Air Pollution

Air pollution ups diabetes, hypertension risk in African-American women

Exposure to nitrogen oxides in air causes increased risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in African-American women, a new study has revealed.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2012
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Nitrogen Dioxide, Diabetes, Vehicular Pollution, Women, Health Effects, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Air Pollution
Health

1 in 5 Indians hit by diabetes & high BP

Mumbai: One in every five Indian adults living in urban cities suffers not only from hypertension but also diabetes. In Maharashtra, one
in three persons is struck by the twin epidemic.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Diabetes, Health Care, Health, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Epidemics
Health

Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control

This atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control documents the magnitude of the problem, using global cardiovascular mortality and morbidity data.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska, Bo Norrving
World Health Organization
Tags:
Non Communicable Diseases, Heart Diseases, Health Effects, Global, India, Primary Health Care, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Obesity, Tobacco, Epidemics
Health

Chronic non-communicable diseases in India: reversing the tide

A comprehensive strategy for the prevention and control of NCDs must integrate public health actions to minimize risk factor exposure at the level of the population and reduce risk at the level of individuals at high risk.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Sailesh Mohan, K. Srinath Reddy, D. Prabhakaran
Public Health Foundation of India
Tags:
Non Communicable Diseases, India, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Cancer, Diabetes, Mental Health
Health

Cancer, diabetes, hypertension LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH

Lifestyle-related diseases are now killing more Indians than the infectious ones.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Lifestyles, Diabetes, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Health Care, Non Communicable Diseases, Cancer, WHO
Health

Govt to screen slum-dwellers for health risks

The government will screen five crore people from across the country for hyper-tension and diabetes. Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that these lifestyle diseases pose a huge health risk.

Inaugurating a camp to screen slum-dwellers in Delhi for the lifestyle diseases, Mr Azad said,

Publication Date: 
20/07/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Slums, Lifestyles, Diseases, Diabetes, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), UN, WHO
Health

Unhealthy countryside

It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because hypertension, if not checked, can lead to heart and kidney diseases. Healthcare facilities are already poor in villages, where nearly three-fourths of Indians live.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2011
Vibha Varshney, Aparna Pallavi
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Fast Foods, Health, Health Care, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), India, Lifestyles, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Non Communicable Diseases, Rural Health, Unemployment, Urbanisation, Wardha (D)

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