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29 Aug 2023

Maintaining Healthy Body Weight Helps Elderly Women To Live Longer: Study

Women who lost at least 5 per cent of their body weight were less likely to live longer than those who maintained their weight Women who accidentally lost weight, for example, were 51% less likely to live to the age of 90 Gaining 5 per cent or more weight over a steady weight, on the other hand, was not related to extraordinary longevity

26 Mar 2023

Access To Education Can Help Reduce Early Deaths In Girls Under 5 Years: Study

A study has found that maternal education, particularly secondary education, plays a significant role in reducing deaths in newborns. Learn more by reading more.

Malnourished kids

01 Nov 2017

50 percent undernourished kids of the world live in India

There has been an overall reduction in the infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate in India.

03 Oct 2017

Switching to e-cigarettes could reduce mortality rate, says study

A death is notched up as premature when a person departs before their expected age — say 75 or 80 depending on the country — and is usually preventable through a healthier lifestyle.

21 Sep 2017

India's child mortality rate declines by 1 million since 2005

Between 2000 and 2015, 29 million children below five died of different causes in India, data given by the United Nations shows.

Infant Mortality

28 Feb 2017

Government survey shows improved sex ratio, decline in IMR

According to the Health Ministry, the results of the survey reflected that concerted efforts and focussed interventions in the sector could translate to improved outcomes.

01 Feb 2017

Poverty tends to increase death rate; riskier than alcohol, obesity

However, socio-economic status, which is one of the strongest predictors of illness and early death worldwide, is often overlooked in health policies, the researchers said.

16 Jul 2016

E-cigarettes can reduce mortality rate by 21 percent, reveals study

Evidence has suggested that increased use of e-cigarette can dramatically decrease cigarette smoking among youth and young adults, the researchers said, adding that vaping is likely to provide positive health benefits that outweigh the harm.

16 Jun 2016

15 minutes of exercise may lower death risk in elderly: Study

It was observed that, during the study, as people exercised more, their potential death risk dropped considerably.

26 Feb 2016

Either move more or die early

Though the scientists didn't discover any magic threshold for the amount a person needs to move to improve mortality, they did learn that even adding just 10 minutes per day of light activity could make a difference.

21 Oct 2015

More girls dying before age 5 than boys in India: UN report

The report said that in India, while sex-selective abortions have been technically illegal since 1996, the law has had "little effect so far on the sex ratio at birth".

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