Father's obesity in puberty may up asthma risk for offspring
Men who have considerable weight gain between their childhood and puberty are at an increased risk of having asthma as an adult, as are their future offspring, a new study has found. The findings suggested that the period between the age of eight and puberty is particularly important for lung health...
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Father's obesity in puberty may up asthma risk for offspring
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WHO lauds India's effort in bringing down under-five mortality
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194 Haryana hospitals empanelled for Ayushman scheme
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CCEA approves Rs 1,225 crore for rural health workers
19 September 2018 | IANS -
TB remains world's deadliest infectious disease: WHO
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10 mn people developed TB in '17; India accounts for 27%: WHO
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Add Tulasi to your diet to boost health
18 September 2018 | IANS
Ayushman Bharat to give fillip to Digital India: Nadda
Union minister J P Nadda Tuesday said the "Ayushman Bharat", the insurance scheme of the central government to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23, will give a fillip to Digital India movement. Ayushman Bharat aims to holistically address health (covering prevention, promotion and ambulatory care), at primary,...
Over 500 new genes linked to blood pressure identified
Scientists have discovered 500 new gene regions that influence people's blood pressure -- a major risk factor for stroke and heart disease -- after analysing data from over a million participants. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, more than triple the number of blood pressure gene regions to over 1,000 and...
AI can identify lung cancer type
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system can accurately identify lung cancer types by analysing patients' tumours, scientists say. The system, described in the journal Nature Medicine, could distinguish with 97 per cent accuracy between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma -- two lung cancer types that experienced pathologists at times struggle to...
Child death below 5 declined faster in India: UN
Death of children below the age of five continues to steadily reduce in India, declining from nearly 22 per cent in 2012 to 18 per cent in 2017, which is now for the first time below the one million mark, the UN said in a new report. "The under-five mortality rate...
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Children who experience some type of adverse event following initial immunisation have a low rate of recurrent reactions to subsequent vaccinations, reports a new study. Although recurrent AEFIs can sometimes occur after repeat doses of vaccine, this study suggests that the risk of recurrent AEFIs after re-vaccination is relatively low, especially...
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A superbug resistant to all known antibiotics is spreading undetected through hospital wards across the world, according to scientists. The bacteria, known as Staphylococcus epidermidis, is related to the better-known and more-deadly MRSA. Found naturally on human skin, it most commonly infects the elderly or patients who have had prosthetic...
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A new inhaler — Synchrobreathe — designed to manage Obstructive Airway Disease (OAD) has been launched. It is an innovation in managing respiratory disease. Approximately 90% of physicians in India reported prescribing inhaler devices to at least 40% of their asthma and COPD patients in the first clinic visit. Educating...
