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NHS ransomware hack caused patient harm in UK, data shows
Ransomware attacks have surged by some 300% in the last decade, and...
AB PM-JAY: Rs1.13 lakh cr spent, 8.19 crore hospital admissions recorded, says Nadda
JP Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare &...
Research discovers new cause of heart failure condition in children
"Although much has been studied about heart failure in adults, there is still much to learn about the genetic causes of heart failure in infants," said Charles "Chaz" Hong, MD, PhD, Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director of Cardiology...
Change in breast density over time associated with cancer risk: Study
"Our best tool against breast cancer is early detection," said senior author Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, associate director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine Many middle-aged and older women have...
Blood delivery by drones across India may soon be reality, says official after ICMR’s successful trial run
''Today, we are transporting blood and blood-related products which are supposed to be kept at a low temperature. After the experiment, we found that not only can we maintain the temperature but there was also no damage to the products transported.We sent another...
Research reveals environment impacts mental health of young people
Young people living in health-constraining environments -areas with close proximity to dairies, alcohol, fast food and gambling outlets, poor access to green spaces, blue spaces, fruit and vegetable stores, and physical activity venues - were more likely to experience...
World Bank approves USD 82 mln for zoonotic disease prevention in India
Animal disease outbreaks globally continue to pose risks to public health systems and have enormous economic costs. With India having the largest livestock population in the world, these risks are particularly high, it said. Foot and mouth disease alone costs the...
Assam govt launches cashless healthcare scheme
Himanta Biswa Sarma,Chief Minister,Assam Owing to certain limitations, a significant number of families belonging to the economically-disadvantaged sections were left out of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which also offers cashless healthcare treatment benefits...
India builds more hospitals as population surges but doctors in short supply
India's doctor-to-patient ratio hit a record high of 1.2 doctors per 1,000 patients in 1991, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), but as its population surged, the ratio dropped to about 0.7 in 2020. Outside the big cities, the lack of specialised care is...
‘Silent emergency’: Premature births claim a million lives yearly
The report showed gaping inequalities related to race, ethnicity, income, and access to quality care, determine the likelihood of preterm birth, death, and disability, even in high-income countries. Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of...
One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report
A pregnant woman has a prenatal check-up at a hospital in Muttuck, India The report shows that over 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth, equivalent to one death happening every seven seconds, mostly...
CSR: 356 bone marrow transplants for Thalassemia patients successfully completed
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes a body to have less hemoglobin than normal. The Union Health Ministry has been implementing the TBSY since 2017 under the National Health Mission (NHM) and had recently completed its second phase in March 2023 The...