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Yoga helps against non-communicable diseases: WHO
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Routine physical activity is central to life-long health and wellbeing.
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Undiagnosed hypertension one of leading risk factors for deaths
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes have overtaken communicable diseases as the leading causes of mortality in urban areas, as per a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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Obese? Blame your grandparents
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 12 (ANI): In the first study to examine the relationship between grandparent and grandchild abdominal obesity, investigators found a link between the two.
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Yoga, Ayurveda: Key to wholesome wellness
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): 61 percent of the deaths in India in the age group of 30 to 70 are due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disorders, diabetes, and cancer, according to a WHO report published in September 2017.
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Increasing lifestyle diseases to boost hospital revenue
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Despite the fact that India has managed to lower the incidence of communicable diseases, the occurrence of lifestyle related diseases (non-communicable) are on the rise and the same are likely to be a major contributor to hospital revenues going forward, acco
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7 out of 10 psoriasis patients face social discrimination
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Today, 125 million people globally suffer from a serious auto-immune disease called Psoriasis. Psoriasis is a severe, chronic, non-communicable disease (NCD) that dramatically reduces the quality of life of affected individuals, and takes a high mental, e
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Genital tuberculosis leads to infertility in women
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 27 (ANI): In India, genital tuberculosis is rapidly increasing amongst women. Female genital tuberculosis is a rampant disease which is also growing as a major health issue that leads to infertility.
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Increasing community awareness can reduce spread of Ebola
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): Encouraging the sick individuals to remain at home, increasing community awareness, ensuring safe burials and providing household sanitation kits can be some effective strategies for reducing the spread of deadly communicable disease.
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Mentoring Frontline Health Workers as the Champions of NCD Prevention
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI-NewsVoir): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 60 percent of deaths in India each year. According to a WHO report, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes constitute 82 percent of all NCD deaths globally.
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India needs to prioritize prevention and wellness to check NCDs
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 7 (ANI): On the eve of the World Health Day, apex healthcare industry body NATHEALTH has made a clarion call to prioritize prevention and wellness to check growing burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) in the country.
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Chronic non-communicable diseases on the rise in urban India
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): Practo, the leading healthcare platform, recently released the second edition of its Annual Healthcare Map of India, which highlights some of the key consumer health concerns.
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Affordability and accessibility-focussed Budget for Healthcare, says NATHE
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): India's apex healthcare body, NATHEALTH has termed the overall Union Budget 2017-18 as progressive, with some unmet needs. NATHEALTH applauded the government's focus on elimination of chronic/communicable diseases in a time-bound manner and improve
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