Maintaining Healthy Body Weight Helps Elderly Women To Live Longer: Study
A study published in the Journal of Gerontology found that elder women who maintained a constant weight were 1.2 to 2 times more likely to live longer than those who lost 5 per cent or more of their weight.
Aug 29, 2023, 16:17 PM IST
Access To Education Can Help Reduce Early Deaths In Girls Under 5 Years: Study
A study has found that maternal education, particularly secondary education, plays a significant role in reducing deaths in newborns. Learn more by reading more.
Mar 26, 2023, 13:29 PM IST
50 percent undernourished kids of the world live in India
There has been an overall reduction in the infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate in India.
Nov 01, 2017, 20:19 PM IST
Switching to e-cigarettes could reduce mortality rate, says study
A death is notched up as premature when a person departs before their expected age — say 75 or 80 depending on the country — and is usually preventable through a healthier lifestyle.
Oct 03, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
India's child mortality rate declines by 1 million since 2005
Between 2000 and 2015, 29 million children below five died of different causes in India, data given by the United Nations shows.
Sep 21, 2017, 16:54 PM IST
Government survey shows improved sex ratio, decline in IMR
According to the Health Ministry, the results of the survey reflected that concerted efforts and focussed interventions in the sector could translate to improved outcomes.
Mar 01, 2017, 00:43 AM IST
Poverty tends to increase death rate; riskier than alcohol, obesity
However, socio-economic status, which is one of the strongest predictors of illness and early death worldwide, is often overlooked in health policies, the researchers said.
Feb 01, 2017, 14:19 PM IST
E-cigarettes can reduce mortality rate by 21 percent, reveals study
Evidence has suggested that increased use of e-cigarette can dramatically decrease cigarette smoking among youth and young adults, the researchers said, adding that vaping is likely to provide positive health benefits that outweigh the harm.
15 minutes of exercise may lower death risk in elderly: Study
It was observed that, during the study, as people exercised more, their potential death risk dropped considerably.
Jun 16, 2016, 22:20 PM IST
Either move more or die early
Though the scientists didn't discover any magic threshold for the amount a person needs to move to improve mortality, they did learn that even adding just 10 minutes per day of light activity could make a difference.
Feb 26, 2016, 09:07 AM IST
More girls dying before age 5 than boys in India: UN report
The report said that in India, while sex-selective abortions have been technically illegal since 1996, the law has had "little effect so far on the sex ratio at birth".
Oct 21, 2015, 13:21 PM IST
