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World Hypertension Day: Quick guide to prevent its first signs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): In the 21st century, hypertension is considered as a global public health issue.
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Indian Council for Medical Research along others to raise awareness of Blo
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New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): Recognizing that raised blood pressure or Hypertension is the biggest single contributing risk factor to death and the burden of disease worldwide, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - Government of India, along with Public Health Foundation o
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India's first youth only mental health campaign launched in Delhi
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New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI-NewsVoir): On the occasion of WHO World Health Day on April 7th, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) launched India's first mental health awareness campaign and website dedicated to young people, It's Ok To Talk, through a series of talks and a m
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'Swachh mela' organised in Assam's Jorhat district
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Jorhat (Assam)[India], Apr. 7 (ANI): In a bid to spread awareness about the importance of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,' Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has organised a one-day district level 'swachh mela' in Jorhat district in collaboration wit
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Certificate course in management of Thyroid Disorders to expand capacity o
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New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI-NewsVoir): Recognizing that Thyroid diseases are, arguably, among the commonest endocrine disorders worldwide and its associated complications are amongst highest in the world, Public Health Foundation of India, an apex think-tank in South Asia, while releasing
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CAMTech-X: Jugaadathon convenes India's brightest minds to improve he
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New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Hundreds of global health innovators gathered in five cities across the country this past weekend for India's largest multi-city healthcare hack-a-thon, hosted by The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachus
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Samsung, Karnataka Govt. sign MoU to bolster public healthcare facilities
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New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Samsung India on Friday announced its partnership with the Government of Karnataka after it signed an MoU to help the state efficiently manage its public healthcare facilities.
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34 crore children to be dewormed on Third National Deworming Day
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New Delhi [India], Feb. 15 (ANI-BusinessWire India): In order to combat the public health threat of intestinal worm infections in children aged 1-19, the Government of India is observing the third annual National Deworming Day on February 10, 2017. A mop-up day will be held on February 15, 2
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Malaria remains acute public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO rep
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Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 (ANI): Despite major progress in the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 per cent of the world's malaria cases, according to an annual flagship report by th
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Your pessimistic attitude can kill you, says study
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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.17 (ANI): A recent study published in journal BMC Public Health has found that pessimism is associated with risk of death from coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Black women face greater risk of breast cancer than whites: Study
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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): Black African women are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer than white women in England, a new analysis by the Cancer Research UK and Public Health England has found.
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Proposed 26 pct sin rate on Tobacco to negatively impact revenue, public h
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New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India has the second largest number of tobacco users (275 million or 35 percent of all adults in India) in the world - of these at least one million die every year from tobacco related diseases. Tobacco-use imposes enormous health and economi
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