In general, the term 'water born disease' means, the disease occurs with the usage of impure water. In developing and under developed countries, four fifth of all infectious diseases occur due to impure drinking water. Diarrhea is the major water borne disease, by which many children die in India every year. Typhoid, cholera, malaria and enteric fever are other major diseases, which are caused by impure water. 10 per cent of global diseases are due to water born diseases. Each year 500,000 children in India die due to diarrhea. According to June 2003 report, today 85%... Read Blog »

Smoking is the major cause of lung diseases in entire world. Tobacco has its own worst effects. Short term effects include shrinkage of arteries. Because of which the heart gets less blood supply. Long term effects include lung diseases, cancer of the cervix, pancreas and kidneys. Cigarette contains nicotine, and this nicotine makes people addicted to the cigarette. Today one in every four person of the world smokes cigarette. In USA about 45.3 million adults (20.8 per cent) smoke cigarette. In India 250 million people (25 per cent) use tobacco, 60 per cent of... Read Blog »

Indian people are suffering from facing tremendous amount of health problems today by many diseases. Indian union budget had not focused on the health system of India until 2007. There was not focus on the prevention of major diseases like cardiac, diabetes and obesity. (1)(2) Due to Indian epidemiologists' continuous effort on this sector, the preventive health care idea was welcomed. It is always better to be late than never. Today the occurrences of death due to cardiac diseases have increased to 4 folds in India in past 30 years. Indian and International health agencies have already been giving alarming... Read Blog »