Health

New Delhi: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has recognised India's food consumption pattern as the most climate-friendly among G20 nations, according to its latest Living Planet Report released...

Bengaluru: Do you have a sweet tooth? Think twice before gorging on a cake next time as it can cause cancer. Yes, you read it right. Recent quality checks carried...

New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopeia Commission (IPC) has urged drug manufacturers to ‘sensitise’ paediatricians and other healthcare professionals about the importance of not prescribing painkiller and anti-fever medicine Nimesulide to...

Bhubaneswar: Bajaj Finance employee Tarun Saxena, 42, hanged himself to death after being “abused” and “mentally tortured” by his seniors for not meeting the recovery targets. Sharing his plight in...

New Delhi: Scientists have developed a novel blood test that uses lipids to identify children who are more susceptible to obesity-related problems, such as type 2 diabetes, liver, and heart...

New Delhi: For the first time, it has been found that air pollution is one of the top risk factors for subarachnoid haemorrhage, a particular kind of brain stroke caused...

New Delhi: Children whose families use screens a lot tend to have weaker vocabulary skills, and video games have the biggest negative effect on kids' brain development, according to a...

Bhubaneswar: Incidence of stroke in Odisha is higher than the national average, with nearly one in seven residents at risk, according to a recent study published in The Lancet. It...

New Delhi: According to a pioneering national survey on sports and physical activity, over 20 crore Indians are classified as “inactive” as per international norms. The study highlights that girls...

New Delhi: There is no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk, according to a new World Health Organisation-commissioned review of the available published evidence worldwide. Despite...