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Machinery for citizens to flag misleading ads needed: SC
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the Drug and...
Govt takes stock of infrastructure of district hospitals for setting up daycare cancer centres
The estimated expenditure for setting up these centres will be Rs...
WHO flags contaminated India-made syrup in Iraq
The United Nations agency in its medical products alert said the batch of the syrup, branded Cold Out, had higher than acceptable limit of contaminants diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol The World Health Organization on Monday flagged a batch of contaminated common...
Star Health ties-up with Standard Chartered Bank
Star Health and Allied Insurance has collaborated with Standard Chartered Bank to offer health's insurance products through their extensive branch network across India. Star Health will make its top-notch health insurance products readily accessible to customers via...
India’s PB Fintech posts smaller Q1 loss on loan, insurance demand
Yashish Dahiya, co-founder of Policybazaar The company's revenue from operations rose 31.8% to Rs 6.66 billion , with revenue from Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, its core online business, growing 39% to Rs 5.16 billion New Delhi: India's PB Fintech the parent of online...
General insurance industry’s premium grows 14% to Rs 26,629 crore in July, Pvt sector cos lead
Bajaj Allianz General Insurer with a premium base of Rs3762 crore , a y-o-y growth of 51 per cent, has overtaken ICICI Lombard General insurance in garnering the largest premium in the month of July Mumbai: The Indian general insurance industry has...
Amid conjunctivitis, eye flu surge, doctors warn against irrational use of steroid eye drops
Conjunctivitis in the present epidemic is a self-limiting disease and does not require antibiotic treatment in all cases, Dr J S Bhalla, a senior consultant eye surgeon at the DDU hospital said, adding that hand and facial hygiene are very important to prevent its...
Close to 40,000 patients registered for kidney transplant, 13,430 for liver transplant up to 2022: Govt
The registry is maintained by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). The minister said 1,320 patients registered for lung transplant, 181 for pancreas transplant and 57 for intestine transplant New Delhi: Close to 40,000 patients were...
AI-supported breast tumour screening found more cancers, reduced radiologists’ workload: Study
'We found that using AI resulted in the detection of 20 per cent (41) more cancers compared with standard screening, without affecting false positives. A false positive in screening occurs when a woman is recalled but cleared of suspicion of cancer after workup,''...
Bills worth Rs 10-12 crore received under CGHS every day: Govt
The vision of CGHS is ''Your health our Goal'' and it provides comprehensive health care to its beneficiaries, through 340 allopathic wellness centres and 107 AYUSH units, 18 polyclinics, the ministry said Services provided under CGHS include out-door patient...
Crucial to conduct post-Covid survey to assess prevalence, severity of mental health disorders: Parl panel
''The devastating impact of the Covid pandemic on mental health in India necessitates an immediate and comprehensive countrywide mental health survey,'' it said New Delhi: A post-Covid mental health survey is crucial to assess the prevalence and severity of mental...
Parliamentary panel recommends setting up of population-based cancer registries in rural areas
While appreciating the government's impetus on an institutional framework for cancer care and management and financial support for combating cancer, the committee said cancer must be dealt with separately instead of being a part of other lifestyle and non-communicable...