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Experts call for screening of heart defects among newborns
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): According to the National Family Health Survey, the infant mortality rate (IMR) in India stands at 34 per 1000 live births. About 10 percent of these infant deaths can be attributed to congenital heart diseases (CHD) alone.
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Are you eating your way to diabetes?
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 5 (ANI): You may want to cut down on the intake of lamb, beef, pork and poultry as they can give you diabetes.
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GDP estimates lower due to malnutrition: Study
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Nearly four percent of India's GDP is estimated to have been lost due to malnutrition, an ASSOCHAM-EY joint paper noted.
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Anaemic Adivasi women and malnourished children of Jharkhand
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 30 (ANI): "Adivasi women don't eat nutritious food during pregnancy and also don't take iron pills on a regular basis because it is a myth amongst them that they will have problems at the time of delivery of the child due to the pill".
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Swachh Bharat is a part of preventive healthcare initiatives: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said while the health surveys across world have reinstated the importance of hygiene, no one has paid much attention to preventive healthcare measures in India, adding that his government's Swachh Bharat miss
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India facing a hypertension epidemic, confirms latest NFHS survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): The findings of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 confirm what we all knew from clinical evidence - that hypertension has become a major health concern among the Indian population, with as many as 22% Indians hypertensive.
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