Health/Lifestyle

Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare launched the Allied and Healthcare Professionals’ database portal, here today, as part of Ministry’s commitment to ensure better systems and frameworks for the healthcare workforce in the country. At the launch, Ms. Sudan, said that India enjoys a demographic dividend of more than 65% youth below the age of 35 years and the ...

A study has recently found that combining radiation therapy with blueberry extracts can help to boost the effectiveness of cervical cancer treatment. Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix – the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Researchers from the University Of Missouri-Columbia, United States explained that one ...

Dr SANJAY KUMAR VARUN DAINIK NATION BUREAU During the winter season people of all diabetes types tend to have higher HBa1c levels than the summer season. With snow, ice and frost all threatening, sugar levels can creep up whilst the temperature drops. In view of this, we’ve compiled some tips to help keep your blood glucose levels under control during a ...

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has recently announced the launch of daily regimen for TB patients across the country under The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP). The Health Ministry has been providing the thrice weekly regimen for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), however it has now decided to change the treatment strategy for TB patients from thrice ...

On the occasion of WORLD DIABETES DAY, a lecture was organised by the Army on 14 Nov 17 at Gulmarg to spread awareness about one of the most important lifestyle disorders. Diabetes nowadays, affects almost all age groups and thus, awareness about its underlying causes, preventive measures and management should be known to all. The lecture by the Army Medical ...

Dr SK VARUN DAINIK NATION BUREAU Air pollution smoking and occupational dust are responsible for COPD. Smog in Delhi is equivalent to 40 cigarettes smoking per day. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined as a disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible COPD is the third leading cause of death and affects > 10 million ...

Chinese scientists have found the first genetic pathway underlying natural variation in ageing, which could provide insights for developing interventions to slow down the process of growing old in humans, state media reported today. The scientists, studying a worm, found that the combination of a certain neuropeptide coding gene and its receptor gene controls the stress reaction of a “longevity ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A youth known as Subhash, whose hand amputated because his hand crushed in grass cutting machine, hand replanted by a doctor after around eight hour long surgery here in Dehradun. With this successful surgery doctor has given new life to him and new hope to the people who believes that if their body part gets amputated then ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to serve the patients having burn injuries during this year’s Deepawali, the GVK EMRI 108 ambulance service has chalked out an intensive plan to deal with emergency cases and asked their employee to refrain from taking leave on October 19. The 108 ambulance service state head Manish Tinku said that it has noticed cthat ...

Dr SK Varun In India, the risk of dengue has increased in recent years due to rapid urbanization, lifestyle changes and deficient water management including improper water storage practices in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, leading to proliferation of mosquito breeding sites. The disease has a seasonal pattern i.e. the cases peak after monsoon, and it is not uniformly distributed ...