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1.5 Million Deaths Between 2009-2019 Linked To Air Pollution In India: Report
About a million and a half deaths every year from 2009 to 2019 are potentially linked to long-term exposure to PM2.5 pollution, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
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182 Million Children In Low-, Middle-Income Nations Lack Access To Nurture: Report
In low- and middle-income countries, three-fourths of those aged three or four years lack -- nearly 182 million children -- access to adequate nurture, thereby risking healthy development, according to a series paper, published in The Lancet journal.
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Children, Elderly In India Exposed To More Heatwave Days In Last Decade: Report
In India, over the last decade, infants and adults aged 65 or above were exposed to about eight heatwave days each year on average, according to a new report.
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To Prevent Suicide, India Must Broaden Focus Beyond Mental Health: Lancet
With over 170,000 lives lost annually due to suicide in India, it is imperative to focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide cases in the country, said an expert in a new study published in The Lancet journal on World Suicide Prevention Day.
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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report
Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India's national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health.
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Breast Cancer To Cause A Million Deaths A Year By 2040: Report
Breast cancer is now the world's most common carcinogenic disease, with the ailment likely to cause a million deaths a year by 2040, a new Lancet commission has found.
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Prostate Cancer Cases To Double Over 2 Decades: Study
The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the ageing of richer nations, according to a Lancet report published Thursday.
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Heat Likely To Kill Nearly 5 Times More People In Coming Decades: Report
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
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Annual Heat-Related Deaths To Increase Five-Fold By 2050: Lancet Report
Heatwaves alone could lead to 524.9 million additional people experiencing moderate-to-severe food insecurity by 2041-60, aggravating the global risk of malnutrition, it said.
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Suicide Rate 2.6 Times Higher Among Indian Men Compared To Women: Study
Cases of death by suicide among Indian men have grown over one-third in the past seven years, claimed a report by The Lancet Regional Health.
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Over 11% Indians Are Diabetic, 36% Have Hypertension, Shows Lancet Survey
The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent of people suffer from hypertension, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
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Heat-Related Deaths Up 68% Between 2000-04 And 2017-21: Global Report
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations -- the elderly and children less than a year old -- were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005.
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More Than 1 Death Every 2 minutes In India Due To Fossil Fuel Use: Study
In India, over 330,000 people died in 2020 of exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion, estimates the report by The Lancet. That's 1.2 deaths every two minutes.
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Lancet Study Says Heat-Related Deaths Among Elderly Have Gone Up By 68%
The Lancet report said that changing climate is exacerbating the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and threatening global food security.
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Lancet Report Highlights "Massive Global Failures" In Covid Response
Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the COVID-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries, according to a new Lancet COVID-19 Commiss
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1.5 Million Deaths Between 2009-2019 Linked To Air Pollution In India: Report
About a million and a half deaths every year from 2009 to 2019 are potentially linked to long-term exposure to PM2.5 pollution, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
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182 Million Children In Low-, Middle-Income Nations Lack Access To Nurture: Report
In low- and middle-income countries, three-fourths of those aged three or four years lack -- nearly 182 million children -- access to adequate nurture, thereby risking healthy development, according to a series paper, published in The Lancet journal.
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Children, Elderly In India Exposed To More Heatwave Days In Last Decade: Report
In India, over the last decade, infants and adults aged 65 or above were exposed to about eight heatwave days each year on average, according to a new report.
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To Prevent Suicide, India Must Broaden Focus Beyond Mental Health: Lancet
With over 170,000 lives lost annually due to suicide in India, it is imperative to focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide cases in the country, said an expert in a new study published in The Lancet journal on World Suicide Prevention Day.
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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report
Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India's national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health.
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Breast Cancer To Cause A Million Deaths A Year By 2040: Report
Breast cancer is now the world's most common carcinogenic disease, with the ailment likely to cause a million deaths a year by 2040, a new Lancet commission has found.
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Prostate Cancer Cases To Double Over 2 Decades: Study
The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the ageing of richer nations, according to a Lancet report published Thursday.
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Heat Likely To Kill Nearly 5 Times More People In Coming Decades: Report
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
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Annual Heat-Related Deaths To Increase Five-Fold By 2050: Lancet Report
Heatwaves alone could lead to 524.9 million additional people experiencing moderate-to-severe food insecurity by 2041-60, aggravating the global risk of malnutrition, it said.
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Suicide Rate 2.6 Times Higher Among Indian Men Compared To Women: Study
Cases of death by suicide among Indian men have grown over one-third in the past seven years, claimed a report by The Lancet Regional Health.
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Over 11% Indians Are Diabetic, 36% Have Hypertension, Shows Lancet Survey
The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent of people suffer from hypertension, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
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Heat-Related Deaths Up 68% Between 2000-04 And 2017-21: Global Report
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations -- the elderly and children less than a year old -- were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005.
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More Than 1 Death Every 2 minutes In India Due To Fossil Fuel Use: Study
In India, over 330,000 people died in 2020 of exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion, estimates the report by The Lancet. That's 1.2 deaths every two minutes.
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Lancet Study Says Heat-Related Deaths Among Elderly Have Gone Up By 68%
The Lancet report said that changing climate is exacerbating the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and threatening global food security.
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Lancet Report Highlights "Massive Global Failures" In Covid Response
Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the COVID-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries, according to a new Lancet COVID-19 Commiss
