Category: Health

High levels of toxic metals like lead and arsenic in breast milk may impair growth in infants, according to an alarming study.

Late last month, a paper in The Lancet Global by a team of researchers led by Maximilian J Wilfinger of the University of Notre Dame, US, reported that several chemotherapy drugs administered in sub-Saharan Africa had failed quality tests.

Exposure to lead during pregnancy and early childhood may speed up the rate at which children forget information, potentially impairing learning and cognitive development, according to a new study.

Diabetes may not only lead to joint pain that can severely damage your knee but also increase the risk of infections and blood clots after knee replacement surgery, according to a new study led by Indian researchers. More than half of people with diabetes have coexisting arthropathy — disease or condition affecting a joint —.

Women’s mental and physical health took a severe toll than men during the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, finds a study.

US researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that significantly outperforms current clinical guidelines in identifying patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death.

New Delhi, July 6: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta flagged off Ayushman Bharat registration vans in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. BJP Slams AAP Addressing the event, the BJP chief slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for not using Rs 1700 crore under.

New Delhi, July 4: Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, have developed a new low-cost sensor that can help detect toxic sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas responsible for respiratory irritation, asthma attacks, and long-term lung damage, at extremely low concentrations, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on Friday. CeNS,.

According to a press release by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the matter of sudden unexplained deaths has been investigated through several agencies in the country.

Imphal, June 29: Even as the positivity rate declined by 6.5 per cent over the past four days, Covid-19 cases are increasing in Manipur as the cumulative stood at 243 on Sunday, an official said. A senior official of Manipur Health and Family Welfare Department said that of the 50 samples tested on Sunday, 13.