Urbanised problem
Suburban lifestyle is the cause behind numerous diseases, research authenticates
Suburban lifestyle is the cause behind numerous diseases, research authenticates
In 1995, a study published by the World Bank had concluded on the basis of 1992 data that 863 people were died prematurely due to air pollution in Chennai every year. Chennai had a population of
Forty three per cent of the children in urban Kolkata suffer from respiratory disorders. In rural Kolkata the figure dips to 14 per cent. A study conducted by analysing the effect of air pollution on
IIT Mumbai and the Central Pollution Control Board had conducted a survey of exposure to air pollution and consequent health effects in Mumbai, in 1996. They had clubbed the eight surveyed
The World Bank in 1995 came out with an estimate of health effects based on 1992 air quality data
The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To shock the conscience of the country, slowly a body of evidence is emerging studies of the hidden health cost th
Respiratory problems increase with rise in air pollution in Bangalore
<font color=red>HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI</font>, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells <font color=red>VIBHA VARSHNEY </font> that Unani medicines have the potential to cure a host of diseases
A sealed card is at the heart of Japan's bid to unmask the genetics behind various diseases including arthritis and asthma. The Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research plans to push
Keeping the houses cleaner could prevent about 40 per cent of asthmatic cases in children below the age of six. A recent study, conducted in the US, reports that factors like tobacco smoke, pets in
Life in Delhi seems to be just that. Reeling under pollution, the citizens live under a constant threat to their health. The urban sprawl, a deteriorating environment, haphazard industrial growth,
Experts criticise the Karnataka government for its inability to clean up the city s air
Children face a greater risk
<p>The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among residents of Delhi to determine the role of ambient air pollution in chronic respiratory morbidity in Delhi. The authors selected a random, stratified sample (<i>N</i> = 4,171) of permanent residents who were 18+ y of age and who lived near 1 of the 9 permanent air quality monitoring stations in the city.
Threat from occupational exposure to pollutants, especially to young children and pregnant women, is growing rapidly. There is no time for complacency, note scientists
Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government
A large number of children in Chittagong, Bangladesh, are suffering from asthma due to increasing air pollution in the city. According to Moynul Islam, a doctor air pollution and the increasing use
doctors have warned that asthma cases might get worse in post-cyclonic Orissa. The number of asthma cases in the state has risen sharply after the devastating cyclone hit the coast on October 29.
smog sends 53,000 people to the hospital each summer and triggers more than six million asthma attacks in the eastern United States, according to estimates released by clean air activists.
HUNDREDS of Australians die every year because they do not take asthma medication as directed, warn respiratory specialists. The National Asthma Campaign (NAC) reports that half of the country's