According to a study published in The Lancet, in the year 2010, 16.8 lakh children died in India below the age of five years, due to infectious but preventable diseases. More than half of them could not complete the first…
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Common diseases related to old-age
According to the United Nations Organization, the population of elderly persons is the fastest growing around the world and the number of elderly people by 2050 will be close to 2 billion. Aging is an inevitable process and many factors…
Mineral water can prevent Alzheimer’s memory loss!
A recent study conducted by British researchers found that drinking a litre of mineral water everyday can prevent cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s sufferers by flushing out aluminium from their bodies. The research is published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease,…
Issue of diabetes in urban India
Dubbed as the diabetes capital of the world, India has the largest number of people suffering from diabetes in the world. There were 41 million cases in 2007 and at the same rate, it is estimated to hit 70 million…