Why are Indians suddenly buying more vitamins after starting Ozempic-like weight loss drugs?Demand for vitamin and nutritional supplements is surging in India. This trend follows the increased availability of semaglutide-based weig...
22 May, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
Your tongue, ears and even hair can reveal iron deficiency. 5 weird symptoms to look out for, medical experts cautionIron deficiency can manifest in surprising ways. Beyond tiredness, listen to your body for restless legs, whooshing sounds in your ears, or...
09 Dec, 2025, 10.13 AM IST
Is fortified or diverse diet better?India's strategy to combat undernutrition through large-scale food fortification of staples like rice, oil, and salt is being questioned. R...
29 Sep, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Scientists call for more screening, awareness on inherited defects in anaemic patients in IndiaA study by scientists in India has highlighted inherited defects in anaemic patients in India. For the study, the researchers shortlisted n...
21 May, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Union ayush and health ministers to announce multi-centre clinical trial on anaemiaThe Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have launched a clinical t...
03 Mar, 2024, 08.05 PM IST
Blood is life: 1 in 4 people globally suffer from anaemiaPeople become anemic when their blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body.
15 Sep, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Alarming rates of anaemia found among Indian teenage girls, study highlights key risk factorsNearly 60 per cent of teenage girls in India are anaemic, according to a study that analyzed data from National Family Health Surveys.
09 Sep, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
Nearly 6 in 10 female teens anaemic in India, teenage motherhood an important risk factor: StudyDespite the Indian government implementing several programs aimed at addressing anaemia in women and children over the past five decades, a...
09 Sep, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Global anaemia burden: Lancet study says the condition affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021Twice as many women than men were found to have anaemia in 2021 according to The Lancet Haematology. Anaemia affected almost two billion pe...
02 Aug, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
Rice fortification pilots in India show drop in anaemiaFour large-scale pilots in different parts of the country were done - three in the school lunch and one in the Integrated Child Development...
27 May, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Anaemia, a weak caseIndia's chronic issue of high anaemia rates, particularly for women and children, may have been exaggerated due to flaws in testing methodo...
13 Apr, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
India likely to miss 2030 deadline for over half of health SDGs: Lancet studyAn international team of researchers found that over 75 per cent Indian districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to ...
27 Feb, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
Way sample collected might be inflating anaemia figuresIn a paper based on the CNNS survey published in June 2021 in the medical journal, The Lancet, the authors had stated that “datasets, inclu...
03 Aug, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Scared of needles? New smartphone app can detect anaemiaThe app uses photos of a person's fingernails to accurately measure haemoglobin in their blood.
06 Dec, 2018, 05.45 PM IST
Iron deficiency anaemia may up hearing loss risk, says new studyOf the patients in the study population, 43 per cent were men; average age was 50 years.
31 Dec, 2016, 05.14 PM IST
'Magic millet' gets an enrichment boost to cure anaemiaA global clinical trial has proved that use of 'magic millet' reduces the incidence of iron deficiency or anaemia dramatically in children.
14 Jun, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd gets India CSR Community Initiative awardJSPL's CSR programme is Kishori Express - an adolescent anaemia control drive on wheels for timely detection and rectification of anaemia a...
28 Apr, 2015, 12.59 PM IST