A recent study showed that number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales have risen for the first time in five years.
Report revealed that number of underage births has fallen because of increased use of abortion in last ten years but Britain has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Europe.
In 2007 there were 41.9 conceptions for every 1,000 under-18 girls as compared to 40.9 the year previously and the first rise since 2002.
Exercise is better in the morning if you have a stressful job, as mental fatigue can affect physical performance, says a new study.
Researchers at Bangor University found that people who are mentally fatigued and exercise reach the point of physical exhaustion sooner than they do if they are mentally rested before exercising.
Also, they found that even though being exhausted after work doesn't actually affect the muscles, it does make it harder for people to exercise so vigorously.
Recent survey revealed that number of people getting weight loss surgery has increased by 40% from last year. Figures revealed that 2,724 cases of "bariatric surgery" including stomach stapling, gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy were performed by NHS in 2007/08.
The report by the NHS Information Centre also revealed that there has been 30% increase in overall hospital admissions for obesity from the previous year to 5,018.
Recent study revealed that women who have diabetes during pregnancy have double risk of developing depression as compared to pregnant women without depression.
Research team led by Katy Backes Kozhimannil of Harvard Medical School in Boston analyzed data collected from more than 11,000 pregnant women enrolled in New Jersey's Medicaid program from July 2004 to September 2006. The women were followed for six months before to one year after the women gave birth.
Modi government is gearing up to fight Hepatitis-B outbreak which has claimed 37 lives according to official number. However the State Congress spokesman and the former leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Arjun Modhvadia, claimed that the epidemic has taken life of not less than 60 people in Modasa alone.
Government has planned to vaccinate all people in Modasa in 62 booths by 2000 health department employees. Government has also ordered all the hotels and restaurants in Modasa town in Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat to be closed. Various team of experts visited the affected area.
The Union minister for health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said that social stigma attached to mental illness can be removed only in long run.
Mr. Ramadoss also expressed unhappiness with the running of the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP).
The health minister talked about the situation of mental illness treatment facilities at the silver jubilee celebration of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) on Sunday.
A recent study showed that number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales have risen for the first time in five years.
Exercise is better in the morning if you have a stressful job, as mental fatigue can affect physical performance, says a new study.
Recent survey revealed that number of people getting weight loss surgery has increased by 40% from last year. Figures revealed that 2,724 cases of "bariatric surgery" including stomach stapling, gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy were performed by NHS in 2007/08. 
Recent study revealed that women who have diabetes during pregnancy have double risk of developing depression as compared to pregnant women without depression. 
Modi government is gearing up to fight Hepatitis-B outbreak which has claimed 37 lives according to official number. However the State Congress spokesman and the former leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Arjun Modhvadia, claimed that the epidemic has taken life of not less than 60 people in Modasa alone.
The Union minister for health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said that social stigma attached to mental illness can be removed only in long run. 
