Health - Page 36
How Ignorance Cuts India's Healthy Life By Half
In 2013, Indian men could expect to live to 64.2 years, 6.9 years longer than in 1990, according to the Global Burden of...
Why Malnutrition Remains A Challenge For India
India has reduced malnutrition, but it is 13 times worse than Brazil, 9 times worse than China and 3 times worse than...
Stopping India’s #1 Killer Is Up to Indians
A man stretching near the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. 30 minutes of aerobic exercise a day could cut your risk of heart...
Diabetes: The Epidemic That Indians Created
A villager in rural Karnataka having his blood tested at a diabetes screening camp. Image: Flickr/Trinity Care...
Stealthily, Smoke Kills 1 in 8 Indians
Breathing doesn’t come easy to Asgar Ali Siddique, 45, a Mumbai resident, especially if he walks fast or climbs...
How Cancer Has India In Its Grip
Amit Vaidya is lucky to have survived cancer twice. Cancer killed 0.7 million Indians in 2012, up from 0.26 million in...
2 Million Reasons India Should Restrict Antibiotics
Minimum effort. Minimum expense. Maximum result. In colloquial English, that’s the mantra that guides...
As India Ages, Dementia Threat Looms
India is a youthful country, for now. According to the Census of India, the population of the country below 35 years of...
