Uncontrolled blood pressure is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure, which are a leading cause of death and disease. CVDs are accountable for one-third of total deaths in …
In India, Acute Encephalitis Syndrome outbreaks in the north and eastern India have been linked to children eating unripe litchi fruit on empty stomachs. Unripe fruit contains the toxins hypoglycin A and methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG), which cause vomiting if ingested in …