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Indian insurance industry watches Govt’s move on IRDAI chief as Panda’s 3-yr term ends on Mar 14
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI Panda after taking over as IRDA...
Former Star Health Insurance CEO Prakash joins Bajaj General Insurance as a consultant
``Stepping into the consulting space has been a refreshing journey....
Menopause hormone pills associated with dementia, causation unclear
The authors of an editorial published with the report noted the study's limitations, writing, "The observed associations could be artefactual and should not be used to infer a causal relationship between hormone therapy and dementia risk" or to help doctors and...
Breakthrough in obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment
OCD affects around 3% of the population. The average age of onset is 19.5 years, which means that many cases go undetected in childhood and adolescence. UK's NHS-recommended treatments include cognitive behavioural therapy and antidepressant drugs called selective...
Russian sexologists to target homosexuality, other ‘disorders’ under new rules
The order, which takes effect on July 1, comes amid a clampdown on LGBT rights, which President Vladimir Putin has sought to portray as evidence of moral decay in Western countries and from which Russia must be protected Russian clinics will soon be staffed with...
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say
Aspartame has been extensively studied for years. Last year, an observational study in France among 100,000 adults showed that people who consumed larger amounts of artificial sweeteners – including aspartame – had a slightly higher cancer risk.It followed a study...
Star Health makes key managerial appointments
Exclusive health insurer Star Health and Allied Insurance has informed that Dr. S Prakash will be appointed as a strategic management executive of the company after he quit the position of managing director of the company and as director of the board. The insurer has...
Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup
Sources said the syrup was made with industrial-grade PG, a toxic material widely used in liquid detergents, antifreeze, paints or coatings, and to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides. NEW DELHI: The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last...
Caffeine only makes you alert, coffee makes you ‘ready to go’, say scientists
"There is a common expectation that coffee increases alertness and psychomotor functioning," said Nuno Sousa of the University of Minho, Portugal, and corresponding author of the study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience If you want to feel...
Delhi has become India’s electric vehicle capital: CM Arvind Kejriwal
We introduced the Electric Vehicle Policy in August 2020. Our target was that by 2025, at least 25 per cent of all the new vehicles bought in Delhi should be EVs. As of now, 13 per cent of all the new vehicles that are bought in Delhi are EVs. The national average at...
Transgender people at higher risk of suicide: Study
“The observed excess of suicidal behaviour and mortality might, at least in part, constitute ramifications of minority stress. Transgender individuals may be exposed to systemic negativity regarding their trans identity in the form of bullying, discrimination,...
Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or intellectual disabilities, researchers say
Between 2012 and 2021, nearly 60,000 people were killed at their own request, according to the Dutch government's euthanasia review committee Countries, including Belgium, Canada and Colombia, have legal euthanasia, but the Netherlands is the only one that shares...