The negative health effects from air pollution exposure are infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome.
Heart patients can prolong their life if they interrupt their sedentary lifestyle and move around every 20 minutes.
Gaining a few pounds in college, on a cruise, or over the holidays is considered harmless, but it can have cardiovascular implications, especially if the weight is gained in the abdomen.
Weight loss might not necessarily mean that you have lost the excess fat as well, says Jitendra Chouksey.
The World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report 2014, published recently shows that 9 million people developed TB in 2013, and 1.5 million died, revealing that there are almost half a million more cases of the disease than previously estimated.
Smoking even one cigarette daily increases the stiffness of the arteries in young adults, aged between 18 and 30 years, by nearly 25 per cent. Stiff arteries increase resistance in blood vessels, making the heart work harder. This increases the risk of heart diseases including an attack.As part of the study, researchers compared arterial stiffness of young smokers, who smoke five to six cigarettes per day, to non-smokers using 'Applanation tonometry' method.
World champion boxer M C Mary Kom was a relieved mother after as her ailing son underwent successful heart surgery in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The Insurance penetration in India is very low at 3.9 per cent.
The food you eat can determine the colour of your urine.
An increasing number of overweight and under-exercised children are staring at serious heart problems if parents don't step in
'Throw away all perishable foods that have been left at room temperature for more than two hours,' suggests dietician Komal Jethmalani.
'The harmful side effects of what we call 'management toxicity' are affecting more and more Indians,' note Jeffrey Pfeffer and M Muneer.
Reliance Clinical Research Services has commenced studies for clients in the United States, the United Kingdom and West Asia in areas including infectious diseases, vaccines and oncology to take advantage of India's competitiveness.
The most common symptoms were fatigue, post-exertional malaise -- worsening of symptoms after physical or mental exertion -- and cognitive dysfunction, often called brain fog.
A study reveals that at least a quarter of long-term smokers will develop the incurable lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Yogini and wellness expert Shweta Singh suggests simple postures to improve the functioning of your heart.
People living in the national capital and in states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are more likely to contract COVID-19 due to prolonged exposure to high concentration of PM 2.5, according to a new pan-India study.
If you are pregnant or obese you are at higher risk of swine flu.
When the human body is exposed to too much artificial light at night, the body's biological clock gets confused and this natural sleep pattern starts disrupting.
Then don't just sign the form and expect the insurance agent to do the rest. That can prove costly.
It may help prevent organ damage.
Some of the easily digestible spices during monsoon are garlic, asafetida, pepper, ginger, turmeric, cumin and coriander. They also provide excellent nutrition.
'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
The N95 masks reduced a cough's initial velocity by up to a factor of 10, and limit its spread to between 0.1 and 0.25 meters, the researchers said.
Did you know that mushrooms can help control your sugar level?
The latest price revision includes mostly cardiovascular drugs, anti-bacterials, anti-herpes, contraceptives and gastrointestinal medicines
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides the answers.
The results are based on epidemiological data collected up to third week in June 2020 and the researchers say a comprehensive evaluation will need to follow after the pandemic has subsided.
Sodium is the most important parameter that people with hypertension should monitor.
'Families look after the elderly. And these families are facing a lot of problems now.'
Cosmetic experts explain how liposuction, like any other surgery, has its share of risks and side effects.
'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.'
Apart from keeping our weight in check, a daily detox routine can also help in keeping our bodies disease-free, says Ameve Sharma.
Plants like aloe vera, spider plant and neem act as the natural air filters.
Foods rich in folate, vitamin B 12, vitamin C, D, K and iron are known to increase the platelet counts.
Patients from any part of the country will soon need to travel no more than three hours for treatment of the kind available in large metros.
Vardhan said the ICMR is actively researching on reports of COVID-19 reinfection and although the number of such cases is negligible at this moment, the government is fully seized of the importance of the matter, the health ministry said in a statement.
NPPA suggests expanding the list of essential medicines whose prices are controlled
