Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness
Plastic pollution is underrecognised threat to health: The Lancet
New Delhi, Aug 4, 2025
Ahead of the UN treaty on plastics, a new report in The Lancet journal on Monday has warned that plastic...
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Preventable corneal blindness rising among teenagers, youth: Experts
New Delhi, Aug 4, 2025
Corneal blindness, once considered a condition largely confined to the elderly, is now emerging as a significant threat among teenagers...
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Centre cuts prices of 35 essential medicines
New Delhi, Aug 3, 2025
In a move to make medicines more affordable for patients, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has reduced the retail...
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Eating chips, cookies can raise addiction risk akin to substance-use disorders: Study
New Delhi, July 29, 2025
Your favourite chips, cookies, soda -- ultra-processed foods -- can trigger addictive behaviours that meet the same clinical criteria used...
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Hepatitis B: Enhance screening, vaccination to fight stealthy, silent virus, say experts
New Delhi, July 28, 2025
Hepatitis B is a stealthy and silent virus; enhancing screening and vaccination is very important to fight it, said experts...
