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Cancer, heart disease, stroke-linked deaths are declining globally but there is warning about other diseases. Here's what research study revealsDeaths from dementia, other neuropsychiatric conditions including alcohol use disorder, and some other cancers like pancreatic and liver ha...- 5 billion globally lack access to medical oxygen, poor nations most affected: Lancet reportFive billion people lack access to medical oxygen, with the highest inequities in low- and middle-income countries, a new Lancet report rev...
- Kamal Hinduja’s insights on combating India’s rising lung disease crisisThe rise in lung-related disorders in India is exacerbated by air pollution, tobacco use, and traditional cooking methods. Kamal Hinduja hi...
- Burden of lung diseases in India likely much higher than Lancet study's projection: DoctorsIndian doctors are concerned that the actual burden of lung-related diseases in the country may exceed recent projections by a Lancet study...
- Study says global deaths from fungal disease are twice than previous estimateThe annual death toll from fungal diseases worldwide has reached 3.75 million, double the previous estimate, according to a study involving...
- India could face third highest economic burden of COPD from 2020-50: Lancet StudyThe global death toll of COPD was found to have increased by 14.1 per cent between 2009 and 2019, an increase that the study attributed to ...
- Childhood respiratory illness may turn fatal in adulthood: StudyRespiratory illness may actually decrease life span, even as an adult!
- Respiratory infections in a child could lead to death as an adult: StudyThe first-of-its-kind study spanning over seven decades suggests that people who had a lower-respiratory-tract infection (LRTI), such as br...
- Time to get your BP checked: Air pollution, hypertension among top risk factors for death in India in 2019The other fatal factors are tobacco use, poor diet and high blood sugar levels.
- Over the past three decades, India has gained 10 years in life expectancy: Lancet studyThe study, published in the Lancet journal, noted that life expectancy in India has risen from 59.6 years in 1990 to 70.8 years in 2019, ra...
- Scientists detail first known person-to-person transmission of coronavirus in USAccording to the researchers, person-to-person transmission of the deadly coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, occurred between the two people with pro...
- Lessons for Delhi: How China cut PM2.5 emissions by 33% in 5 yrsIn 2013, it was estimated that the health loss due to PM2.5 pollution in the 74 leading cites in China was 4.2 lakh premature deaths.
- Malnutrition India's biggest health hazard, air pollution a close secondIschaemic heart disease that is greatly influenced by air pollution has gone up from rank 5 to number 1, diabetes from rank 22 to rank 5 an...
- COPD, other air pollution related diseases on rise, says new health dataA new report released on Tuesday has concluded that air pollution is the second leading risk factor for disability-adjusted life years (DAL...
- Patna, Delhi among most polluted cities: ReportAir pollution is killing two people in India every minute, with the country’s environment turning more toxic by the day, says a new study p...
- Indians now live longer, but spend more time with illnessIn India, diabetes and other musculoskeletal disorders have replaced diarrheal diseases and vision problems as leading causes of years live...
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