Infertility is on the rise in India. Studies have linked this to both lifestyle factors as well as numerous diseases and the influence of air pollution. Despite this increasing prevalence, many hospitals remain inadequately equipped to deal with the issue. Statistics for basic fertility services are shocking. A staggering 94 percent of primary health centres …
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Indian innovation will benefit from a US$125 million loan from the World Bank. This follows an agreement signed by the Indian government and the World Bank’s investment arm, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The loan will target India’s biopharmaceutical and medical devices sectors through the ‘Innovate in India for Inclusiveness’ project, also …
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India is stepping up efforts to encourage its 120 million smokers to kick the habit. From September, tobacco product packaging will be required to showcase a new set of pictorial and textual health warnings. They will also have to carry the number for a toll-free line to help tobacco users quit. The new guidelines were issued …
The Union Health Ministry has pledged to increase funding for the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These lifestyle related conditions include illnesses such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The prevalence of NCDs is rapidly increasing in India. As a result, their treatment now forms the priority of healthcare funding. For the 2017-18 period, …
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The changing face of the Taj Mahal One of the most visible effects of India’s rapidly escalating pollution crisis is the changing face of one of its most iconic landmarks. The Taj Mahal, a marble mausoleum which stands 240 feet tall on the banks of Yamuna river in Agra, is famous for its ivory white …
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Could India’s rapidly expanding medical tourism industry be providing a new route for infectious diseases and drug resistance to spread across the globe? Senior health officials in the US think so. “We have a problem in India, .” said Dr Anthony S Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during a …
This article has been republished under a Creative Commons license from The Conversation. The piece was authored by Olivier Telle, research scientist at CSH, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). It can be accessed here. Full credit goes to the original author and publisher. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Human societies have seen a significant decrease in mortality from infectious diseases …
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On April 19, seventeen-year-old Kadali Shanmukha was found dead. The previous day, Bheem Singh had also been found dead. What links the two deaths is that both were suicides and that Shanmukha and Singh were both students. Shanmukha, aged just seventeen, was a senior intermediate student at the Bhashyam Junior College in Kakinada. Singh was …
There has been a fifty percent rise in Indians seeking homoeopathic therapies in the past five years. Homoeopathy is considered by many scientific authorities as at best a placebo. At its worst it’s a distraction from proper treatment. The rise comes despite widespread dismissal from the medical and scientific communities, “In India, at 23 Institutes/ …
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New evidence indicates that Indian cuisine may be an effective means to prevent Alzheimer’s disease as well as many other degenerative conditions. The key to this discovery is turmeric – specifically, a chemical compound within turmeric called curcumin. Previous studies have shown this chemical has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. This can provide relief — as well …
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