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Health Ministry to allocate more funds to lifestyle diseases

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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As the Taj Mahal changes colour, pollution leaves Indian cities gasping for breath

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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Medical tourism: A new disease vector?

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 …

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A suicide crisis among Indian students

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 …

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Fifty percent rise in patients seeking homoeopathic treatment

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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Turmeric – Indian cuisine in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease

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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Traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods help make them big business

This article has been republished under a Creative Commons license from The Conversation. The original piece was authored by Ajay Patel, senior lecturer in food law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. It can be accessed here. Full credit goes to the original author and publisher.  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, …

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Why do just one percent of HBV-positive Indians receive treatment?

Just five countries account for 57 percent of the world’s cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV). India is one of them. Almost 292 million people worldwide have HBV. Of these, just five percent receive the treatment they need. Ninety percent are undiagnosed, according to a study published earlier this year in The Lancet. The study …

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What caused Uttar Pradesh’s HIV outbreak?

There may be more reasons behind Uttar Pradesh’s HIV outbreak in Unnao district than meets the eye. A quack doctor was held responsible after being accused of administering HIV contaminated injections to villagers. The case may continue for some time, however, state officials say they believe this man is not the sole cause of the …

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Over 30,000 Down’s Syndrome children born in India a year

India has an estimated birth rate of 19 births per 1000 population. With a total population of over 1.3 billion people this amounts to a considerable number of births: 69,070 babies were born in India on New Year’s Day alone. Due to proportionality, there are also a vast number of people born with Down’s Syndrome …

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