World response to AIDS epidemic at a ‘critical juncture’
Dec 01, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): Thirty years after the first World AIDS Day, the HIV response stands at a crossroads, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, marking this year’s commemorations.
80 adolescents a day will still die of AIDS by 2030, despite slowdown in epidemic
Nov 30, 2018, at 08:11 am
New York, Nov 30 (IBNS): By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t accelerate progress in preventing transmission,” the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Indian legends and icons from various fields join hands with Rotary to eradicate Thalassaemia
Nov 30, 2018, at 12:43 am
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): Sachetonota- Eradication and Awareness for Thalassaemia free India at the Science City Auditorium was held to launched to start the campaign.
Baranagar club holds free medical camp for the underprivileged
Nov 30, 2018, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): Melamesha, a club of 57 years standing, recently organised a free medical health checkup in Baranagar, a town to the north of Kolkata.
Baranagar club holds free medical camp for the underprivileged
Nov 28, 2018, at 06:28 pm
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): Melamesha, a club of 57 years standing, recently organised a free medical health checkup in Baranagar, a town to the north of Kolkata.
Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines
Nov 28, 2018, at 09:17 am
New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines on Tuesday, highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to better standards of health and overall well-being.
Yoga linked to improved body satisfaction: Study
Nov 27, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New York, Nov 27 (IBNS): Body dissatisfaction is highly prevalent among young adults and often leads to severe adverse health consequences, including disordered eating, weight gain over time and poor psychological health.
Study shows obesity increases asthma risk by up to 38 percent in children
Nov 26, 2018, at 05:11 pm
New York, Nov 26 (IBNS): Ten percent of pediatric asthma cases could be avoided if childhood obesity were eliminated, according to research led by Nemours Children’s Health System.
Classroom friendships may offset effects of punitive parents: Study
Nov 25, 2018, at 07:34 pm
New York, Nov 25 (IBNS): Angry, threatening and highly critical parenting is more likely to result in children with defiant, noncompliant and revengeful behavior that spills over to adulthood and impacts relationships with all authority figures.
Emotional abuse may be linked with menopause misery: Study
Nov 25, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Sperm count 50% lower in sons of fathers who smoke: Study
Nov 25, 2018, at 05:25 pm
London, Nov 25 (IBNS): Studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm counts in male offspring.
Occupational health study links air pollution and cancer
Nov 24, 2018, at 08:08 pm
London, Nov 24 (IBNS): University of Stirling experts have discovered new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer as part of a new occupational health study.
DR Congo violence puts Ebola humanitarian response at risk, UN food relief agency warns
Nov 21, 2018, at 09:16 am
New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): A spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned any violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that could slow down the humanitarian response to the Ebola outbreak in the vast country’s north-east, following an attack on a UN base and nearby hotels housing UN staff, in the city of Beni on Friday.
Indian Navy sets up a free health screening camp for children at Dwarka, New Delhi
Nov 20, 2018, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IBNS): Indian Navy is conducting a Free Health Screening Camp for the children of Government Co-Ed Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Site 2, Sector 6, Dwarka from 19 to 22 Nov 18.
-1542718347.jpg "First successful minimally invasive cardiac surgery in North 24 Parganas performed at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital")
Nov 20, 2018, at 06:22 pm
Barasat, Nov 20 (IBNS): First Successful Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in North 24 Parganas performed at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital.
Errors and negligence by doctors was a key issue discussed at the Medicon International 2018
Nov 20, 2018, at 04:34 pm
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IBNS): Medicon International 2018, recently organised in Kolkata, focused mainly on involving people from the medical fraternity, such as general physicians, post graduates and specialists.
UN health agency launches action plan as global malaria cases rise
Nov 20, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): Targets to reduce global rates of infections and deaths from malaria are not being met, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2018 World malaria report, released on Monday.
Nov 19, 2018, at 07:36 pm
New York, Nov 19 (IBNS): Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World malaria report 2018.
Nov 18, 2018, at 11:36 am
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IBNS): Amid rising concern in the healthcare sector, renowned physician Prof. F.E. Udwadia on Saturday said that medicine now a days has unfortunately been compartmentalised where doctors look at parts of a patient not whole.
What is the essence of the blood sugar test?
Nov 15, 2018, at 07:53 pm
The measurement of the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood is done through a procedure which is known as the blood sugar test. The doctor can ask to get the test done to help in the diagnosis of diabetes. People with diabetes can use the test to manage the condition and keep it under check. The blood sugar tests offer fast results and let the individual know of the following:
Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency
Nov 15, 2018, at 10:22 am
New York, Nov 15 (IBNS): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are dying each year from antimicrobial resistant infections, an untold number of sick animals are also suffering from diseases that do not respond to treatment.
‘Make healthy choices’ urges UN agency, to prevent and manage chronic diabetes
Nov 15, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, Nov 15 (IBNS): The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, World Diabetes Day, with the call to “eat healthily, be physically active and avoid excessive weight gain.”
Uzbekistan to develop Healthcare System Development Draft Concept 2025
Nov 14, 2018, at 11:33 pm
Tashkent, Nov 14 (IBNS) The most low-cost and effective way of preventing diseases is to promote a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition. Unfortunately, due to a sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition, half of the population of Uzbekistan is overweight, 46 percent have high blood cholesterol, and 31 percent have high blood pressure.
World Diabetes Day 2018 focuses on family as doctors advise good diet and physical activity
Nov 14, 2018, at 12:27 pm
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IBNS): Risk of heart attacks and strokes are up to three times more likely in people with diabetes, said doctors as the world observes the World Diabetes Day (WDD) on Nov 14 with the World Health Organisation (WHO) stressing on the role of family to curb its scourge.
Government must ‘secure’ polls in key DR Congo vote due next month: UN envoy
Nov 14, 2018, at 09:59 am
New York, Nov 14 (IBNS): With key national elections due next month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), armed groups in the east of the country still threaten to derail the vote, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
‘Strongest evidence yet’ that being obese causes depression, finds study
Nov 13, 2018, at 05:10 pm
Sydney, Nov 13 (IBNS): New research released today from the University of South Australia and University of Exeter in the UK has found the strongest evidence yet that obesity causes depression, even in the absence of other health problems.
Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN, ahead of awareness week
Nov 13, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Nov 13 (IBNS): By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance to antibiotic medicines or antimicrobials, according to UN agencies.
Nov 12, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IBNS): Of all the killer diseases that cause loss of life in children globally, pneumonia is a major reason for death, claiming nearly one of every four deaths in children under the age of five in 2016 with India witnessing over 1.5 lakh mortality in the same year from the scourge.
Pulmonary TB can be cured with shorter treatment, study finds
Nov 11, 2018, at 07:30 pm
New York , Nov 11 (IBNS): Almost half of the nearly 10 million patients with active tuberculosis each year could potentially be cured with significantly shorter treatments than current guidelines recommend, a new analysis from UC San Francisco has found. The results suggest targeted therapies could be more effective in treating TB, which killed an estimated 1.3 million people around the world last year.
Brain signature of depressed mood unveiled in new study
Nov 11, 2018, at 07:26 pm
New York, Nov 11 (IBNS): Most of us have had moments when we’re feeling down – maybe we can’t stop thinking about our worst mistakes, or our most embarrassing memories – but for some, these poor mood states can be relentless and even debilitating.