Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on building elements of disaster risk reduction into all development projects, global risk mapping for all type of disasters and use of social media for disaster risk management, as part his 10-point agenda for renewing efforts for disaster risk reduction.
Women who have received fertility treatment can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast cancer, according to a 21-year follow-up study of women in the Netherlands.
Being overweight or obese is linked to a higher risk of dying prematurely than being normal weight and the risk rises sharply as the extra pounds pile on, scientists said on Wednesday.
China is further tightening risk management regulations on the banking industry and stepping up efforts to build and improve a comprehensive risk management system.
Now that Britain has officially voted to leave the European Union, economists and analysts have begun giving their takes on what they expect will happen next.
In mid-March, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), part of the sister company to The Economist magazine, published its latest list of risks facing the global economy.
Firstborn women are more likely to be overweight or obese than their sisters, a New Zealand-led study with Swedish scientists revealed Friday.
More than 700 people gathered at a school in Shaanxi Province, northwest China, on Tuesday to mourn victims of last week's landslide.
The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study out Wednesday that attributed the link in part to genetics, rather than purely to nutrition or lifestyle factors.
Children whose father or mother has a suicide attempt have a nearly five times increased risk of attempting suicide compared to those whose parents has no such histories, a U.S. study said Tuesday.
Young people can be at greater risk of depression if their bodies have too much or too little of the trace element selenium, according to New Zealand research out Thursday.
The U.S. government on Monday urged people considered "high-risk" for Ebola to voluntarily stay at home for 21 days after returning from Ebola-stricken West African countries.
Pacific Island nations have secured a 90 million U.S. dollar tuna deal with the United States, the Pacific Island Forum fisheries Agency (FFA) said.
Consumption of two or more servings of fish per week may reduce the risk of hearing loss in women, U.S. researchers said Wednesday.
Older adults suffering from poor sleep quality are more likely to die of suicide than well- rested adults, a U.S. study said Wednesday.
People who watch TV for three hours or more each day may be twice as likely to die prematurely than those who watch less, according to new research published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Obesity may surpass smoking to become the most risky factor for heart disease for Canadians in the coming years, a newly released study found out Tuesday.
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