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Asia Index launches BSE Insurance Index
The BSE Insurance Index is derived from the constituents of BSE...
Supervision of National Health Claims Exchange may be shifted from NHA to MoF to curb rising healthcare costs, source says
"Strict supervision" of the National Health Claims Exchange - the...
India records 203 fresh Covid cases, two deaths in 24 hours
Two deaths -- one each in Kerala and Maharashtra -- have been reported in 24 hours, according to the data updated at 8 am New Delhi: India reported a single-day rise of 203 Covid cases while the active caseload was recorded at 2,034, the Union Health Ministry said on...
Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests that reducing prolonged sitting in the workplace and/or increasing the volume or intensity of daily physical activity may be beneficial in mitigating the elevated risks of all-cause mortality and...
60% kids under-5 in India are micronutrient deficient, 40% anaemic: AIIMS
“The high prevalence of anaemia indicates that anaemia is a serious public health problem among children aged 12 to 59 months in India. Micronutrient deficiency and anaemia are one of the major public health concerns and calls for immediate action,”the researchers...
Video gamers at higher risk of irreversible hearing loss, finds research
The researchers said that "relatively little" attention has been paid to the effects of video games, including e-sports, on hearing loss, even as headphones, earbuds, and music venues have been acknowledged as sources of potentially unsafe sound levels New Delhi:...
Stress, junk food, pollution among reasons for rising cardiac arrests among youth: Dr Naresh Trehan
"We need to understand that in this current environment, we cope with the different elements that are producing higher incidents of heart disease, especially among the younger populace. Several young people are falling prey to cardiac events. This is a matter of...
Health ministry urges doctors to make it mandatory to mention reason for prescribing Antibiotics
Director General of Health Services Dr Atul Goel has also appealed to all pharmacists to strictly implement schedule H and H1 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules and stop over-the-counter sale of antibiotics and sell them only on the prescription of a qualified doctor...
Poverty, chronic inflammation together triple cancer death risk: Study
Poverty has been documented to individually heighten the risk of mental illness, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, in addition to higher mortality and lower life expectancy The combined effect of poverty and chronic inflammation could more than double the risk...
COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1: India logs 1,226 cases, highest from K’taka, Andhra Pradesh
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that 17 states and UTs have detected the presence of the variant New Delhi: A total of 1,226 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with Karnataka and...
Insurance cover under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme likely to be doubled
The increase in coverage to Rs 10 lakh per family per year and increase in beneficiary base to 100 crore individuals will involve an additional allocation of Rs 12,076 crore per annum.The AB PMJAY crossed the milestone of generating 30 crore Ayushman cards on January...
Google’s new AI chatbot to converse with patients, make diagnosis like docs
"We trained and evaluated Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer(AMIE) along many dimensions that reflect quality in real-world clinical consultations from the perspective of both clinicians and patients," Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, Research Leads,...