New Delhi: Your risk of diabetes, depression and cancer may depend on socioeconomic status, finds a study on Sunday. Those with lower socioeconomic status, determined by educational achievement and occupation, are more likely to develop…
New Delhi: Rising temperatures are increasing the risk of heart health, contributing to a surge in chances of death from cardiovascular diseases, said experts on World Environment Day on Wednesday. World Environment Day is observed…
New Delhi: Age, genetic and hormonal factors may explain why women are disproportionately affected by autoimmune diseases than men, said experts on Wednesday. Autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system attacks the body’s tissues. Studies…
Mumbai: A day after a human finger was allegedly detected in one of its Yummo brand ice-cream cones delivered to a customer, Walko Food Co Ltd. said on Thursday that it has stopped outsourcing its…
New Delhi: With Mumbai seeing the highest changes in the nighttime temperatures, India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, a new analysis on Friday showed climate change added nearly 50 to 80 nights each year…
New Delhi: Poor lifestyle choices with regular consumption of ultra-processed foods, and a sedentary lifestyle are increasing cancer cases among people under 40 years of age in India, said doctors on Sunday. Several factors are…
Mumbai: Regular junk food consumption and inactive lifestyles are fuelling cases of painful piles, fistula and fissures in young adults aged between 18 and 25 years, said doctors on Monday. People with piles and fissures…
Hyderabad: Use of Artificial Intelligence (IA) for self-diagnosis and prescription poses significant risk to human life, warn healthcare professionals. On Doctors’ Day, they voiced concern over the growing trend of patients depending on Internet search…
Lucknow: Doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) in Lucknow have successfully removed a 5.5 kg tumour from a patient’s kidney, they said. According to reports, it is the second heaviest kidney…
New Delhi: Advertisements of unhealthy food products with high salt (HFSS) food products, or ultra-processed food (UPF) are misleading and are “seductive, luring, manipulative or deceptive” people to buy and in turn increasing the incidences…
