The government of South Korea plans to amend tobacco-related laws to designate synthetic nicotine as a type of tobacco to regulate the product category seeing growing popularity among young smokers, according to officials on Wednesday. ...
A child living with severe obesity at age four and doesn't lose weight may have a life expectancy of just 39 -- about half of the average life expectancy, finds a study on Wednesday. ...
The longer blood pressure (BP) remains uncontrolled, the greater the damage it can cause, such as heart attack or stroke, heart failure, and kidney problems, said experts on Wednesday, ahead of World Hypertension Day. ...
As many as one-third of all children in urban India aged 5-15 years are expected to suffer from myopia by 2030, eye doctors said, as a ...
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Monday launched 'Project Sarathi', a collaborative effort aimed at streamlining patient rush within its premises....
The health officials in Rajasthan have seized the records of a blood bank in Neem Ka Thana district after a pregnant woman died, while two other women’s health conditions deteriorated post blood transfusion, officials said on Monday....
The South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has urged the people to be vigilant as the country has reported a laboratory-confirmed case of monkeypox disease, also known as Mpox. ...
Many people who are living with obesity, suffer from dysmorphic disorder -- a condition in which a person has a distorted image of their body -- and conceal their body in their WhatsApp profile pictures, according to a study on Tuesday. ...
Protein supplements, which come with added sugars and additives, may harm the kidneys and bones and are not required for healthy people, said experts on Tuesday, even as the ICMR-NIN’s new dietary guidelines also advise against them. ...
Saying that Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s comment on the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch District was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, on Tuesday said he has written to the Election Commission of In...
