WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
The latest developments in the field of cardiac surgery, including the minimally invasive cardiac surgery and the technique of surgery on beating heart will be presented at the 44th annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardio Vasacualr Thoracic Surgeons, starting here from March 19. A large number of eminent …
For several months, there has been a severe crunch of anti-tuberculosis drugs in government hospitals in the Capital. The reason is not clear. One plea offered is, supplies have not been arriving. The other is, the special centres for TB diagnosis and care have "full stocks". So, never mind the …
The BSE crisis cost the economy between 740m pounds and 980m pounds in its first year,according to a report commissioned by the government and prepared by DTZ Pieda Consulting.The loss was equivalent to just over 0.1 percent of GDP.
Study: Ceramic tea mugs may be attractive but are unsafe for sipping beverage as they are "potential sources of poisoning," according to a study conducted by a team of scientists in Aligarh.
The United States on Friday sharply criticised Brussels for stating it would maintain a ban on US imports of hormone treated beef, judged to flout global trade ruled by the World Trade Organisation.
Passive smoking kills up to 80 babies a year in Britain and is responsible for several hundred deaths of non-smokers from lung cancer, a London government committee of scientists has said, It called for a ban on smoking in public places, which could include restaurants, pubs and public service buildings.
BJP : With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inching closer to forming a government in Delhi, the party's West Bengal unit is preparing to demand the scrapping of the December 1996 India-Bangladesh accord on sharing of Ganga water from the Farakka barrage. Although Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee had not …
Pakistan is today the seventh most populous country in the world, with its current population estimated at 140 million. This information was given by the federal government on Thursday to the newly-formed standing committee of the National Assembly on population welfare. Pakistan ranked 14th in terms of population in 1950.
Giant volcanoes taller than the tallest mountain on earth and canyons more deeper have been scanned by the Mars Global Surveyor mission orbiting the planet, scientists reported on Thursday. In the first publication of their findings in the journal Science, they described the red planet's weird and unexpected formations and …
For the men behind the wheels of buses in the Capital, life is not exactly a roller coaster drive. The extracts from a recent survey conducted by Iqbal Maliq on the health of the bus drivers of the Capital paints a very gloomy picture. The yet to be published report …
President Bill Clinton, on Thursday, endorsed a bipartisan Senate Tobaccco Bill that takes a new track on the vexing problems of industry legal protections,and aims to slash teen smoking in half, within three years.
tuberculosis has devastated Russia's population. Tatyana Dmitrieva, Russian health minister, says that the incidence of tuberculosis had more than doubled since 1991, reaching 68 cases per 1,00,000 people. It is 18 cases above the epidemic threshold as defined by the World Health Organisation. According to Russian health authorities, over two …
scientists have discovered new evidence of a prehistoric civilisation and remnants of ancient temples in Angkor, Cambodia. For this purpose, they have used highly detailed maps produced with data from an airborne imaging radar instrument created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa). Scientists say the finding was made …
a list of hazardous wastes that had been compiled in a bid to prevent their export to third world countries is likely to be revised and drawn up afresh. Nearly 100 countries would revise the list at a meeting held in Malaysia. The exercise will be a follow-up to the …
a good heart is hard to find. Thousands in-line for heart transplants discover this the hard way each year. Over 150,000 potential patients queue up for transplants and only 4000 very lucky ones actually get into the operating theatre and walk out with a new heart and a new lease …
The World Bank (WB) is to provide financial assistance to Bangladesh for tackling the growing menace of arsenic poisoning in this tiny southeast Asian nation. A programme is expected to be finalised by mid-1998, said Pierre Lendis Mills, WB's country chief in Bangladesh. He announced that an amount of US …
An embryo kept frozen for seven years has developed into a healthy baby body. According to medical experts, the four-kilogramme infant was the world's oldest new-born. The child was delivered by caesarean section at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Centre, California. The embryo was frozen in 1989 after the couple underwent treatments …
The Chinese government has launched a "Ride the Wind' project to achieve 1,000 megawatts (MW) of installed power capacity by the end of the year 2000. The state planning commission has appointed Luoyang First Tractor Factory and Xian Aero Engine Company as local partners in this ambitious project, to avoid …
Alternative to transplantation: Researchers at the Temple University Hospital, U.S. are indicating that the use of heart laser surgery may replace transplantation in certain patients with severe coronary artery disease. According to Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam, M.D., Surgical Director of the Heart Transplantation Program at Temple University Hospital,"this promising new therapy …
