Category: Sociology
Allergic reactions or allergies are on the rise in both developing and developed nations with common allergies affecting 10-30% of the world population at any given point of time in their lives (Ring 2012). Asthma and allergic rhinitis are among the common air-borne allergic reactions affecting nearly 300-500 million people around the world (Pawankar et al. 2014). Furthermore, food (nearly 400 million), and drug-induced allergic reactions (1/10th of the world population) are prevalent in different parts of the world (Pawankar et al. 2014). Since the prevalence has increased to such an extent, allergies should be regarded as major health concerns.
allergy drug marketUnited Nations declares 2013 to be the most affected year for humanitarian workers wherein, nearly 155 humanitarian workers around the world were killed, 171 injured and 134 were taken as hostages.
epidemiologyThe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community have been facing many of the same persecutions as all other minority groups at the mercy of society.
The condition of a Muslim woman in Afghanistan remains to be much in the state of extreme terror as is evident from the case of Sohaila, who had received 100 lashes in a dilapidated sports stadium in Kabul in 1998 in front of thirty thousand boys and men who gathered to watch the act (Ahmad, 2012).
Thanks to the initiatives of the Government of India and various non-government organizations (NGOs) in context of spreading mass awareness on detrimental impacts of cigarette smoking that today even the kids are well aware that cigarette smoking is injurious to health.
A recent article in the reputed daily ‘The Economic Times’ claimed that the life expectancy (LE) ratio in India has improved over recent years. Where males are living for 15 more years, the total life span for females has increased by around 18 years between 1970 and 2010.
The relationship between positivity and success is well known. A direct relation exists between these…
The following states have recorded the highest levels of HIV prevalence at antenatal and sexually transmitted disease (STD)…
epidemiology, literature survey