Sep 09, 2017, at 04:18 am
Male, Sept 8 (IBNS): The World Health Organization has emphasized the critical need for countries in the South-East Asia Region to strengthen primary health care – including the skills of frontline health workers – and enhance monitoring of health services coverage and financial protection as they strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of health and wellbeing for all.
Sugarcane component cuts stress, increases sleep, finds study
Sep 07, 2017, at 09:00 pm
Tokyo, Sept 7 (IBNS): Everyone empirically knows that stressful events certainly affect sound sleep.
Yoga and meditation improve brain function and energy levels, finds study
Sep 07, 2017, at 08:29 pm
Toronto, Sept 7 (IBNS): Practicing brief sessions of Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation can significantly improve brain function and energy levels, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.
Health for all emphasized as WHO South-East Asia Region’s health ministers meet opens
Sep 07, 2017, at 01:02 am
Male, Sept 6 (IBNS): The World Health Organization emphasized the need to make health for all a top priority in WHO South-East Asia Region as health ministers, leaders and officials commenced a five-day meeting here today.
Eating meat linked to higher risk of diabetes, finds study
Sep 07, 2017, at 12:21 am
Singapore, Sept 6 (IBNS): While a plant-based diet is generally considered healthier than a meat-based diet in preventing the risk of diabetes, not all meats affect the risk equally.
Study finds more losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:37 am
London, Sept 5 (IBNS): A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are published today (4 September) in the journal Nature Climate Change.
UP faces tragedy again, 49 children die in Farrukhabad hospital
Sep 05, 2017, at 04:43 am
Farrukhabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): Just days after the Gorkhpur tragedy which witnessed child deaths at a hospital, new reports have surfaced stating that 49 babies died in a month at a government hospital in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh,
City Hospital Trauma Team saves a toddler with crush injury of head
Sep 05, 2017, at 02:08 am
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): A 3-year old toddler was in a serious condition when her head was crushed under the wheels of a car with serious scalp injury and extensive skull fractures on the left side of the head.
Forty-nine children die in Farrukhabad hospital
Sep 04, 2017, at 06:24 pm
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IBNS) : In a grim reminder of the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, 49 children have reportedly died in a government hospital in Farrukkhabad, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly due to shortage of oxygen, media reports said.
Green Corridor arranged in Guwahati for a critically ill six-month-old child to airlift
Sep 04, 2017, at 01:16 am
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): The busiest traffic on one of Guwahati’s road on Sunday morning came almost to a standstill for nearly 28 minutes to allow the movement of an ambulance carrying a critically ill six-month-old child to the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport.
Eating protein three times a day could make seniors stronger, says study
Sep 03, 2017, at 01:57 am
Washington, Sept 2 (IBNS): Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein is one way to remedy it, but it would seem that spreading protein equally among the three daily meals could be linked to greater mass and muscle strength in the elderly.
Earth-sized planets forty light years away could be habitable
Sep 01, 2017, at 11:50 pm
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): There could be water on multiple Earth-sized planets orbiting the recently discovered TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star - making them potentially habitable - according to an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of Warwick.
Children’s sleep quality linked to mothers’ insomnia, says study
Sep 01, 2017, at 11:39 pm
London, Sept 1 (IBNS): Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development - according to new research by the University of Warwick and the University of Basel.
Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms in India leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria says study
Aug 31, 2017, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): The misuse of antibiotics in food animals, especially for meat and poultry production, is a global problem and a serious threat to public health.
New app could use smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancer, finds study
Aug 30, 2017, at 02:04 am
Washington, Aug 29 (IBNS): Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses — with a five-year survival rate of 9 percent — in part because there are no telltale symptoms or non-invasive screening tools to catch a tumor before it spreads.
Surgeons urged to create new knowledge
Aug 28, 2017, at 09:44 pm
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IBNS): Five centuries ago, India was regarded as a fount of knowledge where scholars would come to imbibe wisdom. Given that it is home to the largest number of doctors, engineers and software professionals in the world, it can easily reclaim its ancient position as the knowledge hub of the world.
An unlikely tool to combat diabetes is chocolate, say researchers
Aug 28, 2017, at 02:16 am
London, Aug 27 (IBNS): What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It’s crazy enough to laugh off.
Most U.S. teens are getting cancer-preventing vaccine
Aug 28, 2017, at 12:42 am
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS): Six out of 10 U.S. parents are choosing to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for their children, according to a report published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends parents get two doses of HPV vaccine for their children at ages 11 or 12 to protect against cancers caused by HPV infections. Although most children are getting their first dose of HPV vaccine, many children are not completing the vaccination series.
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds
Aug 28, 2017, at 12:32 am
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS): Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding.
Outdoor light at night linked with increased breast cancer risk in women, finds study
Aug 27, 2017, at 12:41 am
Boston, Aug 26 (IBNS): Women who live in areas with higher levels of outdoor light at night may be at higher risk for breast cancer than those living in areas with lower levels, according to a large long-term study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The link was stronger among women who worked night shifts.
Aug 27, 2017, at 12:38 am
Boston, Aug 26 (IBNS): Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Migraine: Women more likely than men to fall prey
Aug 26, 2017, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Women are more likely to experience headaches than their male counterparts, says a recent article.
Belly fat can increase cancer risk, finds study
Aug 26, 2017, at 03:38 am
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): It’s been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question that hasn’t been fully explained.
Caffeine tempers taste, triggering temptation for sweets, finds study
Aug 25, 2017, at 10:38 pm
Ithaca, Aug 25 (IBNS): Caffeine, the widely consumed stimulant and igniter of sluggish mornings, has been found to temper taste buds temporarily, making food and drink seem less sweet, according to new Cornell University research.
Kolkata: Care IVF first in Eastern India to win dual accreditation, ISO and ASIC
Aug 25, 2017, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): Kolkata-based Care IVF, which was declared as the leading in-vitro fertilization (IVF) center two years in a row, in the National Fertility Sciences Surveys conducted by a key Indian media house, has now become the first center in Eastern India to receive dual accreditation for ASIC and ISO 9001:2015.
Experts raise alarm on malnutrition, call it ‘silent emergency’
Aug 25, 2017, at 01:50 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Several experts and researchers in malnutrition assembled ahead of the National Nutrition Week (Sept 1-7) at a workshop organized by the humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger (India) to discuss various aspects of what they called “a silent emergency.â€
Canadian children’s nutrition suffers during school hours, says study
Aug 24, 2017, at 02:42 am
Toronto, Aug 23 (IBNS): Canadian children don’t eat enough vegetables, fruit and dairy products during school hours, causing them to fall short of several daily dietary recommendations on school days, a new UBC study has found.
CAMH study shows global estimates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among children
Aug 24, 2017, at 01:51 am
Toronto, Aug 23 (IBNS): Globally, nearly eight out of every 1,000 children in the general population is estimated to have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
To increase Oral Health awareness, more than 23000 people come together to set a new Asia Record
Aug 23, 2017, at 12:10 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, market leader in Oral Care, in partnership with Indian Dental Association (IDA) Madras, Rotary 3232 and the Faculty of Dental Sciences- Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), came together to generate awareness on preventive Oral health and hygiene by creating an Asia Record in the city, on Aug 19, 2017.
Maharashtra: JSW Foundation announces Jindal Sanjeevani Hospital at Dolvi
Aug 22, 2017, at 10:02 pm
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IBNS): JSW Foundation, the social development arm of JSW Group, announced its plan to establish a 123-bed multispecialty Jindal Sanjeevani Hospital at Dolvi in Maharastra.