In December 2025, the World Health Organization released its first-ever global guideline on using GLP1 therapies to treat obesity. This marks a major shift: obesity is now recognised as a chronic disease that needs lifelong, compassionate care. The guideline covers medicines like: Semaglutide Liraglutide Tirzepatide These drugs help reduce appetite, slow digestion, improve metabolism, and […]

A major new study published in The Lancet Global Health reveals a startling truth about diabetes in India. Nearly one in five Indians aged 45 and above is living with the condition, and almost two in five of them don’t even know it. The research, based on the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, which covers more than […]

India today faces a paradox that borders on the absurd. In one household, a child might be stunted from years of undernutrition. In another, a teenager is quietly slipping into pre-diabetes. Thirty-five percent of Indian children under five are too short for their age, their growth limited by diets that lack essential nutrients, as recorded […]

“Beta, finish your rice or the Waste Monster will come for you!” That was my grandfather’s favourite warning when I was a child growing up in 1990s Patna. His stories were vivid and slightly terrifying. Clouds that talked, rivers that laughed, mountains of trash that swallowed towns. At the time, I thought of them as […]

डब्ल्यूएचओ ने 9 जून 2025 को घोषणा की कि एमपॉक्स महामारी अभी भी अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य आपातकाल है। 2024 की शुरुआत में कांगो में शुरू हुआ यह प्रकोप अब तक 25 देशों में फैल चुका है, जिससे 37,000 से अधिक मामले और 125 मौतें दर्ज की गई हैं। कांगो, युगांडा और सिएरा लियोन जैसे देशों में […]

Even a year later, long COVID can inflame the heart and lungs—despite normal test results. A new study uncovers why symptoms linger.