WHO Guidelines to address overweight and obesity in children Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTAs part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO is releasing guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and help...
Incidence of non-communicable diseases in India rose by 25 % Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTA new state-by-state health analysis in India finds that over two decades heart- and lung-related conditions, as well as other non-communicable...
Multi-Drug Resistant organisms causing deadly Infections spreading in Community : SGRH Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTResearchers from Department of Critical Care, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, and City Hospital have conducted a retrospective study on 201 patients of...
Parkinson disease: A looming pandemic Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTNew research shows that the number of people with Parkinson's disease will soon grow to pandemic proportions. In a commentary appearing today in the...
New strategy for treating infections by drug resistant bacteria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTIn an article published in Nature Communications, a group of scientists from Brazil and France describes a new strategy that could be useful to treat...
World Diabetes Day: Things you need to know Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTDiabetes is the general term used for conditions which lead to an increase in blood sugars and includes Type 1, Type 2, gestational diabetes and other...
Men more prone to diabetes: Analysis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTA retrospective data analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, the largest diagnostics chain in India, reveals that men are more prone to diabetes than women....
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance : WHO Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTWHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.The...
Doctors in India see patients for just 2 minutes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTPrimary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world's population, but range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes in...
More than half (51%) of Indian women of reproductive age have anaemia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTAccording to Global Nutrition Report 2017, India comes at the bottom of the table with 51% women impacted with anemia, maximum in the world.It is a...
Type-2 Myocardial Infarction- Revisited Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTMyocardial infarction (MI) is an acute ischemic event associated with myocardial injury and associated with increased mortality.17 years ago, the...
Group B Streptococcus infection causes estimated 150,000 stillbirth & infant death Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTAn estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carries Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, the cause of...
