ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
ICMR unveils 20 Grand Challenges to control the most deadly diseases
November 22nd, 2007 - 1:27 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), along with several of the worlds most renowned health scientists and organizations has come out with a landmark global consensus on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New malaria vaccine shows promising results
November 14th, 2007 - 2:26 am ICT by admin
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Posted in Health |