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An isolated single measurement ‘wrongly classified over 63% of individuals as having hypertension’.

Repeat BP check to get it right

Bindu Shajan Perappadan A minimum of 3 measurements in a clinic is recommended

Display information on 7 common antibiotics: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation

Bindu Shajan Perappadan CDSCO sends letter to manufacturers

Cigarette butts are the most common form of anthropogenic litter and constituted a significant proportion of the total litter in the world – but they often go unnoticed.

Smokers spent $700 billion on cigarettes in 2017, says WHO

Bindu Shajan Perappadan Global cigarette sales in 2017 stood at $700 billion, the World Health Organisation (WHO) tweeted, highlighting the fact that the amount was 250 times more than what the international organisation needed to protect human health.“This is what people spend every year on health-destroying products. It’s like paying to die and is 250 times more than what World Health Organisation (WHO) needs to protect and promote the most precious commodity on earth — human health,’’ it said in a Twitter post on

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How to maintain a healthy keto diet

Liza George As more and more jump on to the keto diet bandwagon, many home chefs and entrepreneurs in Thiruvananthapuram show the way

Do it right Games and balance-building exercises help to develop body awareness getty images/istock

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The importance of body and spatial awareness

Vani B Pahwa How body awareness helps us understand the space within and outside our physical beings

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Why are global measles cases up by 300%?

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Biomarkers found for lymph node metastasis in oral cancer

Doctors notice spurt in cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Transtan prunes waiting list for organs; drops 1,801 names

‘Zinc deficiency rising in Indians’

Why are global measles cases up by 300%?

India short of 6 lakh doctors, 2 million nurses: U.S. study

Repeat BP check to get it right

A minimum of 3 measurements in a clinic is recommended

‘Keep the cell wall shut’ model to fight bacterial infection

Even as we discover drugs and molecules to fight them, bacteria quickly mutate, resist

A coil in the stomach for better TB treatment

The coil eliminates the need for daily drug administration and brings down cost

Display information on 7 common antibiotics: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation

CDSCO sends letter to manufacturers

Eye'll bee damned: woman finds insects in eye

The tiny insects, which are just three milimetres (one-tenth of an inch) long, were discovered after the woman -- known only as Ms Ho -- sought treatment for an itchy and swollen left eye, Dr Horng Chi-ting said.

Smokers spent $700 billion on cigarettes in 2017, says WHO

Global cigarette sales in 2017 stood at $700 billion, the World Health Organisation (WHO) tweeted, highlighting the fact that the amount was 250 times

Finally, the disruption of fem-tech

Promising to have a woman’s back through every stage of life, fem-tech traverses borders, language and culture — but there’s still a long way to go

These startups are bringing healthcare to rural India

As we dilly-dally on universal health coverage, here’s how startups have started bringing cheap medical care to far-flung parts of the country

Let the yoga begin

Even 10 minutes a day will do, to balance body, mind and soul

Is Alkaline water good for health?

With many brands of alkaline water available in the market, experts from the medical community tell us if it is worth buying

An overview of edible underwear

People say that The Hindu is stodgy and conservative, but this is not true. Nowadays, they do stories on organic underwear. This immediately reminded

Comfort over shape

At a time when shapewear in synthetic fabrics is all the rage, Thuvam’s line of women’s panties in unbleached, handwoven cotton, stands out for its kindness towards the body and the environment

Explainer | Failing quality tests at Johnson & Johnson

J&J denies there is formaldehyde in its shampoo. But if there is, what is the risk?

Maternal deaths following C-sections in low and middle-income countries 100 times those in high-income countries: Lancet

Every year, 3 lakh women die during childbirth, 99% of whom are from low and middle-income countries.

Telemedicine, roboticised doctors?

Doctors using video-chat robotics to discuss sensitive and confidential health issues gives a whole new meaning to ‘clinical’

This Visakhapatnam-based doctor is providing free healthcare

Meet Narasinga Rao, a 65-year-old doctor who is running a clinic in Seethammapeta and treating patients free of cost

Vikram Patel gets global health award

Vikram Patel, a psychiatrist and professor of global health at Harvard Medical School, has won the prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global

Adding egg or milk can reduce stunting in young children: study

Bengaluru researchers say that animal product protein is better digested

‘Early brain function affected in poor kids’

Study says children from lower income background had weaker brain activity

Heal yourself

Ahead of World Health Day, a workshop on preventing and even reversing disease

Detection of high-risk pregnancies to go hi-tech

SMART Health Pregnancy programme to be launched in Guntur in June

Why some people lose their hair in patches

Known as Alopecia areata, the condition affects over a million people in India

Here’s why expectant parents are turning to natural birthing

For most, it is a bid to keep medical intervention to the minimum

Is ‘wellness’ too expensive for the common man?

How businesses hijacked preventive health to make it aspirational, heavy on the wallet, and almost unreachable

Mozambique confirms first cholera death

517 cholera cases reported in Beira; Cyclone Idai kills over 500 people in Mozambique

Abortion a right few women are aware of, say doctors

Many mothers, even in urban India, resort to unsafe methods of termination of pregnancy which at times prove fatal, say doctors

J&J told to pay damages, but hip implant victims sceptical

Company has been told to pay ₹74.5 lakh to Mumbai woman by April first week

92% in Asia exposed to harmful air

Around 92% of the population in the Asia Pacific region are exposed to levels of air pollution that pose a significant risk to their health, according

Laboratory told to pay ₹55K as compensation for erroneous blood test

Gave erroneous blood test reports to complainant

WHO calls for tighter monitoring of marketing of unhealthy foods to children

U.N. agency has highlighted products high in salt, sugar and fat, alcohol and tobacco

Youth going online for info on mental illness, finds survey

Need for introducing mental health curriculum in schools

Artificial womb supports premature lamb foetuses

Offers extra time for lungs to develop

Male contraceptive pill may be possible

An experimental birth control pill for men has successfully passed tests of safety when participants used it daily for a month, according to

‘Tobacco vendors targeting children’

Study finds them adopting tactics like selling candy and loose cigarettes

Centre notifies new rules for drugs, clinical trials

The Union Health Ministry has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with the government stating that the move is aimed at promoting

Nearly 6,200 H1N1 cases reported in three weeks

In a matter of three weeks, the number of influenza A (H1N1) cases and deaths in India has risen sharply by about 6,200 and over 225, respectively.

Is death by mosquito bite insurable? SC answers the question in a judgment

National Insurance Limited argued that a mosquito bite cannot be classified as a ‘personal accident’ covered under the policy.

Over 1,000 Ebola cases in DR Congo

The number of cases in a nearly eight-month-old epidemic of Ebola in eastern DR Congo now exceeds 1,000, almost two-thirds of whom have died, the

Project Kannamma is changing lives, one sanitary napkin at a time

Project Kannamma provides access to sanitary napkins made by Irula tribeswomen, to over 300 students from across Government Schools in and around Chennai

The spring influence on your health

Neither too hot, nor too cold: here’s how you can take care of your health during this Goldilocks weather

How to sleep better during night shifts

If those graveyard hours have got you down, you are not alone. We get sleep experts to help you with the extra ‘zzz’s

Are Vitamin C showers good for your skin and hair?

Hotels claim they dechlorinate the water, and cleanse your skin. What does the medical community think?

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