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Kerala state government to provide help to blood disorder, mental health patients

April 19, 2013

The Kerala state government proposed to extent its medical ‘Karunya’ scheme to more hospitals in the state to help patients suffering from chronic ailments, Kerala state Finance Minister MK Mani announced. A sum of Rs 110 …

10 food items for women’s health problems

April 3, 2013

A woman goes through different biological stages in her life and it is important to prepare her body to endure those changes successfully. There are various nutritional requirements that one’s body needs and one shouldn’t …

50,000 east Delhi children to be checked for anaemia

March 16, 2013

To estimate the iron-deficiency anaemia in east Delhi, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Friday launched a programme to assess the health of 50,000 school children in the area. The six-month long ‘Suposhan’ …

12 symptoms of kidney disease you shouldn’t ignore (World Kidney Day special)

March 14, 2013

March 14 is World Kidney Day. Most people are not aware of the fact that kidney diseases can be silent killers. They may not show any symptoms for a long time till the situation becomes critical. It is important to recognize …

56 percent adolescent girls, 30 percent boys anaemic in India

March 12, 2013

Over 56 percent of adolescent girls and 30 percent of the boys in India are anaemic, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. More than 39 percent adolescent girls in the age group of 15-19 years are mildly …

Top 15 women’s health concerns

April 26, 2013

Wonder why our grandmothers and moms are so fit, when they hardly had access to gyms and ‘healthy’ options to eat like we have now? While rapid urbanization and redefinition of gender roles are giving women more freedom and …

Programme launched in Himachal to make school kids anaemia-free

March 9, 2013

A programme to make school children free from anaemia was launched in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, an official said in Shimla. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh launched the Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Programme, Principal …

International Women’s Day 2013: Load up on iron, ladies!

March 7, 2013

March 8 is International Women's Day. Aashna, 33, is the typical superwoman wannabe. She is a successful techie and works for more than 10 hours a day. She makes sure she spends enough time with her daughter, is the ideal bahu …

Leading concern for women is health: Experts

March 7, 2013

The leading issue being faced by women was health, experts in the national capital warned on Wednesday. ‘Every second woman in India suffers from some degree of anaemia, two percent are severely anaemic while 35 percent and 15 …

A project that made Gujarat’s adolescent girls aware of health issues

March 6, 2013

A small project in two districts of Gujarat to make adolescent girls aware of health issues, especially diseases like anaemia, has shown the path to address this section of the population. Girls in the target group were …

Iron tablet anti-anaemia plan will not work

February 6, 2013

The health ministry's proposal to tackle anaemia by providing iron folic acid (IFA) tablets every week to 130 million adolescent girls across the country ‘is old wine in new bottles, unlikely change things,’ an expert has …

Side effects of bone marrow transplant

December 11, 2012

Immature stem cells in the bone marrow (soft, fatty tissue inside your bones) give rise to blood cells. These blood cells mature and enter the bloodstream. In bone marrow transplant, damaged and destroyed bone marrow is replaced …

Pranab Mukherjee launches national campaign against malnutrition

November 20, 2012

President Pranab Mukherjee launched a nationwide campaign against malnutrition on Monday. Calling the 'anomaly of malnutrition indefensible' he said that inclusive growth cannot be achieved unless the country is rid of …

Chronic kidney disease can kill youngsters too!

November 1, 2012

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications can kill at any age, warns a new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study shows that the prevalence of CKD shoots up with age from four percent …

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