Global Diet Is Getting Sweeter: Study

Currently, 68 per cent of packaged foods and beverages in US contain caloric sweeteners. The global diet is getting sweeter, particularly when it comes to beverages, a tren...

Global Drug Spending To Hit $1.4 Trillion In 2020: IMS

Global spending on medicines will reach $1.4 trillion in 2020, driven by increased healthcare access in emerging markets and high-priced new drugs for cancer and other dise...

Google’s Next Big Project Is Fighting Heart Disease

The tech giant is teaming with the American Heart Association in a $50 million effort (ORLANDO, Fla.) — A company whose name is synonymous with eyeballs on the Intern...

World Heart Day: Cardiologists Insist On 85 Per Cent Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products.

On the occasion of World Heart Day 2015, cardiologists came together in Delhi demanding from the government immediate implementation of the 85 per cent pictorial health war...

World Heart Day: Cardiologists Insist On 85 Per Cent Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products.

On the occasion of World Heart Day 2015, cardiologists came together in Delhi demanding from the government immediate implementation of the 85 per cent pictorial health war...

Disease Caused By Reduced Blood Supply To Heart Now Biggest Health Scare In India

Ischemic heart disease or illness in which blood and oxygen supply to heart is reduced is emerging as the main health problem in India. It often leads to heart attacks.

India Has Highest Number Of Smokeless Tobacco Deaths, Finds New Study

India accounts for nearly three- fourths of over a quarter million deaths worldwide caused by smokeless tobacco while millions more have their lives shortened due to its il...

Techno-Visionaries And The Philosopher’s Stone

“I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.”

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Too much sitting can be deadly – even if you exercise, review finds

Regular exercise doesn’t erase the higher risk of serious illness or premature death that comes from sitting too much each day, a new review reveals. Combing through ...