Tag: non-communicable diseases
20,622 & counting, India’s health & wellness centres make quick strides
Health and wellness centres which are the primary care arm of Ayushman Bharat are making rapid progress
In what is expected to give a big...
Indian herb paneer dodi can be the answer to your high...
Extracts of the herb Withania coagulans, or Paneer dodi found to lower blood sugar levels in animal studies
Extracts of the herb Withania coagulans, or...
India has highest number of cases of childhood cancer: Lancet
Lancet analysis shows that the burden of childhood cancers in India is the highest in the world, followed by China
India has the highest number...
Random blood glucose tests can identify patients at high diabetes risk
Random plasma glucose tests could be used to predict which patients will develop diabetes, according to a study of Veterans Affairs treatment data
Random plasma...
Less than 1 in 3 hypertension patients treated in LMICS
A new study published in The Lancet reports that less than one in three high BP patients receive treatment in the Global South
Healthcare in...
Lack of regulation of sugar, alcohol etc fuels oral health crisis
Lancet flags impending oral health crisis, describes it as a global public health challenge
· Oral diseases present a major global public health burden, affecting...
Beagles trained to sniff out lung cancer; may be future of...
Study underscores potential of dogs in cancer screening; lung cancer done, next are breast and colorectal cancer
Three beagles successfully showed they are capable of...
Health coaches, gift cards as incentives help kids live better with...
Health coaches, personalised glucose monitoring and incentives improve sugar levels in young children and teens with type 1 diabetes
A new pilot study which integrated...
Women more likely to survive cancer but suffer worse side-effects
Study shows that women patients have better chances of surviving cancer than men; but they suffer more intense side-effects
Women are more likely to survive...
Diabetes can increase the risk of cancer metastasis
New research shows that people living with diabetes are more likely to have metastatic cancer
As if people living with diabetes didn't have enough health...
