Health issues in India
Toxic alcohol has potentially killed more than a hundred people in India. The suspected cause? The illegally produced alcohol was ‘laced with methanol’. This incident, like the many others involving bootleg alcohol before it, has been likened by some to a massacre. Personal accounts paint a horrific scene Pintu Kumar, a farmhand in northern […]
A ban on painkiller Saridon has been lifted by the Supreme Court. The headache relief medicine was one of the 343 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs banned in a notification by the Centre last year. FDCs are pharmaceutical products which contain two or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Safety concerns drove the Centre’s decision to […]
The role technology has played in India’s economic expansion over the course of recent decades is no secret. Beneath the growth, however, an e-waste crisis is fermenting. The world produces almost fifty million metric tonnes of e-waste annually. India produces two million tonnes of this. On top of this, large quantities of e-waste produced in […]
The Centre’s flagship healthcare scheme – Ayushman Bharat – has faced funding concerns ever since it was announced. A meeting between economists and government officials has done little to allay those fears. Ayushman Bharat – or, to give it its full title, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – includes provisions to cover the 100 […]
Dubai-based researchers have pioneered a novel new technology which could offer hope for those suffering from heart ailments. Scientists at the University of Birmingham Dubai have unveiled ElectroMap software which could play an important role in processing heart data. Existing technologies can monitor the electrical activity of the heart and detect when conditions such as […]
While leprosy was declared eliminated in India in 2005, such a large population allows for the definition of one case per 10,000 population to still maintain a substantial number of individuals who still suffer from the disease. Current reports may even indicate the disease is showing a resurgence. However, this has been disputed by the […]
Indian public funding for research and development into neglected diseases has shown the strongest global growth since 2009. Funding increased significantly in 2017, growing by Rs 135 crore or around 38 percent, contributing to a significant boon into research of diseases such as tuberculosis. Globally, funding for neglected disease research reached its highest level ever […]
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition which involves an immune reaction to the gluten protein, commonly found in wheat, barley and rye products. This immune reaction results in inflammation of the small intestine, which can result in digestive issues and problems such as diarrhoea and anaemia. Awareness of the disease in India is at critically […]
Mosquitoes present one of India’s most prominent health threats because of the diseases they carry. Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and recently, the Zika virus have caused much alarm in India and are responsible for several lakh deaths every year. Numerous novel methods have been suggested for curbing mosquito populations or reducing their […]
A sharp and worrying rise in pollution rates is being felt especially in the north of India, whose metros dominate the list of India’s most polluted cities. Bihar capital Patna tops the list. Kanpur and Varanasi – both in Uttar Pradesh – follow in second and third place respectively. Delhi places fourth in the rankings, […]
