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Less Salty Diets Would Save Millions of Lives: Study

January 12, 2017 Srijita'Would, Diets, Less, lives, Millions, of, Salty, Save, Study

Reducing salt intake worldwide by only ten percent could save millions of lives, a study reported Wednesday. Government-led public service campaigns could massively cut mortality and disability caused by salt-triggered heart attacks and strokes for just over 10 US cents a year per person, researchers calculated. Even without including healthcare savings, “we found that a government supported, national policy to reduce population sodium intake by 10 percent over 10 years would be cost effective,” the authors concluded in the medical journal BMJ. Most adults exceed the recommended maximum salt levels…

Dengue Claimed 179 Lives, no Death Due to Chikungunya: Government

November 28, 2016 Srijita179, Chikungunya, Claimed, death, dengue, Due, Government, lives, No, to

Dengue has claimed 179 lives across the country this year while no death has been reported due to chikungunya, though it affected 21,000 people, the Rajya Sabha was told today. “During 2016 (till November 13), a total number of 179 deaths due to dengue and no death due to chikungunya has been reported in the country. “The number of positive cases for dengue and chikungunya in the country during 2016 (till November 13) are 90,277 and 21,094 respectively,” Health Minister J P Nadda said in a written reply. He said…

Scrub Typhus Claims 24 Lives In Himachal

September 30, 2016 Srijita24, Claims, Himachal, In, lives, Scrub, Typhus

Twenty-four patients suffering from scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite found in areas with heavy scrub vegetation, have died in Himachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday. “The total number of scrub typhus deaths is 24 and 825 patients have tested positive till September 28,” a government spokesperson told IANS. He said directions have been issued to all medical officers in the state to treat the scrub typhus patients free of cost. Many patients from across the state were referred to the Indira Gandhi…

Health Weekly Roundup; India declares itself free of bird flu, 1.4m lives lost in India due to air pollution in ’13, Painkillers are not advisable for dengue

September 17, 2016 Srijita1.4m, 13, advisable, Air, Are, bird, declares, dengue, Due, Flu, for, Free, Health, In, India, Itself, lives, Lost, Not, of, Painkillers, Pollution, Roundup:, to, Weekly

Here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. This week was packed with important health-related discoveries. To make sure you don’t miss any, here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. India declares itself free of bird flu Bird flu mainly affects domestic poultry. It spreads from infected birds to other winged creatures through contact with nasal and respiratory secretions and also due to contamination of feed and wate 1.4m lives lost in India due to…