Mandatory reporting would highlight which cancers are surging and where, enabling targeted campaigns — from anti-tobacco drives to HPV vaccination, and early screening in high-incidence areas. Several States have already made cancer notifiable, and their experiences offer valuable lessons
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Compared with high-income countries, rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease cause higher mortality rates in heart failure patients than
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A genetic study of childhood obesity in about 6,400 school-going children aged 9-18 years has found that socioeconomic status significantly
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Moderate rainfall spread over the entire duration of the summer monsoon season led to increased dengue deaths in Pune compared
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From around 200 million in 1990, the number of people with diabetes has quadrupled globally to over 800 million in 2022 while
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This study showed a greater risk reduction than predicted for girls vaccinated at age 12 or 13 years A population-based
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A combination of inhibitors that target different aspects of cell cycle and DNA replication makes it hard for cancer cells
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While the prevalence of all types of morbidities doubled from 56 per thousand population in 1995 to 106 per thousand
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A new research challenges the dogma that toxicity caused by chemotherapy is due to the direct damaging effect of drugs
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In 1995, Tamil Nadu pioneered the centralised procurement and distribution of drugs and medicines to government hospitals across the State.
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Globally, hypertension affects one in three individuals and four out of five do not have it adequately controlled, according to the first World
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Two studies have shed light on the role of the Y chromosome in cancer outcomes, in which males are often more adversely affected than females
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At 12 months of follow-up, remission after discontinuing anti-diabetic drugs for at least three months was seen in 44% of the participants
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