The estimated prevalence of stress ranges from 13% to 45%, among adolescents in India. There is a strong association between stress and mental health. Globally, 20% of children and adolescent suffer from disabling mental ...

Pregnant women with severe iron deficiency anemia are at high risk for rapid heart failure and neurological complications, as well as for having a preterm delivery, stillbirth, and low-birth-weight baby. World Health ...

Background: Worldwide, diarrhea is the second major cause of mortality among children less than 5 years of age and in 2016, diarrheal deaths accounted for 8% of all deaths among under 5 children. In India, around 300,000 ...

Among preventable deaths, tobacco accounts the leading cause globally. Tobacco is harmful, regardless of how it is consumed. Annually, more than eight million people die because of tobacco. In 2017, 13% of the global ...

Background: Sleep is a crucial phenomenon that involves complex metabolic and nervous activities that help the human body grow, maintain and repair itself. A lot of key players in human physiology responsible for health ...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can affect people who have gone through or witnessed a traumatic event. It can present with symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, altered mood and cognitions, altered ...

Background: According to 2017 data, globally, 155 million under five children or 23% of all under-five children are stunted. Over the last decade (2006 to 2016), in India the prevalence of stunted children has decreased ...

Introduction: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer among children worldwide. Despite being a rapidly progressive malignancy, the survival from ALL has significantly improved in the recent decades ...

Mental disorders are widespread among individuals in different age group. Anxiety disorders, more specifically post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are among of the most common psychiatric conditions in individuals exposed ...

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers have reached epidemic proportions, and constitute significant public health and economic burden for health systems worldwide. The global prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers demonstrates ...