A fixture of the public health crisis since the announcement of the Government of India’s e-cigarette ban has been the expression of doctors’ concerns – and a number have been expressed since the ban was announced. Doctors’ concerns have been collated in a NewsVoir piece circulated by multiple outlets. “There is data available regarding e-cigarettes …
Air pollution is virtually universally acknowledged as a public health emergency in India, with swathes of the country choking beneath blankets of toxic air. However, a Government minister has informed lawmakers that there is a dearth of evidence to prove a link between pollution, disease, and deaths. “There is no conclusive data available in the …
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The use of tobacco is widely understood as a risk factor for the development of lung cancer. However, in the National Capital Region (NCR), doctors report rising rates of lung cancer among non-smokers. “When I started operating on cancer patients in 1988, I found their lungs were pink,” Dr Arvind Kumar, chairman of the Centre …
Whilst much attention has been paid to air quality in Delhi, the issue is far from isolated to the Capital, affecting swathes of the country and blighting the health of millions. In Bihar state capital Patna, pollution is taking a significant toll on public health with the city witnessing a rise in lung disease cases. …
Tuberculosis (TB) in India continues to be a major public health burden, even as cases have decreased. This is according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report on TB, launched earlier this week, which provides an overview of how the world is tackling one of its dominant infectious disease challenges. The news is not …
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of India’s biggest killers and Telangana feels its strain acutely. In 2016, there were 19,000 deaths from COPD in Telangana out of 8.4 lakh deaths nationwide. Since then, the death toll has increased. In 2018, COPD claimed almost one million lives and accounted for thirteen percent of all …
India is the capital of the world when it comes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but awareness is low. COPD refers to a number of progressive lung diseases, hallmarked by worsening damage to the lungs over time. Cases of COPD have increased sharply in India in recent decades, increasing from 28.1 million cases in …
Long-term exposure to air pollution ups the risk of developing emphysema in a similar way to smoking, according to a recent study. The research – carried out by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), both part of the US National Institutes of Health – …
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) claims nearly a million lives per year in India alone yet still remains a relatively unknown condition in the country. COPD is India’s second most common cause of death, accounting for thirteen percent of all deaths in the country according to studies from 2018. Despite such a high burden, it …
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Dissatisfaction over the Delhi government’s response to polluters is incurring a financial penalty of Rs 25 crore, by order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The NGT issued to the state government what was described as its “last opportunity” to pay the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) a sum of Rs 25 crore as a …
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