Monthly Archives: July 2018
Health agency signs MoU for Ayushman Bharat implementation
Under the MoU, information and eligibility validation services will be provided to beneficiaries, especially in remote area
National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body for...
Hair loss, greying can be reversed by new compound say Johns Hopkins experts
Hair loss, hair whitening and skin inflammation caused by a diet heavy in fat and cholesterol may be reversed, they say
Now, hope for those...
3 in 5 babies not breastfed in 1st hour of birth: UNICEF/WHO
New report reveals misconceptions that prevent breastfeeeding
An estimated 78 million babies – or three in five – are not breastfed within the first hour...
Greening reduces depression, stress in city dwellers
Living in a green surrounding lowers mental stress, study shows
Recent plans to ‘redevelop’ government residential colonies in south Delhi by felling trees created a...
Millions of unborn girls killed in womb, yet just 2735 cases till date
No cases under the PC&PNDT Act have been filed in several northeastern states, despite falling sex ratio in many of them
India's sex ratio at...
High BMI in young people can change the structure of the heart
Because of these changes, young people who are overweight may be more prone to heart diseases as they grow older
Being overweight in youth can...
E-cigarettes too can increase risk of oral cancer
New research suggests smokeless tobacco products including e-cigarettes too have a cancer link
While the link of smokeless tobacco products to oral cancer is documented,...
Take steps to control dengue, malaria etc: Nadda to Kejriwal
Nadda letter to Kejriwal may not go down well with the Delhi administration
Union health minister J P Nadda has written to Delhi chief minister...
Artificial intelligence can read personality from eye movements
AI has been found to recognise four of the Big Five personality traits
Eyes, truly are the windows to the soul. Especially when there is...
Japanese scientists identify gene link to childhood nephrosis
Childhood nephrotic syndrome or nephrosis is an incurable disease
Childhood nephrotic syndrome is the most frequently occurring chronic kidney disease among children. A Japanese research...