More than 35,000 people, including health enthusiasts, amateur runners and cancer survivors, participated in the 9th edition of the Quambiant Global Grace Cancer Run 2026 in Hyderabad.
The WHO urges higher taxes on sugary drinks, fruit juices, and alcohol to combat non-communicable diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart conditions. Low taxation keeps these products cheap, boosting consumption and profits while straining global health systems
Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) are being blamed for rising lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Experts warn they are high in fat, sugar and salt, and low in nutrition. Instant and fast foods also fall under this unhealthy category
This was found during a recent survey conducted for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the district. As per the survey, it was the youth who were suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes
Individuals suffering from multiple health complications and seeking treatment at private hospitals face a huge risk of catastrophic health expenditure, either as an outpatient or inpatient, a recent study said
The program aims to help individuals in slum settlements with prevention and management aspects of Non Communicable Diseases including diabetes, hypertension, health ailments, cancers, chronic kidney ailments, thyroid etc.
Hyderabad: The national prevalence of diabetes in the country is close to 7 per cent while that of hypertension is about 8 per cent, a ‘Health of the Nation-2022’ report on prevalence and distribution of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), released by Apollo Hospitals on the occasion of World Health Day here on Thursday, said. The prevalence […]
These states particularly have a higher prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD) like hypertension, digestive diseases, diabetes, and neurological diseases as compared to the National Average Prevalence Rate of these diseases.
