Lifestyle

The lecture, which is being organised by the Telangana Academy of Sciences, honours the legacy of Dr Manohar VN Shirodkar through an endowment established by Indira Devi Dhanrajgir

The study titled as ‘Mitigation of Lens Opacification by a functional food in a diabetic rodent model’, published in the journal Chemico-Biological Interactions (February, 2024), indicated that natural food products exerted multiple actions including antioxidant, which reduce the risk of chronic diseases and anti-inflammatory

CARI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the School of Natural Product Studies (SNPS), Jadavpur University, Kolkata to mark the beginning of a collaborative research project to probe the potential of "Vidangadi Lauham"-- a classical Ayurvedic formulation -- in the management of diabetes

The initial part of the upcoming summer season is likely to be severe, so everyone should be very careful regarding your health

Haleem is deeply woven into Hyderabad’s identity and has evolved as an economic powerhouse, a tool for diplomacy, shaping business, politics and community ties across the city and beyond

Authorities have intensified surveillance and preventive measures after 21 kindergarten (KG) students from a matriculation school in Peelamedu tested positive for the viral infection in the past two days.

Larger species face higher cancer risks but those that reached that size rapidly evolved mechanisms for mitigating it, such as lower mutation rates or enhanced DNA repair mechanisms

Tetanus Vaccine and Oxytocin Injections are temperature-sensitive medicines that should be stored in a refrigerator at 2 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius to maintain their efficacy

On the occasion of World Kidney Day, the screening camps will take place from 9 am to 6 pm between March 6 and 8 across the clinics in India and abroad

With a multi-pronged approach, the key initiatives undertaken by the HICC include development of checklists to calculate KPIs, daily audits, prescription audits, and collection of AMR data by clinical pharmacology, among many other things

A recent study conducted by the city-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospitals among the IT workforce in Hitec City has indicated that 80 percent of them are overweight

The long-standing practice of inbreeding or endogamy, where individuals marry within a small community, increases the likelihood of passing disease-causing gene variants—alterations in DNA—to offspring, thereby elevating the risk of genetic disorders. According to lead author Kumarasamy Thangaraj, a senior scientist at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, endogamy is the leading factor behind population-specific diseases in India.

Wholemeal bread is made from flour containing all parts of the original grain (endosperm, germ and bran) in their original proportions

This recognition is a testament to Prof. Nangia's ground-breaking research in the discovery and development of high bioavailability drugs and pharmaceuticals

In a recent alarming trend, the FSSAI came across instances where plastic sheets were utilized in the steaming process of idlis in Bengaluru

Due to unbridled access to junk food, childhood obesity among children has now become a major challenge for parents, public health specialists and policy experts.

Weight gain varies widely across the globe with more than half of the world's adults with overweight or obesity in 2021 living in just eight countries: China (402 million), India (180 million), the US (172 million), Brazil (88 million), Russia (71 million), Mexico (58 million), Indonesia (52 million), and Egypt (41 million).

Awareness about Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) remains low, yet the condition is steadily affecting individuals in their 30s and 40s. This hearing impairment is quietly spreading among young people in southern and western India, particularly in Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, where noise pollution levels are significantly high, according to ENT surgeons from the city.

India is the world's sixth largest coffee producer. However, high temperature, heavy rainfall and landslides in the country’s coffee heartlands had made an adverse impact on its production

With one in every eight people being overweight, India is staring at an obesity epidemic

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is typically called a 1,609-km race as mushers and their dogs battle the most challenging elements an Alaska winter can throw at them

While sudden loss of eyesight due to RAO is rare, it, however, requires immediate medical attention, with an estimated four-hour window of potential good recovery

Coutinho says ''we need to have regulation and awareness about junk food for children and adults, which is contributing towards the obesity epidemic''

Health insurance companies’ proposal to up premiums by 10-15%, ostensibly due to a surge in claims in New Delhi, will set a dangerous precedent