Flu season has come again and swine flu is making its rounds, leading to a swathe of deaths across India. According to data issued by the government, 169 deaths have been reported due to the H1N1 virus — or swine flu — for which 4,571 people have tested positive across January. Rajasthan has been …
India has recently faced an alarming — and high-profile — incident in which polio vaccines were contaminated with live type-2 strains of the virus. While the incident has largely been relegated to the media’s archives, this is not the only issue India faces with regards to polio. Stock shortages could see Indian children going without …
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Sleep has been implicated as both a causative factor and a means of reducing heart disease by a recent study. This could have considerable implications in India, where heart disease is the number one cause of death in the nation — by a considerable margin. “We have to include sleep as one of the weapons …
Around ninety percent of Indians are all but unaware of celiac disease claims a panel of experts at the recent International Symposium on Wheat Related Disorders (ISWD) hosted by the Celiac Society of India (CSI) on January 12, 2019. This is despite a potential eight million Indians suffering from the condition. Indians are unaware, but …
For many Indian labourers there is no option but to work in often unclean, unsafe environments. They risk long-term health implications to stave off the potential for immediate health issues due to poverty and malnourishment. More and more case studies spotlight the dangerous work that is undertaken by many Indians simply in order to survive. …
For many women in rural India, both postnatal and antenatal care are all but non-existent. Healthcare facilities are often out of reach. This alone is a significant contributing factor to both maternal and neonatal deaths in India, which is among the highest in the world. Could the minds of India’s start-ups begin to alleviate the …
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Worldwide numbers of dementia cases are estimated to hit 131.5 million by 2050. India is unlikely to be exempt from this trend as conditions in the country indicate numbers are set to rise rapidly. India has an aging population, and with increased life expectancy in recent years the number of individuals living to the age …
Indian researchers have found that frequent consumption of berries and pomegranates may be the answer to improving digestion and bowel health. Researchers at the Bangalore-based Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem) alongside the University of Louisville discovered that a metabolite produced during the breakdown of berries in the gut relieves the effects …
Despite funding increases promised by the National Health Policy 2017, current spending levels have stagnated. Does this stagnation, coupled with a continued increase in the overall amount spent on healthcare, indicate the government’s role in India’s health is becoming ever more distant? Government keeping their hands out of healthcare?The latest data from National Health Accounts …
Government keeping their hands out of healthcare? Read More »
Nearly half of all vaccines delivered globally are manufactured in India. This is a considerable accolade for India’s pharmaceutical industry. Indian vaccines are saving potentially millions of lives on a global basis, however, homegrown misinformation could be limiting India’s success in delivering vaccines to its own people. The need for high immunisation coverage levels …
India, a vaccine production giant losing its trust? Read More »
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