India's maternal health has seen a remarkable transformation, with maternal deaths having fallen significantly, a global achievement. This ...

Earle Dickson's home-grown invention, the Band-Aid, revolutionized minor wound care. Frustrated by gauze slipping and bandages failing, he ...

New research indicates that stronger grip strength and the ability to easily stand from a chair are powerful predictors of a longer, health...

Deaths from dementia, other neuropsychiatric conditions including alcohol use disorder, and some other cancers like pancreatic and liver ha...

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, nearly double the national average, highlighting...

The study, conducted on US adults, suggests that coffee consumption may offer a protective effect against the negative health impacts assoc...

An observational study conducted in India has found no association between the country's Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, and an ...

"Our study found that vaccines used in India are safe. There was no association of vaccination in India with heart attack. In fact, the stu...

Though there is improved treatment outcome and a steady decline in mortality in recent years, long-term survival of these patients post tre...

The ratio has declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in 2014-2016 and to 122 in 2015-17, registering a 6.15 per cent reduction since the las...

Muscle-strengthening exercises can cut the risk of liver diseases and its complications.

Lancet study finds that diarrhoea is the fourth leading cause of death for children and responsible for 8.6 per cent of all deaths of child...

An 1888 hailstorm in India has been identified by the UN weather agency among the all-time deadly weather events. The severe hailstorm near...

People who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts daily have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death, says a new study.

Comparing the casualty figure of 9,843 in the 1999 super-cyclone that had hit Odisha, the report said no more than 47 people died during Ph...

The study suggests men who engaged in frequent sauna use had reduced risks of fatal cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, research...

Researchers of Uppsala University in Sweden found that the high levels of lactose and galactose in milk mean the drink in large quantities ...