Experts warn that relying solely on HbA1c for diagnosing type-2 diabetes in India may lead to misleading results.

Over 6.83 crore individuals in tribal regions have been screened for sickle cell anemia, with 2.38 lakh affected and 19.32 lakh carriers identified. The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination ...

Iron-deficiency anaemia has long been recognised as a feature of colorectal cancer (Goodman and Irvin, 1993). It is present in 11–57% of cancers (Curless et al, 1994; Majumdar et al, 1999; Roncoroni ...

Over 6.83 crore individuals screened for sickle cell anaemia in India with alarming results highlighting the prevalence of ...

According to Bhosale, Vitamin D plays a crucial role in maintaining proper levels of iron in the body, which is essential for making haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

People become anemic when their blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. It affects nearly 2 billion people worldwide. Anaemia is a major health problem, with ...

Iron is essential for pregnant women because it helps move oxygen and break down energy. Exposure to tobacco may impair iron absorption, utilisation, and storage, thereby increasing the risk of ...

Anaemia is a condition wherein your body doesn't have enough red blood cells or the red blood cells in the body don't work properly. It is a major public health concern which majorly affects young ...

You are what you eat, goes the old saying. It has been estimated that more than 2 billion people in the world are overweight or obese, and over 800 million people do not get enough calories or ...

Vijayawada: A delegation from Meghalaya National Health Mission (NHM) reviewed the ongoing strategies being adopted by the ...

The long-term effects of a Vitamin B12 deficiency in women include not only chronic tiredness but also a negative impact on blood and brain health ...

While anaemia among adolescent girls and boys, and women, particularly those of reproductive age has been studied extensively, anaemia in men has been largely ignored. In 2019, a paper published in ...