World Thalassemia Day was observed on 8 May. India records between 10,000 and 15,000 new cases of Thalassemia Major every year, with national carrier rates estimated at 3 to 4 per cent, and as high as 10 per cent in certain parts of West Bengal, according to health department data.
As World Asthma Day was recently observed, Fortis Hospital Anandapur hosted an insightful session in order to break the myths around asthma and encourage early diagnosis.
In cancer cases, while the patients with advanced conditions lose appetite, doctors say, the body needs more nutrition for metabolism. This leads to the body losing weight.
The Indian government's ‘Digital India’ programme, and implementation of ‘e-courts’ and digital legal services are rapidly driving the adoption of broader categories of legal technology, and these initiatives are improving access to justice, particularly for marginalised communities.
Speaking to The Statesman, Dr Sourav Das, senior consultant sleep medicine specialist at Somnos Sleep Clinic, highlights the common types of sleep disorders and how one can identify them.
Motorola on Monday launched razr 40 ultra and razr 40 foldable smartphones in the Indian market.
YouTube is looking to take a more aggressive approach to discourage people from using adblockers.
Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a new feature on WhatsApp which allows users to transfer chat history in a secure way between devices on the same operating system.
To address extreme levels of data scraping, system manipulation, Twitter has temporarily limited the number of posts a user can read daily.
According to a new study from the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Centre of the National Science Foundation, it's the strange, spacetime-warping effect of gravitational waves passing through galaxy.
