Union ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched the National De-worming initiative at Jaipur, on 9th Feb.

Washington: Women whose bodies have high levels of chemicals found in plastics, personal-care products, common household items and the environment experience menopause two to four years earlier than women with lower levels of these chemicals, according to a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

New York: Full implementation of new hypertension guidelines could prevent 56,000 cardiovascular disease events (mostly heart attacks and strokes) and 13,000 deaths each year, without increasing overall health care costs, an analysis conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found. 

Arlington Heights: Certain topics are difficult to discuss with your doctor – work-related asthma is apparently one of them. Identifying a health issue related to your job is scary because you don’t want a doctor telling you things may have to change – maybe even how you earn a living. And often, doctors don’t bring it up with their patients.

Worldwide cancer statistics are estimated at 14.1 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer related deaths in 2012. (Read in Hindi: 'कैंसर हमसे बढ़कर नहीं')

Washington: Is it better to tell people about the harms of certain health decisions or about the benefits of positive health related decisions? That depends on who you are talking to, according to recent research by the Cornell Food & Brand Lab.