Concern over rise in health issues affecting tribals in Chamarajanagar

Concern over rise in health issues affecting tribals in Chamarajanagar

Participants at an interaction organised recently at B.R. Hills in Chamarajanagar. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Leaders of forest-based tribal communities in Chamarajanagar district have expressed concern over several serious health problems affecting tribals, especially pregnant women, where the cases of anaemia and infant mortality are increasing sharply. Speaking at the annual Adivasi Arogya Samvada, … Read more

Climate Change Is Already Affecting Almost Everyone on Earth

Climate Change Is Already Affecting Almost Everyone on Earth

Oct. 12, 2021 — The effects of climate change span the globe and have reached an overwhelming majority of people on Earth in the form of coastal flooding, wildfires, and other climate-related events, new findings suggest. Using a special computer program to analyze the sizeable amount of data on climate change, researchers report that about … Read more

Delta Whiplash: How the New Surge Is Affecting Mental Health

Delta Whiplash: How the New Surge Is Affecting Mental Health

Vaile Wright, PhD, senior director of health care innovation, American Psychological Association. CBS News: “Travelers are canceling trips with COVID numbers rising again: ‘It was really kind of heartbreaking.’” Handbook of Positive Psychology, edited by C.R. Snyder and Shane J. Lopez, Oxford University Press, 2002. Rachel Goldenberg, Queens, NY. Roxanne Hawn, Golden, CO. Marissa … Read more

Doctor Burnout Is Affecting Patients: Survey

Doctor Burnout Is Affecting Patients: Survey

July 29, 2021 — Much attention and literature have focused on increased doctor burnout, which has worsened during the COVID-19 global pandemic. But according to a new survey, this burnout also has an impact on patients. The research, published by virtual healthcare technology company Wheel and independent research firm PureSpectrum, found that 80% of … Read more

Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New insight into a rare and dangerous disorder that can occur in kids with COVID-19 could improve treatment of the condition, researchers say. Many children infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) go undiagnosed or have no symptoms, but about one in 1,000 develop a condition … Read more

‘Disrupted’ Sleep Could Be Seriously Affecting Your Health

‘Disrupted’ Sleep Could Be Seriously Affecting Your Health

By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Waking up briefly throughout the night may do more than leave you feeling grumpy and tired in the morning. Disrupted sleep may actually increase your odds of dying early from heart disease or any other cause, and women seem to be harder hit … Read more