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Focus on variety can lead to eating more unhealthy foods. Here's why
Diet diversity could lead to weight gain and obesity, the AHA Behavioural Change for Improving Health Factors Committee writes in the journal Circulation
 "Focus on variety can lead to eating more unhealthy foods. Here's why")
Ayurvedic medications are the best remedy for calcium deficiency
Products like milk, yoghurt, tofu, soybeans, soy juice, oranges and tangerines are easily available and are very good suppliers of calcium
 "Ayurvedic medications are the best remedy for calcium deficiency")
Antioxidants don't relieve muscle soreness after exercise, claims study
Foods rich in antioxidants include a variety of berries like blueberries, cranberries, goji berries and elderberries as well as dark chocolate, pecans, artichokes and kidney beans
 "Antioxidants don't relieve muscle soreness after exercise, claims study")
Air pollution cuts short an average Indian's life by 1.5 years: Study
This is the first time data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied together in order to examine the global variations to find out how they affect the overall life expectancy
 "Air pollution cuts short an average Indian's life by 1.5 years: Study")
As India's health crises grow, funds unspent by states swelled 29% in 5 yrs
India ranks lower than neighbouring Bangladesh and even sub-Saharan Sudan and Equatorial Guinea on healthcare access, and it spends 1.4 per cent of its GDP on health, the least among BRICS nations
 "As India's health crises grow, funds unspent by states swelled 29% in 5 yrs")
A disciplined, healthy lifestyle is beneficial in maintaining mental health
If you focus on keeping your body healthy, your mind, too, silently reaps the benefits, says Dr Samir Parikh
 "A disciplined, healthy lifestyle is beneficial in maintaining mental health")
Here's how dementia patients may benefit from music therapy
For the analysis, van der Steen and colleagues pooled data from 21 smaller randomised trials involving a total of 1097 patients
 "Here's how dementia patients may benefit from music therapy")
Why sitting for hours without any movement may be bad for your brain
Delivering blood to our brains is one of those automatic internal processes that most of us seldom consider, although it is essential for life and cognition
 "Why sitting for hours without any movement may be bad for your brain")
Start including mental illness in your health covers: Irdai to insurers
According to the Mental Healthcare Act-2017, every person with mental illness shall be treated as equal to persons with physical illness in the provision of all healthcare
 "Start including mental illness in your health covers: Irdai to insurers")
66% Working Indians earn less because of childhood stunting: World Bank
India's childhood stunting rate is one of the world's worst, surpassed only by Bangladesh (73%) and Afghanistan (67%)
 "66% Working Indians earn less because of childhood stunting: World Bank")
Nanoparticle therapy may deal double blow to cancer, say scientists
Using nanoparticles to get drugs directly into a tumour is a growing area of cancer research
 "Nanoparticle therapy may deal double blow to cancer, say scientists")
Health matters: How machine learning is helping beat chemotherapy
OncoStem diagnoses chances of breast cancer relapse via data
 "Health matters: How machine learning is helping beat chemotherapy")
Phones are useful, but here's how not to let it ruin your next vacation
If you're going to spend your trip trolling Instagram, what's the point of leaving home?
 "Phones are useful, but here's how not to let it ruin your next vacation")
New vaccine Shingrix can make the severity of illness less severe: Study
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, typically develops in older adults who had chicken pox
 "New vaccine Shingrix can make the severity of illness less severe: Study")
Simple, yet effective things you can do to enjoy the weather right
Excess sweat and oil gland activity coupled with grime and dust often lead to problems such as prickly heat, heat boils, acne, folliculitis, and fungal infections
 "Simple, yet effective things you can do to enjoy the weather right")
New alzheimer's drug reduce plaques in brain, slows dementia in early trial
More extensive trials will be needed to know if the new drug is truly effective
 "New alzheimer's drug reduce plaques in brain, slows dementia in early trial")
LV Prasad Eye Institute does transplant using cells from patient's own body
Cells harvested from patient's healthy eye are transplanted onto the affected eye, doing away with the need for immunosuppressants
 "LV Prasad Eye Institute does transplant using cells from patient's own body")
India sees major reduction in HIV infections but challenges remain: UN
The report underscored the public health benefits of decriminalising sex work
 "India sees major reduction in HIV infections but challenges remain: UN")
Out-of-pocket health expenses plunge 55 mn Indians into poverty in 2017
About 68% of the Indian population has limited or no access to essential medicines
 "Out-of-pocket health expenses plunge 55 mn Indians into poverty in 2017")
Glenmark Pharma gets final nod from USFDA for cholesterol lowering drug
The approved product is a generic version of Daiichi Sankyo Inc's Welchol
 "Glenmark Pharma gets final nod from USFDA for cholesterol lowering drug")
