Ill health is pushing people to suicides, mental illness among top worries

More than a sixth of suicides in India in 2016 due to health reasons

As told to Parliament (December 22, 2021): Over 150 million households have jobs cards under MGNREGA

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Countries call for concerted action on dementia at WHO meet

By 2030, 75 million people are estimated to be living with the condition

MONEYMAKERS

Is thin beautiful?

A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures

Easing restrictions

Ecstasy and agony

UK drug companies trying to subvert independent appraisal processes

Yoga helps reduce epileptic fits

Screen time and ADHD: Looking for the connection

Growing evidence shows that mobile phone use can lead to developmental problems by the time they reach school age

FOLLOW UP

Dial in a headache

A study shows headache is more common among mobile phone users

Toxic future

Mentally Taxing

Science 2003

Breakthroughs, and such-like research

COVID-19: 7 in 10 Indians believed normalcy would return in a year, claims study

42% Indians believed it would take 4-12 months to contain the pandemic 

12 million in UK face health risks due to climate change: Study

Heat-related deaths among people over 65 years rose 21 per cent between 2004 and 2018

Pesticides raise dementia risk

Direct exposure increases chances of poor cognitive abilities

Stress in the city

How brain behaves when stress builds up

Chemical banned

Frog leap to oblivion

Pesticides are killing frogs and other amphibian species in the US

Pill trouble

Dabur given go-ahead to market birth defect-causing drug

Killing oneself

Magnetic field of devices like hair dryers can damage brain

Zyprexa, of pharma major Elli Lilly, promoted for off-label uses

Depression, anxiety top contributors to global disease burden for 3 decades: Analysis

Pandemic may increase cases; prevalence higher among women