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Cutting Down Smoking Could Increase Life Expectancy By A Year: Study
Cutting down smoking to five per cent of current rates by 2050 would increase life expectancy by a year among men and 0.2 years in women, according to recent global modelling studies published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
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60% Of People Are Missing These Four Key Nutrients In Their Diets
The study is the first to provide global estimates of inadequate micronutrient intake across 185 countries. Researchers found widespread deficiencies, with iodine, vitamin E, calcium, and iron being particularly low in diets worldwide.
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Indians Deficient In Iron, Calcium, Folate, Says Lancet Study
People across all age groups in India, both men and women, are consuming inadequate amounts of micronutrients critical for health, including iron, calcium and folate, as estimated in a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Half Of All Adults In India Unfit, Women Most Physically Inactive: Study
Almost 50 per cent of adults in India engaged in insufficient levels of physical activity in 2022, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Stroke, Dementia Affect Over 3.4 Billion People Globally, Finds Lancet Study
Neurological conditions like epilepsy and dementia are now the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people in 2021, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology journal.
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Diabetes To Affect Over 1.3 Billion People Worldwide By 2050, Claims Study
According to the study, Diabetes has become a global crisis that is increasing exponentially and will have lasting effects on global health for generations to come.
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Massive New Study Reveals Global Health Challenge Of Bacterial Infections
The study was conducted under the framework of the Global Burden of Disease, a vast research programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation involving thousands of researchers across the world.
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People Under 40s Face Higher Risks From Alcohol Than Older Adults: Study
Young people face higher health risks from alcohol consumption than older adults, according to a global study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.
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Mix-And-Match Of Booster Shot Offers Best Protection Against Covid: Study
Giving a different vaccine as the third dose than was received for the first two shots leads to better performance compared to using the booster of same preventive, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Children In India Face Higher Health Burden Of Climate Change: Lancet Report
As temperatures rise in a changing climate scenario, children born in India will be particularly vulnerable to a greater health burden of malnutrition, air pollution and deadly heat waves, according to a major new report published in The Lancet journal.
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A Global Diet May Help Improve Health And Save Planet, Says Study
According to a recent study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, an international team of scientists are developing a global diet that may help improve one's health and also save the planet at the same time.
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Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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98 Million Indians Will Have Diabetes By 2030: Lancet Study; Effective Tips For Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Incidence of type 2 diabetes is expected to rise from 406 million to 511 million globally in the next 12 years, a Lancet study has revealed. Read here to know if type 2 diabetes can be reversed or not.
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Millions Could Avoid Deadly Fever If World Limits Warming
More than three million cases of dengue fever, the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease, could be avoided annually if global warming is capped at 1.5C, said a study that purports to be the first to show the health benefits of a cooler planet.
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India Takes Top Spot In Deaths Due To Pollution: Study
In 2015, 2.5 million people died early because of pollution in India. Globally the total count of deaths due to pollution that year was 9 million, which is three time more than the deaths due to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
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Cutting Down Smoking Could Increase Life Expectancy By A Year: Study
Cutting down smoking to five per cent of current rates by 2050 would increase life expectancy by a year among men and 0.2 years in women, according to recent global modelling studies published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
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60% Of People Are Missing These Four Key Nutrients In Their Diets
The study is the first to provide global estimates of inadequate micronutrient intake across 185 countries. Researchers found widespread deficiencies, with iodine, vitamin E, calcium, and iron being particularly low in diets worldwide.
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Indians Deficient In Iron, Calcium, Folate, Says Lancet Study
People across all age groups in India, both men and women, are consuming inadequate amounts of micronutrients critical for health, including iron, calcium and folate, as estimated in a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Half Of All Adults In India Unfit, Women Most Physically Inactive: Study
Almost 50 per cent of adults in India engaged in insufficient levels of physical activity in 2022, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Stroke, Dementia Affect Over 3.4 Billion People Globally, Finds Lancet Study
Neurological conditions like epilepsy and dementia are now the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people in 2021, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology journal.
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Diabetes To Affect Over 1.3 Billion People Worldwide By 2050, Claims Study
According to the study, Diabetes has become a global crisis that is increasing exponentially and will have lasting effects on global health for generations to come.
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Massive New Study Reveals Global Health Challenge Of Bacterial Infections
The study was conducted under the framework of the Global Burden of Disease, a vast research programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation involving thousands of researchers across the world.
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People Under 40s Face Higher Risks From Alcohol Than Older Adults: Study
Young people face higher health risks from alcohol consumption than older adults, according to a global study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.
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Mix-And-Match Of Booster Shot Offers Best Protection Against Covid: Study
Giving a different vaccine as the third dose than was received for the first two shots leads to better performance compared to using the booster of same preventive, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Children In India Face Higher Health Burden Of Climate Change: Lancet Report
As temperatures rise in a changing climate scenario, children born in India will be particularly vulnerable to a greater health burden of malnutrition, air pollution and deadly heat waves, according to a major new report published in The Lancet journal.
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A Global Diet May Help Improve Health And Save Planet, Says Study
According to a recent study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, an international team of scientists are developing a global diet that may help improve one's health and also save the planet at the same time.
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Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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98 Million Indians Will Have Diabetes By 2030: Lancet Study; Effective Tips For Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Incidence of type 2 diabetes is expected to rise from 406 million to 511 million globally in the next 12 years, a Lancet study has revealed. Read here to know if type 2 diabetes can be reversed or not.
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Millions Could Avoid Deadly Fever If World Limits Warming
More than three million cases of dengue fever, the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease, could be avoided annually if global warming is capped at 1.5C, said a study that purports to be the first to show the health benefits of a cooler planet.
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India Takes Top Spot In Deaths Due To Pollution: Study
In 2015, 2.5 million people died early because of pollution in India. Globally the total count of deaths due to pollution that year was 9 million, which is three time more than the deaths due to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
