Chronic Disease

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In 2023, India adopted the “enhance” strategy for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, which has five pillars of interventions. (Image: Facebook)

740m people are at risk in India from a neglected tropical disease

India is in the last leg to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)

09 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Adaptations to weight loss include hormonal changes, increase in appetite, decrease in metabolic rate, and thermo genesis activity. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Designating obesity as chronic disease can benefit people living with obesity

Obesity a chronic disease, maintaining lost weight more important.

03 Dec 2019 9:22 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

The greener you eat, the healthier you are

Better choices in the plant-based components of the diet lowered mortality by 30 percent.

11 Jun 2018 9:30 AM

Netmeds appoints Mahendra Singh Dhoni as brand ambassador

Netmeds currently has an inventory of 35,000 stock keeping units of prescription drugs and 5,000 SKUs of OTC products.

15 May 2018 2:33 PM

Low testosterone in men associated with chronic diseases

New study investigated the relationship between testosterone, age and chronic disease

19 Apr 2018 12:53 PM

New findings may also help identify the long- mysterious origins of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to researchers from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) in US. (Photo: Pexel)

Repeated mild food poisoning may trigger chronic disease, finds study

Study revealed how past history of minor bacterial infections could add up with age to cause a severe inflammatory disease.

22 Dec 2017 1:07 PM

Endurance training can help your sore muscles

While there is medication available to cope with the condition, researchers say it only does half the job.

09 Nov 2017 11:21 AM

The technology created by researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US uses simple optical hardware and a lens-free microscope, as well as sophisticated algorithms that help reconstruct the images of tissue samples.

New system may improve diagnoses of chronic diseases

The new system could make it less expensive to diagnose chronic diseases, particularly in remote areas without expensive lab equipment.

14 Aug 2017 7:28 PM

Study shows that those who bulk up face significant increases in health problems, from heart disease to unhealthy aging (Photo: Pixabay)

Five kilos weight gain in middle age may boost risk of disease

Study says even modest weight gain in adults is linked to of major chronic diseases and non traumatic death.

19 Jul 2017 12:54 PM

Exhaustion of immune cells linked to irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome can takes a real toll on patients.

22 Jun 2017 9:04 AM

Patients when discharged earlier have a higher chance of readmission because they haven't recovered from their last sickness they were admitted for. (Photo: Pixabay)

Shorter hospital stay can increase readmission chances in adults

Readmission can lead to lasting sickness that could have been prevented earlier

08 Mar 2017 10:41 AM

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