According to data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 200 million adults in the country suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension), and 50% of them do not know about it. read more

In its editorial published on Saturday, August 17, the journal commented on India recently revoking the autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir. read more

We have failed the youth in helping them exercise their right to make informed choices on reproductive matters read more

India’s GDP is a third of China’s but we already have worse air pollution than China. India cannot grow in a manner oblivious to the environmental character of that growth, without making the country unliveable and undercutting the basis for future economic... read more

The Down to Earth, quoting the Lancet, points out that cancers have gone up by 112% between 1990 and 2016. Also, that India’s share in cancer deaths is over 8%. Air pollution is among the causes. read more

The study proves, the researchers said, that using antiretroviral therapy to suppress the AIDS virus to undetectable levels also means it cannot be passed on via sex, the researchers said. read more

We may well be headed towards a phase of militancy where there is a radical espousal of meatlessness. Protests outside restaurants are already common, though not of the sort of violent vigilantism that’s been witnessed in India in recent years. Researchers... read more

Only when people get involved, they become aware consumers, rather than passive recipients of doles. read more

There may be studies showing that moderate alcohol consumption isn’t harmful for health, but according to a new report by Lancet, there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. read more