Four million children develop asthma every year as a result of air pollution from cars and trucks, equivalent to 11,000 new cases a day, a landmark study has found.
The Supreme Court has directed all the states to file their responses on the issue of fixing compensation for victims of silicosis caused due to ill-effects of polluting industries.
JAIPUR: To boost free medicine scheme in the state, the health department has approved contractual recruitment of around more than 3,700 employees for the financial year 2019-20.
Ahmedabad: As a young medical trainee at a US hospital over three decades ago, Dr Atul Mehta found a practical solution when a patient had a foreign body lodged in his pulmonary system.
About 33.6% of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) (DALYs) could be attributed to ambient air pollution, 25.8% to household air pollution and 21% to smoking.
Yoga is a spiritual, mental and physical practice that has been around since ages. With time, people have discovered a number of health benefits associated with yoga.
Nagpur: Use of cryobiopsy as a tool for diagnosis of two dreaded diseases — lung cancer and interstitial lung disease (ILD) — has been on the rise as it gives near-accurate results and helps in pro
Lakhs of farmers and workers who frequent Punjab's grain markets face a major heath hazard due to the dust-laden air at these sites, but it will soon be a thing of the past with state pollution con
