Watch the clock

Understanding body clock can pave the way for better health

High BP, tobacco are top killers

Study on global disease burden shows infectious diseases are declining

Global warming can't be fixed without egalitarian ethic

UK advertising committee widens restrictions on food and drinks ads

A whale of problem

INUIT, WHALING, AND SUSTAINABILITY:·By Milton M R Freeman, Ingmar Egede et al ·Published by Altamira Press, New Delhi

Growing tendency

Compared to Europeans, South Asians need longer workouts

The next challenge

Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process

The impact

Kerala's income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs

A long haul

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society

Stressed out

Few studies on hypertension, but doctors say it is rising

Spending on junk food

Bridging the gap

Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …

India’s twin environmental challenges

The salt challenge

Its restriction in food can help India fight high BP

Rio: not plus or minus, just 20

Life in the fast lanes

Urban areas are "living organisms" in themselves and create their own ecosystems

Green buildings: it’s common sense

Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …

Vicious cycle

Cost of treating hypertension itself leads to stress

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US Matters

The world is already celebrating the US' emissions reduction framework. Our research shows the US climate change action plan is neither ambitious …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Is UN giving in to industry?

UN adopts resolution to fight chronic lifestyle diseases, without targets or commitments

Why environmental degradation is a big health risk

Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report

Vitamin D complex

When sunlight falls on the skin, it forms an essential nutrient, vitamin D. For people in India, which has an average of 300 clear sunny days in …

The link between blood pressure and suicides