Focus on a target to walk faster: Study
When walking, staying focused on a specific target ahead can make the distance to it appear shorter and help people walk faster.
When walking, staying focused on a specific target ahead can make the distance to it appear shorter and help people walk faster.
Flu vaccines may hold the key to developing a new vaccine against the deadly heart disease, scientists have found.
A Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died in a Texas hospital on Wednesday, his case having put health authorities on alert for the deadly virus spreading outside of West Africa.
Mali’s health ministry has said the country had its first confirmed case of Ebola after a two-year-old girl who had recently been in Guinea tested positive for the virus.
When it comes to the healthcare sector in India, governments till now have always been stingy and tightfisted and it looks like the Modi government may be no different.“Good health is a necessity for both quality of life, and a person’s productivity and ability to support his or her family. Providing medical services in each …
The swine flu epidemic has hit the health care systems hard and is currently showing no signs of slowing down. As of yesterday, it has been reported that within the first few days of February- as many as 216 people lost their lives -raising the death toll to a total of 407 deaths since this …
216 swine flu ( H1N1) deaths in India in February: Govt Read More »
“Universal healthcare is often presented as an idealistic goal that remains out of reach for all but the richest nations. That’s not the case”, writes Amartya Sen. “Look at what has been achieved in Rwanda, Thailand and Bangladesh “ The Guardian ran a piece by Amartya Sen on how universal health coverage can be achieved …
The chief minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi said: “whatever be the ground reality, health department shows Bihar as being on top in immunisation.” This was during a programme organised by the State Health Society in Bihar in collaboration with Unicef, WHO and some NGOs last month to spread awareness about the pentavalent vaccine (to …
Bihar CM, Jitan Ram Manjhi slammed health figures last year Read More »
A very happy new year to all our readers! HII is proud to covering critical health stories in India as they emerge and keep you updated for another year. Last year, India witnessed the thrill of achieving a polio-free status by the World Health Organization and also in complete contrast, the outrage of tragic sterilisation …
There are some shocking and depressing figures reported in an article in the DNA. As per data quoted in this article, in Mumbai: 4.6 lakh citizens die due to various illnesses since 2001 till Oct 2014 ( total number of heart attack -1.65 lakh ,TB and cancer deaths – 1.13 lakh and 72,759) 92 deaths …