Is India Winning the War Against Rising Non-Communicable Diseases? The latest health statistics paint a concerning picture: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer rates are climbing, impacting millions across the country. From rural healthcare access to the burgeoning urban health crisis, challenges remain significant. This week, we delve into the crucial initiatives underway – government policies, technological advancements in telemedicine, and the rising role of preventative healthcare – that aim to address this national health emergency. Experts weigh in on the effectiveness of current strategies and the critical need for increased public awareness campaigns targeting lifestyle diseases. Are these efforts enough? Explore Abtak.com's in-depth coverage on healthcare in India and discover the vital information you need to protect your well-being and the future of public health. Stay informed; stay healthy.
NEW DELHI: In the wards of AIIMS Delhi, Nisha Mehta trained as a nurse. Today, she stands at the helm of Nepal's healthcare system. An alumna of the institution's College of Nursing (2006-2010), Mehta's appointment as Nepal's health minister is seen as a milestone not just for the facility but for the entire nursing profession.Those who knew her as a student recall a personality that did not seek attention, but stood out nonetheless.Dr Latha Venkatesan, principal of her alma mater, said that Meh ...Read More >
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav on Friday said the Government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is committed to strengthening the integrated healthcare ecosystem. "Today, healthcare is not limited to hospitals; it must begin at home for individuals to focus on their overall well-being," Jadhav said while addressing virtually the 4th Annual Illness to Wellness Summit in the national Capital. The MoS (Independent Charge) for Aa ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The increasing number of cancer cases in Dakshina Kannada district is strengthening the demand for a super-specialty hospital in the govt sector. There has been a considerable increase in the incidence of oral, breast, cervical, and other cancers over the last three years.According to official statistics, the district reported 13,322 cancer cases, which include 9,211 patients from other districts in 2025-26. The district reported 605 oral cancer cases, 511 breast cancer cases, 226 cer ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has ordered that the medical treatment of Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E Abubacker shall continue at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) itself, while directing that he be taken to Apollo Hospital for a second medical opinion. Abubacker has sought medical treatment for cancer and Parkinson's in a private hospital of his choice. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma disposed of Abubacker's petition seeking transfer to a pri ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The demand for youthful, firm, and naturally lifted skin has led to a significant shift in aesthetic treatments, with more individuals seeking non-surgical alternatives to traditional facelifts. In a fast-paced city like Bangalore, where downtime is a luxury, advanced procedures that offer visible results without surgery are becoming increasingly popular. Among these innovations, Endolift treatment is emerging as a breakthrough solution for skin tightening, contouring, and rejuvenatio ...Read More >
Idli gets its own day today. March 30 is observed as World Idli Day, a rare honour in a cuisine where even icons like dosa do not have a date set aside for them. The soft, steamed staple may look simple on the plate, but its story runs deep, stretching across regions, texts and centuries. A past recorded in texts and travels The earliest known reference to idli appears as iddalige in Vaddaradhane, a Kannada work written around AD 920 by Shivakoti Acharya. A few centuries later, the Sanskrit te ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30: There are several methods for removing unwanted body hair, including shaving, waxing, and threading. However, these conventional hair removal methods come with their own challenges, such as long and frequent sessions, pain, irritation, and more. With busy schedules and hectic lifestyles, people seek long-lasting grooming solutions; this is where laser hair removal comes to their rescue. Lately, laser hair removal in Delhi NCR has been rapidly gaining popularity as on ...Read More >
PNN New Delhi [India], March 30: There are several methods for removing unwanted body hair, including shaving, waxing, and threading. However, these conventional hair removal methods come with their own challenges, such as long and frequent sessions, pain, irritation, and more. With busy schedules and hectic lifestyles, people seek long-lasting grooming solutions; this is where laser hair removal comes to their rescue. Lately, laser hair removal in Delhi NCR has been rapidly gaining popularity ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Just a few minutes of vigorous activity each day may lower one's risk of eight major conditions, including arthritis, heart, liver and kidney disease and dementia, according to a study. While short bursts of intense, out-of-breath activity, such as running for the bus, were liked to lower disease and death risk overall, they were especially protective against inflammatory diseases, including arthritis, serious cardiovascular disease (heart attack and stroke) and dementia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: There are several methods for removing unwanted body hair, including shaving, waxing, and threading. However, these conventional hair removal methods come with their own challenges, such as long and frequent sessions, pain, irritation, and more. With busy schedules and hectic lifestyles, people seek long-lasting grooming solutions; this is where laser hair removal comes to their rescue. Lately, laser hair removal in Delhi NCR has been rapidly gaining popularity as one of the most sou ...Read More >
The initiative has been developed by the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine (Yoga) (WHOCCIND 118), at the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga under the Ministry of Ayush. The protocols are designed as structured, evidence-based modules that integrate Yogic practices into daily life in a simple, accessible, and scalable manner. India today faces an alarming rise in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular ailments, chroni ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who was last seen in 'Singham Again', is questioning the authorities in the Maharashtra administration over their failure to curb the air pollution in the entertainment capital of the country. On Thursday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared the AQI data of the city. The picture shows the average AQI of Mumbai to be around 150. She wrote in the picture, "This city & its children are choking! ...Read More >
In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade. This is the first instance of court-approved passive euthanasia - the act of withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment - in India. The man, Harish Rana, had not left a will specifying directives for his treatment before he had an accident. India legalised passive euthanasia in 2018 but active euthanasia - any act that int ...Read More >
Pilibhit, Mar 11 (PTI) A 50-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, who had been declared "brain-dead" and sent home with little hope of survival, showed signs of life after an ambulance carrying her hit a pothole on a national highway. Doctors subsequently resumed treatment and the woman made a full recovery nearly 12 days later. The incident, which occurred on the Bareilly-Haridwar stretch of National Highway-74 near Hafizganj, has sparked local discussions -- both about the sta ...Read More >
Lucknow, Mar 11 (PTI) The family of the 32-year-old Ghaziabad man who has been comatose for more than 12 years, in their plea to the Supreme Court, had said that allowing withdrawal of artificial life support will restore his dignity after years of irreversible suffering. The top court allowed passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, who has been in a permanent vegetative state since 2013 after suffering severe head injuries from a fall from the fourth floor of his paying guest accommodation on Augu ...Read More >
Pilibhit, March 11: A dramatic incident in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district has gone viral after a woman believed to be "brain dead" reportedly started breathing again while being taken home for last rites. The case, involving Vinita Shukla, has sparked widespread debate online, with many calling it a miracle. However, neurologists say the episode actually highlights a critical medical misunderstanding between brain death and deep coma. According to family members, Shukla collapsed at home on ...Read More >
Shimla, February 24: The management of the Atal Institute of Medical Super Specialities (AIMSS) in Shimla's Chamiana issued show-cause notices to sanitation staff on Tuesday, February 24, following a security lapse that allowed a stray dog to retrieve an amputated human leg from the hospital's waste complex. The incident, which was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, triggered panic among local residents and raised significant concerns regarding the handling of biomedical wa ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 24 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta on Tuesday chaired a meeting on preparations for the statewide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, to be launched from February 28. The campaign is being held under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). During the meeting, Gupta directed the departments concerned to spread awareness through panchayati raj institutions, urban local bodies, schools and various media platforms so that parents and beneficiaries a ...Read More >
"You will have to satisfy us that this drastic reduction in the cut-off, virtually bringing it to zero, does not affect the quality of the education. We are concerned about the quality of the medical education," a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the Centre's counsel. The court issued formal notices on a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in cut-off and posted the matter for hearing next week. Senior advocates Pinki Anand, Gopal Sankaranarayanan and DS Naidu appear ...Read More >
At least 12 people, including five children, have died in 15 days at Chayansa in Haryana's Palwal, prompting a health department probe amid growing concerns about contaminated drinking water and infectious disease spread. Health officials said the deaths between late January and mid-February were linked to severe liver-related complications. Preliminary findings pointed to viral hepatitis and possible water contamination. On January 31, jaundice-related deaths were first reported in Chayansa, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (PTI) No fresh deaths have been reported from a village in Haryana's Palwal district, where seven people died due to liver-related ailments, prompting the health department to monitor the situation round-the-clock, officials said on Monday. Seven deaths, four of them due to Hepatitis B, were reported at Chhainsa village in the Hathin sub-division over the past two weeks. Some villagers, however, claimed the number of deaths was higher. They also claimed that a lack of clean ...Read More >
As India prepares to co-host the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi from December 17 to 19, it is a moment not only of policy significance but of civilisational resonance. Traditional medicine has always been a bridge between cultures, knowledge systems and societies. Today, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has transformed this inherited strength into a global instrument of goodwill, cooperation, and wellness diplomacy. The world in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine kicked off on Wednesday, with a focus on "Restoring Balance: The Science and Practice of Health and Well-Being," at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, according to AYUSH press release. Union Health Minister JP Nadda and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasised the importance of traditional medicine in global healthcare. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda, in the presence of U ...Read More >
India, which dominates the global turmeric market with a share of about 70 per cent, is facing tough competition from Vietnam, Myanmar and some African countries, which are trying to catch up with the country very fast. "We need to improve the quality of turmeric to meet global standards. Our turmeric is facing stiff competition from Vietnam, Myanmar and some African countries. There is a need to focus on how to increase curcumin content and decrease the moisture level to below 10 per cent," N ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) India on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to continued humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and healthcare cooperation, with a focus on long-term supply of medicines. Union Health Minister JP Nadda held a productive meeting with Afghan Minister of Public Health Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, a health ministry statement said. India reaffirmed its commitment to continued humanitarian assistance and healthcare cooperation, with a focus on long-term supply of medicines, th ...Read More >
Heart transplant patients in the United States typically spend months waiting for a donated organ. But Kayoko Hira was not a typical patient. Mrs. Hira, the wife of a hotel magnate in Japan, flew to the United States in September 2021, went to the University of Chicago Medical Center and, within days, got a new heart from an American teenager who had died. Soon after, The New York Times found, a charity run by her husband made a donation to a nonprofit group led by the heart surgeon's wife. It ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MLA Vikrant Bhuria on Wednesday expressed shock over contaminated blood transfusion to the children suffering from thalassaemia at the government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna, describing it a 'systemic failure', which may 'destroy' children's lives. Young Congress MLA Bhuria, who is also a Doctor (MBBS) by profession, said that the mandatory medical norms for collecting blood samples and testing them at multiple stages might be the reason for ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17: In a rare and deeply moving case that challenges India's long-standing gender patterns in organ donation, a 65-year-old man donated his kidney to save the life of his 60-year-old diabetic wife at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, earlier this month. The successful transplant stands out in a country where nearly 80 per cent of living kidney donations are made by women -- most often wives or mothers donating to male family members. Male-to-female donations account for only abou ...Read More >
iMEQ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 17: CodeSkin, the science-driven skincare brand known for clean, effective formulations, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its moisturizer range - including the debut of the new "Ultra Advance Body Moisturizer," designed to deliver deep hydration and repair skin from head to toe. What's new The newly launched Ultra Advance Body Moisturizer brings all-over skin care to CodeSkin's lineup, offering intense hydration, skin repair and deodorizing ...Read More >
The World Health Organization opens a major conference on traditional medicine on Wednesday, arguing that new technologies, including artificial intelligence, can bring scientific scrutiny to centuries-old healing practices. The meeting in New Delhi will examine how governments can regulate traditional medicine while using emerging scientific tools to validate safe and effective treatments. The UN body hopes this push will help make ancestral practices more compatible with modern healthcare sy ...Read More >
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