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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...
Munich Re appoints Owais Ansari as CEO, Life & Health Middle East and North Africa
Owais Ansari, chief executive officer, Life & Health, Middle East and North Africa, Munich Re Owais Ansari said,``The Middle East and North Africa offer significant opportunities for life and health (re-)insurance. Munich Re having an established presence in this...
Patients of rare diseases seek Mandaviya’s help for faster treatment at govt hospitals
The patients registered with the Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in Delhi -- AIIMS and Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) -- have been diagnosed with Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs) like MPS I, MPS II and Pompe, Fabry All these conditions are classified as Group 3(a)...
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...