COVID-19 warriors: How Synergy Sansthan has been dispelling myths

A non-profit in Madhya Pradesh is helping tribal people fight COVID-19 

FSSAI launches Eat Right campaign to curb consumption of sugar, salt and fat

The objective is to combat negative nutritional trends and fight lifestyle diseases

Nutritional crisis: India has most ‘zero-food’ children at 6.7 million; third highest prevalance among 92 LMICs

Children aged 6-23 months going without milk, solid or semisolid food in 24-hour period are ‘zero-food’

Fibre is your body’s natural guide to weight management

Rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fibre packaging instead

‘Elderly women more overweight, obese than men’

More elderly aged 60 and above were overweight and obese in urban areas than in rural areas, found Longitudinal Ageing Study in India 

International Day of Rural Women: It’s time we recognise their lives and livelihood

Rural women are active agents of socio-economic change. As we celebrate the day on October 15, there is a need to pull them out of the …

International Women's Day: How Nira Chhatria ensured her family's survival with a phone and just Rs 3,000

Nira Chhatria was chosen as a participant when Trickle Up began working with ultra-poor women in Odisha in 2015

Nearly half of teen respondents in Delhi-NCR addicted to internet: Study

CRY research claims internet addiction increases with age; was greater among those with private rooms, access to personal mobile devices

India is moving at jet speed, people should be able to move too

1 in 4 men and every second woman in India are physically inactive; can Indian construct cities which are creators of health, environment and equity?

Lifestyle diseases, change in nutrition consumption pattern making urban India unhealthy

A new study finds rise in cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes among urban population of the country

For the first time, study establishes link between PM 2.5 and breast cancer

A study on US women found that for every one unit increase in PM2.5, the risk factor for breast cancer increased by 4 per cent

For the first time, India has indigenously developed Braille maps

India's first indigenously developed atlas for blind children enables them to study geography more effectively

Two Indians win this year's Magsaysay awards

The awards have recognised the contribution of Anshu Gupta, who uses cloth to transform the lives of people, and Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the …

Eggplant controls type 2 diabetes

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Why are boys more malnourished than girls in India?

Going by a recent study on malnutrition in children in 10 Indian cities, parental bias for boys could be pushing them closer to junk food

Should we treat chronic disease patients only if they agree to lifestyle monitoring?

The challenge of a rapidly increasing health care budget has prompted a call for “lifestyle rationing” of medical help to people who …

Recalling 2020: How COVID-19 impacted kids

2020 was a topsy-turvy year and the new normal kept us away from a lot. As the year comes to a close, here’s a look back at the fears …

Look back at the decade: 2010-2019

Developments that shaped the world in the second decade of the new millenium

COVID-19 pandemic: Women in charge

Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally. Nearly one in three women work in agriculture and do …

The rise and rise of the fast food industry

Portion size to calorie intake, study sheds light on how fast food is causing various lifestyle diseases

Diet, lifestyle, environmental changes linked to massive cancer cases spike in under-50 adults globally

79% surge in cancer cases from 1990 to 2019, finds report

Gandhi at 150: He walked 18 kms a day and avoided using cars, rickshaws

He was ahead of his times in choosing sustainable transport for his tours and travel

Training health workers can help manage hypertension in villages 

Early detection and management of hypertension is necessary to prevent complications, but shortfall of trained health workforce, particularly in …

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?