Big data may help get new clues on Alzheimer’s
Researchers develop a big data analytics framework to look for early diagnostic biomarkers of the disease
Why pregnancy brings distress for women in Sierra Leone
A crumbling health system deters women from going to hospitals, making the West African country home to the world's highest maternal death rate
Health of India’s states: What the latest health report means
Although non-communicable diseases now contribute more to India’s disease burden than communicable diseases, it does not mean that …
Minor change in your diet can reduce water use for agriculture: study
Dietary change can potentially improve resilience of Indian food system in the face of future groundwater decline
2016, the year that was: health and medicine
Health spent a lot of time in the spotlight in 2016 and it was a major issue in numerous government reviews
Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts
Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter
BATting for disease
A new study maps the transmission landscape for diseases emanating due to contact with bats
The season of death
Come winter, air pollution will breach record levels across cities, causing illnesses and several avoidable deaths. Where do our faults lie and …
Respiratory, cardiac diseases on the rise
In ten years from now, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai together will record the highest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution
Dengue, another climate alert
It is clear that this variable weather is not a freak event, but points to the changes that are beginning to influence our monsoon lifeline
Dengue outbreak: Infighting between Delhi government and municipal corporation blamed
According to the Delhi government, till now 4,769 dengue cases have been recorded in the national capital
Humanity may lose gains made in global health due to climate change: study
Researchers say that emissions from coal plants damage the respiratory system and increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases
Digging for diseases, past and present
Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments
Emergency call
Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …
Resistant to fluorosis
Camels are less susceptible to the medical condition than other animals, including humans
Poor health to food insecurity
Not only low income levels, but also adults suffering from chronic diseases adversely impact a household’s food security
Fowl play
January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new …
Large-scale child deaths in tribal Maharashtra
from April to August this year, almost 300 children fell prey to malnutrition in just two blocks (Akkalkua and Taloda) of Maharashtra's Nandurbar …
India Exposed!
It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit - respirable particulates - are way above danger …
Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease
If a test could reveal the diseases you and your family might be more likely to get, would you get it?
Mysterious maladies: The enduring battle of autoimmune patients against information gap amid COVID-19
Fresh cases reported post vaccination; many suffered relapse after discontinuing medication out of fear
‘Adaptation’ and ‘mitigation’ can reduce impacts of global pandemics
Mitigation programmes can save nearly US $360 billion over the next 100 years, says new study
Apocalyptic skies: Canadian wildfires posing huge health risks
Estimated 115 million people impacted; health dangers shocking indictment of failures over climate change, says Amnesty International
Easy to switch: Here is why India’s dairy farmers should shift to ethnoveterinary medicines
Low-cost ethnoveterinary medicines can help curb the use of antibiotics in Indian dairy sector and combat the overlooked pandemic of …
Ground report: Tanzania’s sanitation battle is just half won
Part 1: CSE team finds awareness campaign for toilets is not enough, correct designs are needed as well