Health Analytics India - An Initiative By dataLEADS
By : Umashankar Mishra
Delhi is struggling with the threat of air pollution. In addition, pollen grains of different plant species spread in the air affect people suffering from respiratory diseases.
By : J.Hotez, A.Damania
The high-disease-burden Neglected Tropical Diseases in India are not evenly distributed, but instead focussed in areas of urban and rural poverty.
By : Anand Chandrasekhar
Swiss authorities have received requests for information concerning potential secret Swiss bank accounts linked to a Delhi-based microfinance NGO.
By : Manu Moudgil
In India, 50,000 die of snake bites every year. Over 350 plant species have been identified as antidotes but there are very few studies to validate traditional medicines.
By : Sunderarajan Padmanabhan
Despite efforts over the decades by scientists across the world, malaria continues to be a major vector borne disease particularly in Asia, Africa and South America.
By : Jisha Krishnan
India’s medical devices market is dominated by imported products, which constitute almost 80% of total sales. Yet, the medical device sector in India remains largely unregulated.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
India bears a disproportionately large burden of the world's tuberculosis rates. Acc to WHO, India will need to invest at least US$ 3.4 bn in TB control over the next five years to have substantial impact.
By : Manu Moudgil
A new online database has identified 960 phytochemicals present in Indian medicinal plants that can potentially be developed into drugs. This is good news for the pharmaceutical companies looking for new products
By : Dinesh C Sharma
Scientists at the IISc Bangalore have found that an existing anti-asthma drug is effective against TB. Researchers are exploring options as TB becomes resistant to the available drugs.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority was formed in 1997 to control the prices of drugs in India. In its latest report, it made shocking revelations how private hospitals are inflating medical bills to over 1,737%.
By : Madhukar Pai
In my academic career, I have done my share of editing books and contributing chapters. But for those of us working in medicine or public health, are books and book chapters worth the effort? I don't think so.
By : SWISSINFO.CH
The Federal Customs Administration seized 1,060 shipments of illegally imported medicines in 2017. Notable was the increase in illegal imports from Eastern Europe, including a 40% rise from Poland.
By : Vaishali Lavekar
Scientists have been trying to figure out mechanisms underlying changes that occur in behaviour and cognition processes due to aging. The role of retrotransposons is suspected to be critical in the process of aging.
By : DELHI NEWS DESK
Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter answering the 10 toughest questions they get. One of the toughest questions was does saving kids’ lives lead to overpopulation?
By : Jisha Krishnan
Less than half, 47% Indian women consume green, leafy vegetables on a regular basis. Overall women are invariably the lowest in the nutrition pecking order and this has real life implications.
By : OOMMEN C. KURIAN
Tripura needs to put considerable efforts to improve its public health infrastructure and services on which a majority of its people depend — the coming assembly elections offer an opportunity.
By : Nabeela Khan
The Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences and 45 other medical colleges were barred from admitting students because these colleges were found to have sub-standard facilities. They allegedly paid money to judges to get favourable verdict.
By : Jyoti Singh
In a significant advance in understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have figured out the way memory deficit develops in early stages.
By : Delhi News Desk
The investigations carried out by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, UK and The Hindu newspaper of India reveal how India’s negligence to combat the use of antibiotic like colistin is leading to worldiwde drug resistance.
By : Dinesh C Sharma
Members of unique citizen science project which trains lay citizens to analyse radio astronomy data have made discoveries using data from radio telescopes in India and abroad.
By : Sunderarajan Padmanabhan
Scientists at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) here have come up with a finding that could pave the way for the development of a new type of contraceptive.
By : Dr. Karan Thakur
The Parliament Standing Committee is examining a bill which will provide new thrust to medical education in India. While many may disagree, there is unanimity on the need to dissolve the MCI in its current avatar.
By : Marianne Bouchart
To celebrate the new year, the GEN has gathered experts to put together a list of resolutions for 2018; things we, as data journalists, should stop or start doing, things we should create, technologies we should try.
By : News Desk
The government's new National Health Protection Scheme could be a game changer for as many as 500 million people in need and unable to afford healthcare. But some issues remain unaddressed.
By : Sunderarajan Padmanabhan
Minister for Science and Technology launched new schemes which seek to help young researchers. The schemes have been lunched with a view to tap the vast potential of young scientific workforce in India.
By : Dinesh C Sharma
India is known as the ‘pharmacy of the world’ but could soon lose this tag as the Indian drug industry is increasingly becoming dependent on China for supply of bulk drugs acc to a new study.
By : Devmalya Sarkar
New health technologies are expected to have far-reaching implications on diagnostics & treatments. At HITLAB Innovation Summit, expect some innovative ideas to support technology-enabled healthcare solutions in India.
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By : The George Institute
Meet Dr. Devaki Nambiar, new Program Head for Health Systems and Equity at the prestigious George Institute for Global Health. In an interview, she says the institute’s future goals will be convening & participating in trans-disciplinary partnerships.
By : Jisha Krishnan
Communicable diseases like malaria and AIDS now kill few people than non-communicable diseases (NCD) like heart diseases, strokes, respiratory ailments and diabetes. The shift from communicable to NCD's is a new challenge for healthcare providers.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
Data from the recent National Family Health Survey reveals improvements in many key health indicators but it also points towards severe health challenges which the country has been suffering from since long. NFHS-4 is the first of the NFHS series that has collected data from each of India’s 29 states.
By : Sarah Iqbal
HIV continues to engage scientists because of its complex nature. A team of scientists from India, UK and Spain have isolated near full genomes of HIV virus. As HIV exhibits huge genetic diversity, the virus undergoes frequent genomic changes.
By : Dinesh C Sharma
India has a shortage of psychiatrists, because of which mental illness remains undiagnosed. A ‘virtual psychiatrist’ tool developed by Indian researchers can help address the problem. It has been found that it can be as effective as diagnosis by specialists.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
There are 103 million aged 60+ according to government data highlighting that both the share and size of elderly population is increasing. India’s total fertility rate shows a trend that India will soon have more old people than young people.
By : Simon Rogers
When you mix journalism with maybe the fastest moving space - technology, things change even faster. At a time when the very notions of truth, lies & facts are under attack, data journalism can provide a guide to the mysteries of the daily news cycle.
By : OOMMEN C. KURIAN
Official data shows that coverage indicators like immunisation are a concern for a long time for Gujarat. It has shown an extremely worrying worsening trend in the state. Acc to data, Gujarat was one of the few states in India where full vaccination coverage declined since NFHS-2.
By : Dinesh C Sharma
Unhealthy lifestyle can easily trigger diabetes and heart disease among people genetically predisposed to them. A study has found that people who are genetically more prone to diabetes and heart diseases can reduce their risk with lifestyle modification.
By : Health Analytics India
Medical researchers are concerned about pollution particles smaller than 2.5 microns which have the potential to evade the lungs' protective filter system and end up deep in the body. By accumulating in vulnerable areas of body, air pollution particles could trigger cardiovascular risks and worsen heart diseases. However, the disease process remains uncertain and studying the links between air pollution and health is difficult.
By : Amrapali Zaveri
This is an exciting time for healthcare data. More and more countries are improving collection of health data. But often this data is stored in silos, making it practically useless. When routinely collected data is connected and linked in a machine-friendly manner that makes data useful in ways we never imagined before. It provides actionable insights and has a huge potential to transform healthcare.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
A new report by a leading Indian think tank, Centre for Science and Environment says health of millions of Indians is threatened by preventable diseases. Pollution and change in lifestyle are risk factors. Worse, the report points out that the key data on disease burden is missing. While data on NCDs was calculated a decade ago, data related to cancer covers only 10% of the population.
By : Dr. T V Venkateswaran and Jyoti Singh
Preventing heart attacks, measuring soil moisture and detecting explosives may sound disjointed, random problems, but scientists say it is possible to address them using the same concept or technology platform. Practical availibility of technology is a solution to such issues and researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, have achieved this.