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PCOS: hidden toll of academic pressure on our daughters’ health

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PCOS: hidden toll of academic pressure on our daughters’ health

In September, amid PCOS awareness month, a concerning reality emerges: academic pressure may unknowingly contribute to a silent health crisis among young girls. It starts in classrooms but often leads to gynaecologists’ offices, where ultrasound scans reveal ovarian cysts, resulting in a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). (For top health news of the day, subscribe to…

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Panel suggests booster shot of BCG vaccine to fight TB

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Panel suggests booster shot of BCG vaccine to fight TB

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Aadesh Choudhari Batting for better diagnostic services which are affordable and easily accessible, the Parliamentary standing committee on Health and Family Welfare’s report on Implementation of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhigyan presented in Rajya Sabha on September 21 noted that the BCG vaccine (bacille Calmette-Guerin,…

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Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management

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Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management

Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management From delayed onsets marked by intense dry spells, to devastating flash floods and destructive landslides, the monsoon in recent years has been a period of uncertainty and destruction for India. Although there are various factors behind it, there is a general consensus among…

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Silent killer: The Hindu editorial on hypertension and the first WHO report on the subject

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Silent killer: The Hindu editorial on hypertension and the first WHO report on the subject

Globally, hypertension affects one in three individuals and four out of five do not have it adequately controlled, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) report on hypertension released on September 19. It is a grim reminder that countries have done little to keep the biggest risk factor for death and disability under check…

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The Silent Killer: tackling hypertension in India

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The Silent Killer: tackling hypertension in India

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is often called the “silent killer” because it often goes unnoticed until it triggers severe health complications such as strokes, heart attacks, kidney damage, and heart failure. According to medical standards, the reading on a doctor’s BP monitor going above 140/90 accounts for hypertension. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its…

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ISRO hoping to wake up Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram and Pragyan on September 22

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ISRO hoping to wake up Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram and Pragyan on September 22

A 3D image of the Vikram lander. ISRO created the image by using the anaglyph technique. Anaglyph is a simple visualization of the object or terrain in three dimensions from stereo or multi-view images. Photo: X/@isro via PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to awaken the Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover…

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NASA shifts UFO debate from sensationalism to science | Data

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NASA shifts UFO debate from sensationalism to science | Data

UFO sightings?: A tiny body of a specimen, that Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan says is not related to any known Earthly species and which he presented along with another one to Mexico’s Congress earlier this week, is pictured, in Mexico City, Mexico September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha | Photo Credit: RAQUEL CUNHA…

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Something changed about cyclone formation in the 1990s | Explained

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Something changed about cyclone formation in the 1990s | Explained

A visualisation of all tropical cyclone tracks over South and Southeast Asia that formed in 1985-2005, in six-hour intervals. The colour scheme denotes wind intensities on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Storms remnants are not shown. | Photo Credit: Nilfanion/NASA, Public domain Numerous studies have reported trends in various climate variables over the Indian subcontinent. A decreasing…

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