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Star Health further expands its home health care network
Anand Roy, MD & CEO, Star Health Insurance, said, “It is a...
Regulatory standards must be stronger for quality medicines: Health secy
The meeting with state drug regulators comes in the wake of the...
Premature deaths due to cardiovascular and strokes in India are due to lack of awareness: AIIMS Study
In India, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 36 per cent of all deaths in the age group of 30-69 years. Preventing these deaths should be a public health priority globally as well as in India A study reported that every 30 min delay in MI patients increased...
Centre told to inform outcome of consultations of draft rules to regulate e-pharmacies
Petitioner association South Chemists and Distributors Association, which has challenged the ministry’s August 2018 notification, said the draft rules are being pushed through in serious violation of the law, ignoring the health hazards caused due to sale of medicines...
Non-communicable diseases bigger issue than Covid pandemic: Apollo JMD
"Non-communicable disease is a larger pandemic than Covid. We must protect against cancer, cardiovascular, nephro, neuro problems," Apollo Hospitals Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddynoted Spread of non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart...
More trees, taller buildings next to thin streets could reduce “urban heat island” effect
The researchers said that heat island hotspots and mortality rates tended to be greater in urban blocks with a socially disadvantaged population owing to a combination of physical factors, such as impervious surfaces and lack of vegetation, and social factors, such as...
Death risk from liver disease twice as high in lower-income countries: Lancet study
''A working liver is so important for our health since the organ is connected to so many aspects of bodily function,'' said Jasmohan Bajaj, a professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, US Death risk from liver disease twice as high in...
Anti-tobacco warnings for OTT programmes soon, health ministry to amend rules
According to the proposed amendments to the Rules, the display of tobacco products or their use in online curated content will not be extended to the display of brands of cigarettes or other tobacco products. New Delhi: OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display...
Market value of LIC investment in Adani stocks hits Rs 44,670 cr
The country's largest insurer and leading institutional investor in the Adani group has seen the market value of its holdings in Adani stocks increase by around Rs 5,500 crore since April, stock exchange data showed Mumbai: Market value of investments made by...
Over 800 million people globally may suffer back pain by 2050: Lancet study
Low back pain will be the leading cause of disability in the world. If right action is not taken, low back pain can also become a precursor to chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mental health conditions, invasive medical procedures,...
Covid kills one person every four minutes as vaccination rates fall
A key question is how to handle a virus that’s become less threatening to most but remains wildly dangerous to a slice of the population. That slice is much bigger than many realize: Covid is still a leading killer, the third-biggest in the US last year behind heart...
How the World Health Organization could fight future pandemics
A new pact is a priority for WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who called it a “generational commitment that we will not go back to the old cycle of panic and neglect” at the U.N. agency’s annual assembly. It seeks to shore up the world’s defences against new...