DID YOU KNOW?
- The rBCG vaccine, originally developed as a live vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), has been used since 1921 and administered to more than four billion individuals globally.
- Cipla was seen as a crusader for the poor. At one time, as much as 40 percent of the AIDS patients in poor countries took Cipla drugs.
- Breast cancer occurs in every country of the world in women at any age after puberty but with increasing rates in later life.
- The latest causal relationships have been established between harmful drinking and incidence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.
- In 2021, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) claimed the lives of at least 18 million people under the age of 70, with a majority of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
- It is essential to expand use of clean fuels and technologies to reduce household air pollution and protect health.
- Inflammation and narrowing of the small airways in the lungs cause asthma symptoms, which can be any combination of cough, wheeze, shortness of breath and chest tightness.
- Autism – also referred to as autism spectrum disorder – constitutes a diverse group of conditions related to development of the brain.
- According to a study published in American science journal, JCO Global Oncology, cancer rates are rising rapidly across India.
- Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
- It is important to detect cardiovascular disease as early as possible so that management with counseling and medicines can begin.