Indians hit peak productivity for just seven years of their working lives, finds a new study

Among the countries ranked ahead of India are China (20 years), Russia (19), and Sri Lanka (13).

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Sep 28, 2018 · 01:30 pm

India latest health scorecard: More heart disease, a surge in diabetes and a rising suicide rate

Studies that analysed health data for between 1990 and 2016 also find double the number of cancer cases and a high rate of respiratory diseases in India.

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· Sep 16, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Are shishas harder to quit than cigarettes?

A study in Pakistan found that a common drug that helps people quit cigarettes did not work for shisha smokers.

Kamran Siddiqi, The Conversation

· Sep 11, 2018 · 08:30 pm

‘Nipah virus has been contained in Kerala,’ says Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey

The minister said the families of those who died of the virus were kept in isolation and are out of danger.

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· Jun 09, 2018 · 07:21 pm

Max Hospital didn’t conduct ECG to check whether babies were alive, finds government panel: Reports

The committee will submit its final report to Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain later this week.

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· Dec 06, 2017 · 10:09 am

Delhi’s Max Hospital terminates services of two doctors who incorrectly declared a newborn dead

However, the facility said their action did not imply that the panel investigating the alleged case of medical negligence had found any lapse.

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· Dec 04, 2017 · 07:38 am

Child malnutrition, air pollution top risk factors for country’s health decline in 2016, says report

The under-five mortality rate in India has reduced substantially from 1990, however, the difference between states in this rate is high.

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· Nov 14, 2017 · 04:52 pm

Swine flu cases rose twentyfold in India in 2017, shows Health Ministry data

Over one lakh people were affected and 8,562 succumbed to the H1N1 virus in the country between 2010 and October 2017, the report says.

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· Nov 13, 2017 · 12:52 pm

Every hour, 20 children died of pneumonia in India in 2015, finds new report

The study by non-profit Save the Children highlighted the poor primary healthcare services in the country, which it said limits access to treatment.

Priyanka Vora

· Nov 02, 2017 · 08:11 pm

15% fewer deaths reported due to TB in India last year: WHO report

Cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have, however, increased.

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· Oct 30, 2017 · 09:41 pm

Mumbai: Baby born to woman who was denied permission to abort dies

The mother had moved the Supreme Court in March after the foetus was diagnosed with a neurological disorder.

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· Aug 25, 2017 · 11:18 am

Swine flu killed 1,042 people in India till August 20 this year, says Health Ministry data

Of the 22,186 H1N1 infections registered in 2017, 4,245 cases were in Maharashtra.

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· Aug 24, 2017 · 12:56 pm