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Grewal Eye Institute Lauds the Study by Duke Eye Center
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] March 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia with no cure and treatment. It disrupts the daily life of a person. There are millions of people living with Alzheimer's disease and no viable treatments or non-invasive tools for early diagn
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US: Minorities bear disproportionate burden from air pollution, study sugg
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, Black and Hispanic Americans population bear a disproportionate burden from air pollution caused mainly by non-Hispanic white Americans.
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Project PaTHWays : a partnership to improve NCD care implemented in Karnat
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
India is currently faced with the triple burden of communicable, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. According to the World Health Organization, NCDs in India have huge negative implications on the health and development of the nation.
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Cancer survivors face hardships related to medical bills: Study
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): A new study now finds that cancer survivors carry a higher burden related to medical debt payments and bills compared with individuals without a cancer history. The greatest hardships are found in younger survivors.
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Patnaik writes to PM Modi, appeals for special category status for Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Citing the financial burden the state government has to bear to recuperate from frequent natural disasters, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accord the special category status to his state.
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Rajasthan government waives farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The newly-formed Congress-led Rajasthan government on Wednesday waived farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh. The Ashok Gehlot-led state government will bear a burden of Rs 18,000 crore.
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Eat Right India: Reducing the Escalating Burden of Noncommunicable Disease
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition, whereby infectious, maternal, and nutritional diseases exist in conjunction with noncommunicable chronic illnesses. India ranks at 130 out of 183 countries in the United Nation's Human
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Malaria cases declined by 24% in India: WHO report
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 20 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report stated that India is the only country to have recorded a substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the 11 highest burden countries worldwide.
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Study links drug-resistant infections with higher mortality rates
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers measured the burden of antibiotic resistance in low- or middle-income countries, and reported that in-hospital mortality is significantly higher among patients infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-res
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Odisha: Farmer commits suicide due to crop damage, loan burden
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhawanipatna (Odisha), Oct 26 (ANI): A 26-year-old farmer from Gambhariguda village in Odisha's Kalahandi district allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison due to crop loss and loan burden.
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Long-term exposure to ozone adversely affects human health
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): A new study has utilised a novel method to estimate long-term ozone exposure to quantify the health burden from long-term ozone exposure in three major regions of the world.
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Stalin urges Centre to rollback central excise duty
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): In the wake of fuel price hike, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin on Monday urged the Centre to rollback central excise duty and provide urgent relief to the people from the backbreaking burden.
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