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...
21 Jul, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
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...
16 Jan, 2024, 05.31 PM IST
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 ...
25 Jul, 2023, 06.02 PM IST
Childhood respiratory illness may turn fatal in adulthood: StudyRespiratory illness may actually decrease life span, even as an adult!
10 Mar, 2023, 08.34 PM IST
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...
08 Mar, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
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.
16 Oct, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2020, 03.39 PM IST
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.
07 Aug, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
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...
15 Nov, 2017, 12.08 PM IST
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...
14 Nov, 2017, 09.42 PM IST
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...
20 Feb, 2017, 01.49 AM IST
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...
09 Jun, 2015, 11.23 AM IST