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Over 30 Million Diabetics in India in One Decade: Experts

November 15, 2016 Srijita30, Decade:, Diabetics, Experts, In, India, Million, One, Over

In the last one decade, the number of diabetes patients in India increased by over 30 million due to sedentary lifestyle and erratic schedule mostly common in the age group of 20-40 years, said the country’s leading diabetic experts on Monday. Their statistics stated that in the early 2000, there were around 31.7 million persons diagnosed with diabetes and by 2015, the figure increased to 62 million. “This change is due to the erratic food timings, sleep, unhealthy lifestyle, physical inactivity and other erratic patterns of lifestyle. Such changes in…

Why 10 million Indian women secretly undergo abortions every year

November 7, 2016 Srijita10', abortions, Every, Indian, Million, secretly, undergo, Why, Women, Year

Why 10 million Indian women secretly undergo abortions every year In 2008, Arti Chauhan (name changed to protect identity), mother of a 12-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year old girl, became aware that two pills— mifepristone and misoprostol, taken with a day’s gap between them—could induce an abortion, a procedure she considered when she got pregnant when her boy was just a year old. Chauhan, 28, wife of a daily wager employed in a fabrication workshop in Mt Abu in southwest Rajasthan’s Sirohi district, did not want another…

New Breast Cancer Cases to Rise to 3.2 Million a Year by 2030

November 3, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.2, a, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Million, New, Rise, to, Year

By 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned. India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet. Globally, cervical and breast cancer take the lives of 800,000 women every year — with two-thirds of breast cancer deaths and…

French Chef Boulud’s Restaurant Fined $1.3 Million for Wire in Food

November 2, 2016 Srijita$1.3, Boulud's, Chef, Fined, Food., for, French, In, Million, Restaurant, Wire

A piece of metal wire in a plate of coq au vin could cost award-winning French chef Daniel Boulud dearly: a jury has fined one of his restaurants $1.3 million after a diner swallowed it and needed emergency surgery. The customer, Barry Brett, went with his wife in February 2015 to db Bistro Moderne on West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan, not far from Times Square. It is one of several Boulud restaurants in the Big Apple, opening in 2001 and known for its gourmet burgers. Shortly after he began…

268 Million Kids to be Overweight Globally by 2025: Study

October 13, 2016 Srijita2025:, 268, be, by, Globally:, Kids, Million, Overweight, Study, to

In an indication that no policy interventions have proven very effective at changing current obesity trends, researchers have estimated that globally some 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight by 2025. On the assumptions of continued population growth given by the World Bank, the study projected a rise from some 219 million children in this age group in 2010 to 268 million children in 2025. Obesity alone rises from 76 million children in 2010 to 91 million by 2025, the study, published in the journal Pediatric…

India Has 3.7 Million With Alzheimer’s, Will Double By 2030: Experts

September 23, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.7, Alzheimer's, by, Double, Experts, Has, India, Million, Will, With

A total of 3.7 million people in India are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, and related disorders, and the figure is likely to double by 2030, according to health experts on Tuesday. People over the age of 60 are becoming victim of Alzheimer’s, with women constituting 70 per cent of the total burden of the disorder. “Memory loss that accompanies aging doesn’t necessarily occur because you’re getting older, but because you’re not exercising your brain enough during your senior years. That’s why staying active by…