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The National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) fact sheets, released on May 29, 2026, bring good news. The most...

5 Jun 2026 11:10 PM IST

Researchers suggest that this finding underscores the diversity, variability, and flexibility in habitats and adaptive strategies these australopiths used to obtain food, avoid predators, and raise their offspring. (Photo: ANI)

Breastfeeding: Prevalent practice during ancient times

Breastfeeding practice by earliest ancestors explained.

17 July 2019 9:41 AM IST

The study corroborates that schoolchildren who use backpacks should avoid carrying loads greater than 10 per cent of their body weight. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

School bags are a serious threat to the spine health

How much should your child's backpack weigh?

5 July 2019 9:32 AM IST

Keep an eye on your childs weight. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

How to deal with your child's obesity

Can putting your kid on a strict diet reduce obesity? Read on to find out.

14 Aug 2019 7:00 PM IST

Kids with asthma, anxiety and depression make more visits to ER compared to those with only asthma. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Asthma harder to treat in children with anxiety

Asthmatic children with anxiety, depression likely to visit ER more.

26 Sept 2019 10:38 AM IST

Breastfeeding is considered to be more nutritious than formula feeding. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Give children only these 3 drinks

One should be extremely cautious when it comes to children's diet.

21 Sept 2019 7:42 PM IST

Paracetamol intake during pregnancy can cause problems in children. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Paracetamol intake during pregnancy can be problematic

Paracetamol intake during pregnancy can lead to hyperactivity and attention disorders in children.

17 Sept 2019 7:23 PM IST

Children of stranded migrant workers wait to board a special train to Bihar state from MGR central railway station after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. (AFP)

COVID-19 impact may kill 8 lakh kids in South Asia: Unicef

The bulk of these would occur in India and Pakistan, although Bangladesh and Afghanistan will also be affected, a recent...

24 Jun 2020 11:24 AM IST

The researchers focussed on records that included the childs age, gender, level of physical activity (Photo: AP)

Kids can reduce diabetes risk with 10 min playtime daily

'All-out' workouts adding up to just 60 seconds within a ten minute session were shown to improve insulin sensitivity.

27 March 2017 10:31 AM IST

Air pollution also increases the lifelong risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer (Photo: AFP)

WHO says 1.7 million children die of pollution a year

Their developing organs and immune systems, and smaller bodies and airways, make them especially vulnerable to dirty air...

6 March 2017 9:25 AM IST

Researchers also found that hand-sanitiser-related incidents for kids of this age group were less likely to occur during the summer months (Photo: AFP)

Hans sanitisers might prove harmful for children

Between 2011 and 2014 there were 70,000 calls to helplines in US for kids who had ingested, inhaled or got hand...

5 March 2017 1:47 PM IST

Poor handling involves very high levels of interparental conflict (Photo: AFP)

Here's how a child's health suffers due to a divorce

Children of separated parents are approximately more likely to have gastrointestinal, genitourinary, dermatological or...

26 May 2017 10:24 AM IST