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Over 34 crore patients provided consultation through eSanjeevani platform
Union Health Minister J P Nadda The eSanjeevani platform has been...
IRDAI chief to meet insurance industry CEOs for Bima Sugam and Bima Manthan on Feb 12-14
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI The IRDAI, on Feb 12, is expected to...
Tele-MANAS helpline received over 2 lakh calls since launch in Oct 2022
More than 1,900 counsellors have been trained and they are running the first line services. Most common concerns encountered are sadness of mood, sleep disturbance, stress and anxiety, the statement said New Delhi: The government’s national mental health helpline Tele...
Private equity investments in healthcare increase expenses, enhances treatment quality: Study
Private equity ownership was also associated with mixed to harmful effects on healthcare quality, while the impact on health outcomes and operator costs was inconclusive In addition, the team said, healthcare providers may need to pay more attention to the financial...
Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study
''It is really important to know how many micro- and nanoplastics we are taking in,'' said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, US ''Many studies, including ours, are demonstrating that the toxicity...
Studies underway on cases of sudden cardiac arrest among youngsters after Covid: Govt
A multi-centric matched case control study on factors associated with sudden deaths among adults aged 18 to 45 in India is ongoing at around 40 hospitals/research centres.Besides, another study for establishing the cause of sudden unexplained deaths in young people...
Two children suffering from rare diseases treated at Delhi hospital
The girl was suffering from congenital neutropenia, ''whose worldwide incidence is 2-3 cases per million population'', the hospital claimed A four-year-old girl suffering from a rare congenital condition, whose worldwide incidence is ''2-3 cases per million of...
Gambia ‘advanced’ in exploring legal action over toxic Indian cough syrup
At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury last year. A government-backed investigation found that the deaths were "very likely" caused by contaminated medicines made in India. The small West African country has hired a U.S....
Parkinson’s may quietly progress undetected for years: Study
By identifying the mechanisms involved in the secretion of dopamine in the brain, the research could help to identify new approaches to reduce the symptoms of this incurable neurodegenerative disease, the researchers added Parkinson's may progress quietly but...
People with bipolar disorder 6 times likelier to die from suicide, accidents or violence: Study
People with bipolar disorder are known to face a heightened risk of premature death. However, the drivers behind this, especially the role of physical illnesses, were unclear, which this study aimed to understand, researchers from Niuvanniemi Hospital, Finland, and...
Govt eases Covid guidelines for i’ntl travellers, drops RT-PCR requirement
The new guidelines shall come into effect from midnight of July 20 New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has further eased COVID-19 guidelines for international visitors, dropping the earlier requirement for RT-PCR based testing of a random two per cent subset of...
Israeli surgeons reattach Arab boy’s head after ‘internal decapitation’
"The injury is extremely rare, but we do know that because children between ages four and ten have heads that are large in relation to their bodies, they are more susceptible than adults," Dr Ohad Einav, the orthopaedic specialist who led the extremely rare surgery...