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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to move 100 residents of a futuristic city at base of Mount Fuji
Akio Toyoda,Chairman,Toyota A key part of Toyota’s broader Woven...
World can expect another zoonotic pandemic any day: Ex-WHO Director
The majority of newly emerging diseases are viral, and they are...
Sedentary, non-coffee drinkers at 60% more risk of dying, study finds
Further, the team also found that sitting for more than eight hours a day was linked with over 40 per cent higher risk of death from any cause and almost 80 per cent higher risk of dying due to heart disease New Delhi: Non-coffee drinkers who sat for six or more hours...
Nearly 50 adults in India insufficiently physically active in 2022 Lancet Study
They projected that in 2030, 60 per cent of the adults could be insufficiently engaging in physical activity, should current trends continue New Delhi: Almost 50 per cent of adults in India engaged in insufficient levels of physical activity in 2022, according to a...
US Surgeon General calls for social media warning labels to protect adolescents
Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General,US US Surgeon General Murthy wrote in the New York Times on Monday that a warning label alone will not make social media safe for young people but that it can increase awareness and change behavior as shown in evidence from tobacco...
Urbanisation’s influence on climate change increasing in recent decades, study finds
Researchers analysed land temperatures from all over the world and discovered that, although contributing only 2 percent of land warming between 1992 and 2019, urbanisation is still not the primary driver of climate change. It was discovered that India's urban areas...
Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life
"History is repeating, as the tobacco industry tries to sell the same nicotine to our children in different packaging.These industries are actively targeting schools, children and young people with new products that are essentially a candy-flavoured trap. How can they...
Healthcare privatisation linked with worse outcomes, higher profits: Lancet Study
Researchers said the findings, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, challenged the theory that privatisation can improve the quality of healthcare through increased market competition, and by enabling a more flexible and patient-centred approach...
The Indian Chest Society unveils special booklet on cough management
With dedicated sections on both dry and wet cough management, considerations regarding red flags, appropriate times for specialist referral, the relevance of fixed-dose combinations (FDCs), and a critical examination of banned FDCs in India, the booklet offers...
Orangutan’s use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
"To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of active wound treatment with a plant species with medical properties by a wild animal," said study senior author Caroline Schuppli, an evolutionary biologist at the institute In June 2022, a male Sumatran...
Docs warn gym goers as sudden heart attacks return, killing at least 4 in 24 hrs
Dr Manish Aggarwal, Senior Consultant and head of interventional cardiology at PSRI Hospital, noted that a doctor's assessment can warn of any risk factor for coronary artery disease, diabetes, hypertension, strong family history of heart disease, which can help avert...
Maximize Health: Study advocates routine with 4 hrs exercise, 8 hrs sleep
Light-intensity activity could range from doing chores to making dinner, whereas moderate and vigourous exercise involve more intentional movement such as a brisk walk or a gym workout, researchers said New Delhi: For optimal health, a person's ideal day should...