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Misdiagnosed blood pressure: 42 percent at risk

August 21, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Close-up of assessment elderly patient being measured for high blood pressure. A person has their blood pressure examined. Image credit: Katarzyna Białasiewicz / 123rf

As many as 42 percent of Indians could be at risk of having their blood pressure misdiagnosed, suggests research published earlier this week. The Indian Heart Study, which researchers promoted in Mumbai, found there to be a relatively high prevalence of both ‘masked hypertension’ and ‘white-coat hypertension’ in a study of 19,000 people. White-coat hypertension, […]

Filed Under: National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: heart condition, hypertension

Curbing high blood pressure by 2025

August 4, 2019 By Nicholas Parry 1 Comment

In an ambitious campaign to reduce instance of high blood pressure, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched the India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI), covering 25 districts across five states. The 25 districts are only the beginning of the campaign: the ICMR intends to expand the initiative […]

Filed Under: Featured, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases Tagged With: hypertension, ICMR, WHO

Too much salt is an enemy you need to control and defeat

May 9, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

Copyright: ricardoclick / 123RF Stock Photo. Salt awareness concept.

First, it is important to understand the dangers associated with too much salt and to what extent we are exposed to the risks. A recent study conducted by the George Institute of Global Health, India concludes that “salt intake in India is double [the] WHO prescribed limit of 5gm per day.” Indians consume 9.08 gm […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: diet, diet and nutrition, heart disease, hypertension, noncommunicable diseases, salt

Air pollution is India’s apocalypse that won’t go away

April 4, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

More than two years ago, Greenpeace warned that India was facing an “apocalypse” because of air pollution. This week, we are given yet another warning about the public health catastrophe brewing in the air and festering in Indians’ lungs. This is thanks to the 2019 State of Global Air Report. In 2017, India lost 1.2 million […]

Filed Under: Environmental health, Featured Story, Government policy, International, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: Air Pollution, child health, dementia, diabetes, diet and nutrition, environment, environmental health, government policy, groundwater, heart disease, hypertension, industry, international, life expectancy, lung disease, malnutrition, Pollution, rural India, urban, water

The Mahatma’s health and the legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

April 3, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Statue of the Mahatma, 123rf

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – widely honoured as the Father of the Nation – is often thought of in almost mythic terms: a figure of near universal reverence, internationally celebrated for his dogged struggle for Indian independence; his stand against colonialism; his embrace of pacifism; and denunciation of violence. In recent weeks, details have come to […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Profiles Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, environmental health, homoeopathy, hypertension, Malaria, Pollution, River Ganga, sanitation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Why your desk job is a risk to your health

March 26, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

A new study has established a relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the kind of sector of work among urban Indians. The research, published in the journal Economics and Human Biology, suggests a positive correlation between a high BMI – an indicator of obesity – and labour market activity. Put simply, the study could […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: diabetes, fitness, hypertension, industry, lifestyle, lifestyle disease, noncommunicable diseases, obesity, urban

Mind your salt intake, it’s bad for blood pressure

August 14, 2018 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Copyright: ricardoclick / 123RF Stock Photo. Salt awareness concept.

Salt intake is too high in India, the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has warned. Is this leading to a crisis of high blood pressure? A PHFI study has found consumption of the foodstuff in three Indian states exceeds the level recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says you should eat less than […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, blood, Delhi, diet and nutrition, fitness, food, Haryana, heart disease, hypertension, noncommunicable diseases, nutrition, stroke, World Health Organization

India in a global hypertension drive

May 30, 2017 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

15797205 - illustration of a sphygmomanometer with a red marked range indicating high blood pressure, Copyright: unkreatives / 123RF Stock Photo

India is one of almost 100 countries participating in a global drive to raise awareness of hypertension. May Measurement Month (MMM) was billed as “one of the biggest public screening exercises the world’s ever seen.” Jointly led by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) and the World Hypertension League (WHL), MMM expected an outreach of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: health, heart disease, hypertension, non-communicable disease

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