A 2010 Lancet paper on the Burden of Disease in India found that Indians are the most vulnerable group to cardiovascular diseases in the world! A genetic mutation combined with unhealthy lifestyles is responsible for this …
Pregnant women who puff can treble their baby's chance of developing meningitis, and children exposed to parental smoking are twice as vulnerable to the deadly illness, according to a British research. Every year around 2,500 …
A new study from Germany suggest that eCigarettes often thought to be a healthier alternative to tobacco ones may not be safe after all. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI, in Braunschweig, conducted …
If you had too many drinks on a night out, a pounding head and nausea will be all too familiar symptoms the morning after, but now scientists say your hangover could feel a whole lot worse if you smoke as well, the Daily Mail …
Hookah bars being illegally run from city restaurants would soon face action, the civic agencies told the Delhi High Court Monday. ‘A restaurant licence does not allow hookah bars and is valid for serving food only... if they …
Experts estimate that almost 100 million deaths over the last century have been caused due to smoking bidis and tobacco in India. ‘Our calculations are derived from using the most conservative estimates and yet present …
According to researchers, being out of work could up the risk of a heart attack and it could be worse for those who are fired or asked to leave. Matthew Dupre and his colleagues from Duke University, US, examined links between …
Slipping 23 places behind its 100th rank in 2010, India has been ranked 123 among 193 countries in an international biennial report on pictorial health warning campaign against use of tobacco products. The 'Cigarette Package …
About 20 million school students in Bihar Wednesday took a pledge that they would never consume tobacco or related products, and would encourage their family and friends to do the same, an official said. "Over 20 million …
An Indian origin researcher has found that, a single junk food meal could raise your risk of a heart attack, cardiovascular disease or stroke later in your life.Experts at the EPIC Centre of Canada’s Montreal Heart Institute, …
A new research demonstrates how the effects of smoking are far more long-term than we ever thought. Carried out in an animal model the research showed that nicotine exposure during pregnancy reduced lung function in the …
Women who give up smoking before the age of 30 can cut 97 percent of the health risks associated with the habit, according to a British study. Even quitting after one hits 40 cuts the risk by 90%. The study involved over 1.3 …
With the help of dozens of free mobile applications, teenagers can virtually light up and smoke away, say Australian researchers and warn it can encourage the real thing. According to a new study led by Nasser BinDhim at the …
Stroke is preventable if patient admitted within the 'golden hour' , the crucial four-and-a-half-hour after the symptoms start to show.
The drug tissue plasminogen activator an help patients recover within an …
