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Why Dowry Never Left Urban India, It Just Changed Its Name to Wedding Gifts

The vocabulary changed. The transfer didn't.Your cousin's wedding last winter probably had a list. Not a written one, nothing so honest. A list that lived in phone calls between mothers, in the careful silences after someone mentioned what the groom's family "usually expects," in the way your mausi counted the…

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The 8 Medical Screening Tests Indians Should Get at 30 for Better Preventive Health

Fasting Blood Sugar and HbA1cIndia has over 101 million people living with diabetes, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research's ICMR-INDIAB study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The majority were undiagnosed for years before their first test. A fasting blood sugar test tells you where you stand…

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Male Fertility in India Is Declining: The Nutrients That Help Reverse Sperm Health

The Numbers Are Worse Than Most Men KnowA 2019 study published in the journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology found that Indian men showed a statistically significant decline in sperm concentration, motility, and morphology compared to samples from two decades earlier. The Indian Council of Medical Research has flagged male factor…

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Why Infrared Sauna Benefits Differ From Traditional Steam and What It Means for Indians

Two very different kinds of heatA traditional steam sauna heats the air around you to 80 to 100°C. Your body responds to that hot air by sweating to cool itself down. An infrared sauna runs at 50 to 65°C but uses infrared light wavelengths to heat your body's tissue directly,…

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Key indicators missing in National Family Health Survey-6 fact sheet released by govt

The 6th National Family Health Survey NFHS fact sheets, when finally released on Friday, May 29, display some ‘Houdini tricks’. A set of crucial data on cooking fuel, sanitation, anaemia, quality of planning services, knowledge about HIV, and several population and household indicators are missing in the latest fact sheet.

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Centre defends National Family Health Survey-6 questionnaire, says disability data won’t change fast

Disability data will not change very fast and there is no reason to collect this data every three years, said the Health Ministry, in response to criticism over the exclusion of disability-related questions in the sixth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) which is set to begin shortly.

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11.5% people consume booze in Andhra Pradesh: Survey

AMARAVATI: Amidst raging debate over the growing revenue from the liquor sales in the state, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V) has come out with an interesting fact that alcohol consumption in the state is way below many of the neighbouring states.

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India insists WHO is wrong about Covid deaths. What do the numbers say?

The health and family welfare ministry issued a statement on May 5 disputing the World Health Organisation’s estimate of Covid deaths in India. The WHO had said that India lost 47.4 lakh people to Covid in 2020 and 2021, several times the Indian government’s tally of 5.24 lakh. The ministry…

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Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey

Women participating in decision-making and having bank account growing, says the survey.

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No safe haven for women at home

Gender-based violence against women is at an all-time high in Tamil Nadu. For a State that is counted as progressive otherwise, the latest National Family Health Survey findings are a sobering call to action against spousal violence primarily spurred by alcoholism. Even as the State’s coffers are regularly filled by…

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Are women dying needlessly from heart issues?

The fact that heart disease is less common in women, as compared to men is often misinterpreted as women being free of heart disease. A published 2020 report analysing the National Family Health Survey shows overall prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension in 18.69% women aged 15–49 years in India. In rural…

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