Multi-pronged strategies needed to reduce alcohol addiction in India
The supporters of the argument that alcohol-related tax revenues are essential to help governments do not factor in the colossal loss it incurs …
What's happening to us when we get drunk?
Alcohol acts as a central nervous system depressant. This means it slows down the rate at which brain cells and other nerves in the body …
The dilemma of drink in India’s tribal areas
Should tribals regularly consuming home-brewed alcohol be let off as a cultural practice, or should it be targeted just like any other unhealthy …
Akshay Kumar’s ‘Vimal’ apology: Health activists criticise action, say damage has been done
Activists urge amendment of Act that regulates tobacco products and surrogate advertising promulgated 20 years ago
Countries join hands to prevent, control non-communicable diseases
Governments of Ghana and Norway formed the first group to fast-track progress towards reducing NCD deaths by a third
Lakshadweep: ‘New laws calculated effort to alter habits of people evolved over generations’
Changing land laws and bringing in outside corporates could change the very character of fragile Lakshadweep
US woman's bladder produces alcohol in rare medical condition: Study
The woman suffers from liver damage and poorly-managed diabetes and is on a transplant list
Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment
A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment
Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will
Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity
Risky behaviour on the rise, so are its health effects: World Bank
Report calls for public intervention to curb smoking, alcohol and drug abuse and unsafe sex
Industries can harm health in many ways: Here are 3 that aren’t so obvious
Some products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage and social and health inequity, especially by …
3.3 million people died of excessive drinking in 2012: WHO report
Alcohol consumption rising in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, stable in Europe, Americas and Africa
Is bar soap as gross as millennials say? We’re all covered with microbes anyway
We can’t see the trillions of microbes — the bacteria, fungi and viruses; we are ecosystems that house all kinds of microbial life
How safe is your hand sanitiser
The government hasn’t had much control over India’s hand sanitising manufacturers, who have mushroomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5
Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states
Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report
Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules
A little alcohol a day can keep heart attacks at bay
But drinking beyond a stipulated limit can increase the risk manifold