World Arthritis Day aims to raise awareness about arthritis, encourage advocacy, and improve healthcare services for patients. (representative image) (photo: IANS)

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World Arthritis Day: India accounts for 22-39% of global arthritis cases

Many long-Covid symptoms in kids misattributed to other conditions, say experts (photo: Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Long Covid may be undercounted, misdiagnosed in children, say experts

India, with 70 million people currently suffering visual impairment, had the third-highest potential savings of all countries in the study (photo: Getty Images)

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Avoidable sight loss may cost Indian economy $27 bn per year: study

The prolific agricultural activity in Punjab has come at a significant cost (photo: Wikipedia)

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Groundwater in Punjab unsafe, poses serious health risks: IIT Mandi study

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High blood sugar leads to a 40% higher risk of taking one's own life

Representative image of a person suffering from arthritis (photo: IANS)

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City docs see spike in cases of rheumatoid arthritis, gout post-Covid

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American Heart Association says kidney disease is a heart risk factor

Representative image of a vegetarian sadhya served on a banana leaf, with a pot of maambazha pulissery (mango yoghurt curry) in the foreground (photo: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Sticking to a 'strictly veg' diet may be partly in your DNA

Post-Covid risk analysis needed, as study shows elevated risk of autoimmune disorders like psoriasis and vasculitis too. Representative image of a masked person against a backdrop of the magnified coronavirus (photo: IANS)

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Covid raises risk of new-onset of alopaecia, vitiligo, arthritis

Obstructive sleep apnea in India: New study reveals a significant health challenge for millions.
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10.4 cr Indians may be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea: AIIMS study

Healthcare experts advise not ignoring fever but not fearing it either (Photo: IANS)

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Weakened immunity causes longer spell of fever: Experts

Some of the most common symptoms of the "long cold" include coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhoea more than four weeks after the initial infection (Photo: IANS)

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Long cold could be why you are suffering despite being negative for Covid

Research uncovers biological reasons for men's increased susceptibility to severe COVID-19.  (Photo: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Why men are more likely to experience severe Covid cases decoded