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Tens of thousands march worldwide against Monsanto and GM crops
Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across the world on Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides. The third...
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‘Breastfeeding’ helps shield babies from pollution
Washington, May 24: A new study has suggested that breastfeeding may lessen the negative impact of some environmental pollutants common to high-traffic areas. The University of the Basque Country’s...
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Does paracetamol do you more harm than good?
You have a headache after a glass of wine too many. Your back aches from another day hunched over a keyboard. That old shoulder injury is playing up again. What do you do? There is a good chance that...
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Deadly drag! Hookah more harmful than cigarettes
CHENNAI: Ranjan, 28, has uploaded several pictures on social networking site posing with a pipe and blowing thick smoke. What the pictures do not convey is that he is a hookah addict and cannot go a...
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Reality check: Vegetarians, there’s more animal blood on your hands
The ethics of eating red meat have been grilled recently by critics who question its consequences for environmental health and animal welfare. But if you want to minimise animal suffering and promote...
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Turkmenistan: the health-obsessed country where nobody smokes
The health-obsessed former Soviet republic Turkmenistan is the country with the world’s lowest proportion of smokers, the World Health Organisation’s director general, Margaret Chan, said during a...
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World’s first malaria vaccination approved
The world’s first malaria vaccine has received a green light from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa who are at risk of the mosquito-borne...
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How Coca Cola Affects Your Body In 60 Minutes
We all know Coca Cola is laden with sugar and that, at a push, you could use it to clean your toilet. But it’s a bit of a mystery as to what it does to your body. Now, thanks to Niraj Naik, we have the...
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Smoking weakens spine, causes spine infections: Experts
New Delhi: Smoking weakens the spine and thus further leads to several types of diseases including infection in the spine, health experts warned here on Friday. According to the experts, smoking...
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16,000 children under age of five die every day: UNICEF
Nearly 5.9 million children will die before their fifth birthday this year mainly of preventable causes, a UN report has warned, though the child mortality rate has fallen by more than 50 per cent...
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Homeopathy found to be effective for 0 out of 68 illnesses
A leading scientist has declared homeopathy a “therapeutic dead-end” after a systematic review concluded the controversial treatment was no more effective than placebo drugs. Professor Paul Glasziou, a...
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‘I’m going to get cancer and there’s nothing I can do about it’
We’ve all heard it. Many of us have probably said it, at one time or another. In the wake of the latest report that links an aspect of our lifestyle to disease, sweaty hands grip the steering wheel,...
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Ginger destroys cancer more effectively than chemotherapy – study
In a Georga State University study on the effects of ginger extract on living cells, researchers found that ginger extract induced growth-inhibition and death on cancerous cells, while leaving the...
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41.6% of Gujarat’s kids stunted, finds Unicef study
Gujarat is battling malnutrition, with around 10.1% children in the state being grossly underweight and 41.6% of children showing stunted growth. These are the findings of the Rapid Survey on Children,...
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Famine-Hit People Of Bundelkhand Are Surviving On Roti And Salt: Report
As Maharashtra continues to grapple with drought, Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh is facing an acute famine-like situation with widespread crop loss, scarcity of drinking water and poor nutrition,...
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Harvard Medical School Professor Says ‘Miracles From Heaven’ And Other...
When I went to see “Miracles from Heaven,” I saw more laughter, crying and applause than I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. Clearly, this new movie — the real-life story of a young girl, suffering...
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Want to stay strong even at old age? Exercise regularly
Toronto: The “secret” to staying strong as we age is superb fitness that can be achieved by regular exercise, suggests new research. The study found that people who were elite athletes in their youth...
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Eat walnuts to keep age-related health issues at bay
Daily consumption of walnuts can help in healthy ageing, while also improving the blood cholesterol levels and maintaining good gut health, finds a new study. The findings showed that intake of...
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Porn is a public health crisis.
Last month, the Republican-led Utah House of Representatives became the first legislative body in the United States to pass a resolution declaring pornography “a public health hazard leading to a...
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During India Water Week, heat kills 45 in Andhra, drought endangers surgical...
The death toll from the summer heat is rising fast. The Andhra Pradesh government announced on Thursday that at least 45 people have died this year from heat-related ailments, the most in Kadappa (16)...
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