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K’taka health dept passes order to implement SC’s directive for patient’s right to die with dignity
"We have also come out with an Advance Medical Directive (AMD), or...
Irdai caps health insurance premium hikes for senior citizens at 10 pc per annum
Irdai further said insurers will have to undertake prior...
Canada officially bans testing cosmetics on animals
With this new development, Canada will join the European Union, Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and South Korea in outlawing the cruel practice of animal testing for cosmetics. Citing Humane Society International, an organisation that promotes the human-animal...
High BMI raises risk of numerous rheumatic diseases: Research
However, it has not been fully investigated whether this connection is due to a high BMI actually causing rheumatic disease rather than patients suffering from rheumatic disease simply having a higher BMI on average due to other, unknown reasons A higher BMI raises...
Israeli researchers induce cancer cells to ‘Commit Suicide’
“Our idea was to deliver safe mRNA molecules encoded for a bacterial toxin directly to the cancer cells – inducing these cells to actually produce the toxic protein that would later kill them. It’s like placing a Trojan horse inside the cancer cell,” Peer said. In a...
Australia is the first nation to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics
Beginning Saturday, Australian physicians can prescribe doses of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for PTSD. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can be given to people who have hard-to-treat depression Australia is now the first country to...
Singapore records highest number of suicides in over 20 years
According to SOS, family problems, employment and financial difficulties, as well as romantic relationships were the most frequently presented problems by people who contacted their services Singapore recorded the highest number of suicide cases in over 20 years,...
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate
Climate change is causing a shift in weather patterns, some of which can worsen malaria conditions. A higher average surface temperature from global warming could lead to higher mosquito migration in areas that were previously uninhabitable by Anopheles mosquitoes....
Menopausal hormone therapy found to be linked with increased rate of dementia
Menopausal hormone therapy, used to relieve menopausal symptoms like hot flushes and night sweats, is associated with an increased rate of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, even though no causal relationship has been established, a new BMJ research has said. The...
Ayushman Bharat world’s best health insurance scheme, credit goes to PM Modi: Jitendra Singh
"This is possibly the only health insurance scheme in the world which offers the option of seeking insurance cover even for a pre-existing disease, like for example, if today a person is detected having cancer, he can thereafter go and get himself insured to receive...
Majority of doctors facing mounting stress and burnout (July 1 is Doctors’ Day)
In a study conducted by the Indian Medical Association, it was found that 82 per cent of doctors in India are under stress. The findings conclude that most doctors don't get at least seven hours of sleep a day, and patients lack trust upon the medical procedures by...
Warming climate linked to increased domestic violence in India, Nepal, Pakistan: Study
“Further, economically strained circumstances from decreased agricultural production and labour efficiency and a deteriorating living environment due to damage caused by extreme weather events could also exacerbate the issue of intimate partner violence,” Renjie Chen,...