More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
Nov 2: Every day around 93 per cent of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so ...
Canadian doctors to start prescribing museum visits
A group of Canadian doctors are to begin prescribing trips to an art gallery to help patients suffering a range of ailments become a ...
542 deaths due to swine flu so far this year
New Delhi, Oct 22 : As many as 542 people have died of swine flu so far this year, with Maharashtra alone accounting for almost 50 ...
WHO plays down risk to Indian children from tainted polio vaccine
Mumbai: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that there was minimal risk of children contracting the polio virus in ...
Half of women at risk of dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke: study
Nearly half of women and one in three men are at risk of developing stroke or degenerative neurological diseases such as dementia and ...
Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes
Mosquito larvae have been observed ingesting microplastics that can be passed up the food chain, researchers said Wednesday, ...
22 new AIIMS coming up across the country: Nadda
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26: Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said 22 new AIIMS are coming up across the country and admitted that ...
Zero tolerance: no safe level of alcohol, study says
Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in ...
Salt consumption exceeds guidelines in most countries : study
Salt consumption exceeds national and World Health Organization guidelines in most countries, but only the highest-sodium diets, such ...
Dying groundskeeper battles chemical giant Monsanto
Cancer-stricken Dewayne Johnson vowed to fight to his death in a David versus Goliath court battle against agrochemical giant ...