Small lifestyle changes such as five extra minutes of sleep, brief moderate exercise, and slightly improved diet can significantly extend lifespan, studies suggest. Research published in The Lancet shows combined improvements in sleep, activity, and nutrition deliver outsized benefits to population health
As the world marks World Anaesthesia Day, Hyderabad’s pivotal contribution to the evolution of anaesthesia is being remembered. In the late 19th century, under the patronage of the Nizam, British surgeon Dr Edward Lawrie led groundbreaking chloroform trials that reshaped global medical consensus.
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).
Researchers from University College London, the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London found that consuming less-processed foods can lower the risk of diabetes. The study, which examined the link between food processing and diabetes risk, involved 311,892 participants from eight European countries.
Edmonton (Canada): A new study has explored how reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart failure. The findings of the study were published in the journal, ‘The Lancet’. Though reducing salt intake did not lead to fewer emergency visits, hospitalisations or deaths for patients with heart failure, the researchers did find an improvement in […]
Of those, more than 1 million children experienced the death of one or both parents during the first 14 months of the pandemic, and another half a million experienced the death of a grandparent caregiver living in their own home
The African Covid-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study, co-led by various researchers including from the University of Cape Town, is based on data from 64 hospitals in 10 countries.
The interval between doses can be safely extended to three months given the protection a single dose offers, which may allow countries to vaccinate a larger proportion of the population more rapidly, the researchers said.
