Category Archives: Health

• Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne 11 July 2020 | Julie Steenhuysen no comments

  The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory. ...

• COVID-19 more dangerous for patients with heart disease or diabetes: US study 16 June 2020 no comments

  People with underlying health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes are six times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and have a risk of coronavirus-related death 12 times higher than otherwise healthy individuals. ...

• Spending 20 minutes in the lap of nature can lower your stress: Study 7 April 2019 no comments

  Taking just 20 minutes out of your day to stroll or sit near nature will significantly lower your stress hormone levels, a new study suggests. ...

• Tibetan Yoga may improve chemotherapy-related fatigue 21 September 2017 | Jonathan Goodman no comments

  Attending at least two Tibetan yoga sessions per week may improve chemotherapy-related fatigue among patients with breast cancer. ...

• India and China nominate Tibetan medicine system for UNESCO honour 12 April 2017 | Divya A no comments

  In 2010, the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to include Sowa-Rigpa under Indian systems of medicine. The government has approved the establishment of a National Institute of Sowa Rigpa in Leh. ...

• A million children a year develop tuberculosis: study 24 March 2014 no comments

  About a million children, double the previous estimate, fall ill with tuberculosis every year, said a study Monday that also gave the first tally of drug-resistant TB among the young. ...

• Air pollution boosts lung, heart risks: studies 10 July 2013 no comments

  Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution boosts the risk of lung cancer, even at concentrations below the legal maximum, said a European study published on Wednesday. ...

• Genetic evidence of positive impact of Yoga on immune system 23 April 2013 | Tom Jacobs no comments

  Norwegian researchers find a strong and immediate genetic response to yoga practice. ...

• New world strategy aims to eradicate polio by 2018 4 April 2013 | Lauran Neergaard no comments

  A new global plan aims to end most cases of polio by late next year, and essentially eradicate the paralyzing disease by 2018 — if authorities can raise the $5.5 billion needed to do the work. ...

• Soft drinks kill thousands of people every year 20 March 2013 no comments

  Sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with about 180,000 deaths around the world each year, according to a research. ...