Hypertension high in rural areas, linked to kidney disease as well: studies
Adults with hypertension had a high chance of developing chronic kidney disease as indicated by the presence of proteins and albumin in urine
Childhood obesity, non-communicable diseases figure prominently at World Health Assembly
Experts say undernutrition in early childhood increases the risk of children becoming obese later in life
Liquid pressure
Book>> WATER THE EPIC STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH, POWER, AND CIVILIZATION • by Steven Solomon • Harper Collins • Rs 580
Darfur pays for its water
In 2006, Slovenian president Janez Drnov?ek sent filmmaker and political activist Tomo Kriznar as a peace envoy to war-torn Darfur. US pressure …
World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer
The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent
Food allergies on the rise
Increase in number of cases reported across the world; prevalence rate in India could be 3 per cent
Prosperity and Beyond
A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces …
Chew and spew
The fact that methane is crucially responsible in heating up the earth's atmosphere is well established, but the lesser-known truth is that the …
How much should a person consume?
Book>> How Much Should A Person Consume, Thinking Through The Environment by Ramachandra Guha Permanent Black New Delhi, 2006
Too cool for comfort
How rising incomes are lowering room temperatures at the cost of energy, health and comfort
Guardians for the future
World Future Council calls for an ombudsperson to secure the environment for future generations
Fat? Blame petrol
Book>> The Energy Glut: The Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World • Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards, • Zed Books • £12
Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins
Veena Shatrugna has campaigned vigorously against brahmanical influence on the ‘balanced diet’. She explains the politics of …
A whale of problem
INUIT, WHALING, AND SUSTAINABILITY:·By Milton M R Freeman, Ingmar Egede et al ·Published by Altamira Press, New Delhi
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 …
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 …
US Matters
The world is already celebrating the US' emissions reduction framework. Our research shows the US climate change action plan is neither ambitious …
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
Forest to farms
India's paper industry now sources more wood from farmers. Why does it still demand forestland?
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 …
Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns
"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …
Troubled minds
In spite of a National Mental Health Programme being in place, very few people suffering from mental illnesses in India get treatment, either …
Basic Instinct
In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera …
Hitting a century
...depends on one's will-power and lifestyle and not genes