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The death toll in Mumbai from H1N1 virus has reached 10 since January 2017. According to a statement by BMC, a total of 285 confirmed cases of the disease have been recorded in the city. Here is everything you need to know about H1N1 virus                        The death toll due to H1N1 influenza virus this year in the city of Mumbai reached 10 on Monday after three more patients died this year. According to civic officials cited by news agency PTI, the three deaths occurred last week. According to a statement given by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a total of 285 confirmed cases of swine flu have been recorded this year in the metropolitant statement. “Fluctuation in temperature and high moisture content in the air are conducive for the spread of H1N1 virus and therefore, people are advised to take preventive measures,” the BMC said in its statement. Here is everything you need to know about the ...

India recently reported a sharp decrease in tobacco consumption , a major public health victory. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) India 2016-17, 81 lakh fewer Indians now use tobacco compared to 2009-10. This represents a 17 percent relative reduction in tobacco consumption across all age groups and a 60 percent relative dip in tobacco use among minors (aged 15-17). The age of initiation for both smokeless and smoking tobacco in the country has also increased by a year. The decrease is important because tobacco is the leading contributor to heart disease, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, which are responsible for 43 percent of all deaths in India. India’s tobacco control policies, which have focused on prevention and decreasing initiation, appear to be working. Major tobacco control measures Over the past several years, India has taken a series of measures to control the tobacco-related epidemic. In 2011, gutka, a form of chewable ...

Cervical disease cases in India are expanding at a disturbing rate, to such an extent this beast is known to take 200 existences of ladies in India, consistently. More than 60,000 passings have been accounted amid the year 2015 itself. It is in this manner, a standout amongst the most widely recognized growths in ladies in India close by bosom malignancy. Certainties ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER Human Papolloma infection or HPV causes Cervical disease. It more often than not impacts ladies in the age gathering of 40-65, however 55-65 is the age aggregate with most elevated related dangers. The infection is effortlessly transmitted through skin to skin contact and not simply sexually, which is a myth a large portion of us put stock in. In 90% of the cases, the resistant framework deals with clearing the infection. The staying 10% whose bodies are not ready to make the antibodies expected to murder these intruders get influenced by Cervical tumor. Likewise, no test is as yet...