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.

Recent research revealed that little progress has been made in providing facilities to workers to tackle repetitive strain injuries (RSI) in the UK. Findings indicated that
213,000 people had hand, arm, shoulder and neck problems last year caused or exacerbated by work.

It also showed that workers in Devon and Cornwall have some of the highest rates of RSI.

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy claims that it is legal duty of the employers to prevent foreseeable risks of injury or illness in their workers.

Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability and autoimmune diseases.

Recent study showed the role played by FTO gene in making a person fat or lean. Research team led by Dr Ulrich Ruther, from the University of Dusseldorf in Germany used animal models to determine how this gene influences weight gain.

Researchers found that this gene affects energy expenditure at the cellular level. Study showed that mice without the FTO gene remained very lean because they spontaneously burn off enormous amounts of energy.