Tag: Public health

Researchers discover how junk food may harm deep sleep

The findings of the study were published in the journal Obesity. Several epidemiological studies have found that what we eat influences how we sleep.

May 31, 2023

Road crashes cost India 3-5% GDP every year: World Bank

Road crash deaths and injuries are a major but neglected public health challenge that requires concerted effort for effective and sustainable prevention.

September 21, 2022

Night curfew in the interest of public health: CM Bommai

He said that the BJP State Executive Committee meeting, which is to be held in Hubballi, would discuss issues related to party organisation and other developments.

December 27, 2021

Killed by Procedure

Two learnings emerge. Firstly, our bloated bureaucracy and bureaucratic procedures have to be overhauled to make them capable of responding quickly to an emergency. Secondly, public health should not be guided by partisan politics, and a robust and effective national public health agency should be nurtured, to respond to public health threats, and to help prevent the next inevitable pandemic.

May 12, 2021

IIHMR University organizes webinar on ‘Opportunities and Challenges for 21st Century Public Health’

The webinar was moderated by Dr D K Mangal, Prof and Dean Research, IIHMR University Jaipur.

January 24, 2021

Gasping for Air

India lost 1.4 per cent of its GDP due to premature deaths and morbidity linked to pollution. The Lancet had collaborated with the Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation while crafting this report.

January 7, 2021

Polls and disease

States where Mr Donald Trump claims his support base, and some of which he won, are also the ones reporting the highest number of Covid positive cases as the United States set a new one-day record of 102,591 cases in a single day on Wednesday.

November 6, 2020

Necessary caution

Drawing attention to photographs and videos that exhibit recklessness of people in public places, the Prime Minister cautioned: “This is absolutely not right. Those who have become negligent and are moving about without masks are putting themselves and their families, including children and the elderly, at risk.”

October 22, 2020

Europe’s woes

Even as anger rises over the rising economic and public health costs of responses that have generally been perceived as confused, the UK has announced that London and adjoining Essex, both densely populated, would be placed on high alert.

October 19, 2020

Trouble ahead

By the end of this week, India should overtake Brazil to record the second-highest number of afflictions; already it has overtaken the South American nation in terms of active cases, and by a considerable measure.

September 1, 2020

PGIMER Chandigarh shows TB patients way to quit smoking

The School of Public Health department of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has found in its research on first randomised trial on pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in the country that a brief Smoking Cessation Intervention for Tuberculosis (TB) patients may help smokers quit smoking and improve treatment results. PGIMER has also...

September 8, 2017

Tailored suicide prevention messages work best

"Information by itself isn't changing minds at all."

August 1, 2017

Take a walk in the woods

A walk in the woods and green spaces is likely to trigger changes in the levels of excitement, engagement and frustration in the brains of the elderly people living in urban areas, a study has found. The findings have important implications for architects, planners and health professionals as the world deals with an ageing population,...

April 11, 2017

Demonetisation may exacerbate public health crisis

A spate of deaths due to hospitals refusing to accept invalid currency notes has come to attention after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement invalidating 86 per cent of India’s currency on November 8. Unlike government-run hospitals, private hospitals have not been allowed to use defunct Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes, potentially affecting 58 per cent of...

November 28, 2016