Mentally Taxing

High BP, tobacco are top killers

Study on global disease burden shows infectious diseases are declining

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Science and Technology - Briefs

Science & Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Turning a new reef

Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones

Hark, the drunkard

You may freshen up your breath, but cops will soon be equipped with a microphone that can catch you by your voice pattern

Dew distilled from stars and rainbows

For centuries, humans have collected honey and put it to various uses, from a sweetener making alcohol

Leading the battle against the bottle

Several regional organisations are helping women fight against the sale and consumption of liquor.

Alcohol ads: Teens targeted?

A recent study in the US reports that magazines popular with teenagers such as Rolling Stone and People tend to carry more alcohol advertisements.…

Shame puts the cork back in liquor bottles

Campaigns by women have been successful in curbing alcoholism among their menfolk in Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, but similar efforts have failed …

The role of genes

... in the making of an alcoholic is established by measuring the preference for alcohol in genetically bred mice

Fatal syndrome

Would-be-mothers drinking themselves merry can cause serious birth clefects to the child in the womb

The alcoholic gene

Alcoholism and genes: a collaborative study is closing on in establishing a link between the two

Jeevika 2003: About common people

What do people do when their livelihoods are threatened? How do they deal with a world that pushes them to the margins? Such issues were raised …

A Green ban

Kanchanpur has some unusual people: drunk men and green women. Ignored and uncared for by the men, the region's lands were barren. Then, the …

COVID-19: Kerala grapples with alcoholism amid lockdown

7 deaths related to alcoholism reported as of April 2, 2020, with several in de-addiction centres

Support system: This Chhattisgarh SHG began to fight leprosy stigma; it has now made women self-sufficient

Sahara has got a liquor distillery closed down; enabled women to participate in local governance and improved livelihoods

Not so young at heart

Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …