Health

FSSAI ordered states to remove fruit drinks, electrolyte beverages, and energy drinks falsely using 'ORS' labels. The term is reserved for WHO-recommended oral rehydration salts, a medicine. Despite prior warnings, non-compliant products persist. Authorities must enforce the ban and report actions, while protecting genuine ORS products.

Flags widespread lack of awareness about available schemes

Researchers uncovered a powerful weakness in lung cancer by shutting down a protein that helps tumours survive stress.

With rising cases of dementia, strokes, cognitive decline linked to pollution, it is now being recognised as a serious threat

Over-use and self-medication of antibiotics have created drug-resistant ‘superbugs’, which are killing many people and the numbers are rising. Soon, even simple infections could become fatal

The series, authored by 43 global experts, argues that UPFs are steadily replacing traditional meals

The breakthrough was developed at CSIR–Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology

Ultra‑processed foods (UPFs) are linked to harm in every major organ system in the human body and raise the risk for 12 diseases

Rates of prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in an individual vary globally and reflect underlying differences in antimicrobial resistance

Across countries, young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online

These perceived imperfections are increasingly being addressed through quick fixes – pills and injections that promise effortless change

The symphony is considered a masterpiece in Western classical music and often used in research for looking into creative cognition, among other purposes

India’s rising cancer burden reflects broader public health challenges

Researchers combined deep learning with high-resolution physics to create the first Milky Way model that tracks over 100 billion stars individually.

The study was conducted on mice, which helped explain how the condition is a major risk factor for cognitive impairment

The Instagram video, shared by @delimaupdates, has garnered 1.2 million views so far

Pregnancy loss affects up to 25 per cent of all pregnancies, with most miscarriages occurring in the first trimester and roughly half caused by genetic or chromosomal abnormalities. But when pregnancy loss occurs three or more times, identifying the underlying cause becomes significantly more challenging, and often remains unknown.

Hypertension may impair the brain far earlier than previously understood -- even before a measurable rise in blood pressure occurs -- according to a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine. The changes help explain why hypertension is a major risk factor for developing cognitive disorders, such as vascular cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

There are some vitamins and minerals that women require more than men

Schools lead the way in holding awareness sessions for students

Exercise appears to spark a whole-body anti-ageing cascade, and scientists have now mapped out how it happens--and how a simple oral compound can mimic it.

Party accuses BJP govt of ration card scam, rising crime

Alzheimer's disease is an ageing related disorder in which memory, speech and thought processes steadily decline

Left unaddressed, hypertension can lead to cardiovascular and kidney disease

Dr Kanwarjit Singh is Senior Consultant Physician and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Amandeep Medicity Hospital