<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that yoga is gaining popularity across the world as it helps in reducing mental stress and in the treatment of several serious ailments. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also said, non-communicable diseases are a deeply disturbing trend and called upon the medical fraternity to educate the people on the dangers of sedentary lifestyles. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Naidu was addressing the annual meeting of the National Interventional Council of the Cardiological Society of India at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow yesterday.</span><br />''  <br />