Palm oil, being the most readily available to much of the world's population, has become one of the most debated ingredients ...

The gravest health threats facing low- and middle-income countries are not the plagues, parasites, and blights that dominate the news cycle and international relief efforts. They are the everyday ...

Non-communicable diseases are rising despite progress, driven mainly by obesity, ageing populations, and longer survival, creating major health and economic burdens. Focusing on prevention, especially ...

India's Union Health Minister J P Nadda announces government initiatives to combat non-communicable diseases, focusing on ...

Severe non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassaemia and ...

CT scanners can be used to detect cancerous tumors. Photo by Flickr user Topsy Quret. In 10 days, the United Nations will convene a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. The world's global ...

Growing up in a small town in India, my childhood memories are haunted by my dad’s struggle with diabetes. After a myriad of complications that ranged from diabetic retinopathy to end-stage renal ...

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...

Do you know what a communicable disease is? It is when a disease spreads from one person to another through different mediums. Communicable diseases can be caused either by bacteria or viruses or ...

Epic Research has introduced county-level monitoring for communicable health conditions. The research division of Epic ...

Coronavirus pandemic cases are increasing due to several reasons. It spreads from person to person through the droplets of an infected person via coughs or exhales. In fact, these droplets land on ...