Tag: Health Problems

Bhubaneswar: With the world celebrating International Women’s Day today, many programmes and events are being held all around the globe focussing on issues like women harassment, female foeticide, rape and other social issues. But, many important health issues surrounding women are hardly addressed. On International Women’s Day, odishatv.in met a few renowned doctors in the city to […]

Rome: Working night shifts may deteriorate your quality of life by affecting your bladder, researchers have warned. Night shift workers reported a significantly higher rate of overactive bladder, and a poorer quality of life when compared with day shift workers, suggests the study presented at the European Association of Urology Congress in Barcelona. They also […]

Malkangiri: It seems healthcare has turned into a farce in Malkangiri where instances of doctors playing with lives of patients and quacks ruling the roost in rural areas have become common. And now, mushrooming illegal private health clinics in several urban areas of the district, most shockingly near the district headquarters hospital, is making things […]

Sydney: Women who experience premature menopause are almost three times more likely to develop multiple, chronic medical problems in their 60s, says a new study. It is known already that premature menopause, occurring at the age of 40 or younger, is linked to a number of individual medical problems in later life, such as cardiovascular […]

London: Social isolation is linked to a heightened risk of hospital admission for respiratory disease among older adults, say researchers, adding that this risk is independent of other potentially influential factors, such as general health and lifestyle. According to the study, published in the journal Thorax, social isolation and loneliness are associated with admission to […]