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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…

Times Life · Sep 9

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…

Times Life · Sep 8

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…

Times Life · Aug 31

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…

Newslaundry · May 13, 2022

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.

The Hindu · May 6, 2022

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…

The Hindu · Apr 16, 2022

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…

The Times of India · Mar 24, 2022