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US Healthcare industry rethinks risk after murder of UnitedHealth exec
Before the shooting, most risk assessment efforts were conducted...
Ammunition used in CEO’s killing had ‘deny,’ ‘defend’, ‘depose’ written on it
The message left on the ammunition echoes the phrase “delay, deny,...
Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
Memory continuously declines as people age, but evidence from existing studies is insufficient to assess the effect of a healthy lifestyle on memory in later life. A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, finds a...
China’s economic slowdown can generate ripple effects across world: Report
Observers were already talking about China falling into the middle-income trap and now, evidence has come to light that the country is finding it hard to keep its miracle of sustained higher growth rates anywhere closer to 10 per cent or more recorded during the late...
Budget- 2023-24:FM may announce sops for middle class
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The insurance industry has been pitching for a separate tax deduction provision for life insurance, tax waiver for annuity income, and higher deductions for health insurance premiums. New Delhi: The finance ministry is...
Booster dose of Covishield offers best immune response: Lancet study
According to the study, even though homologous and heterologous boosting with Covishield or Covaxin in Covishield or Covaxin primed individuals are immunogenic and safe, boosting with Covishield produced better binding and functional antibodies, irrespective of...
UK is failing to address menopausal discrimination in the workforce
The report, published in July last year, was carried out to think of solutions to help women who have struggled to manage menopausal symptoms at work. One in 10 women who worked during the menopause left a job due to their symptoms, which range from brain fog and loss...
China says peak COVID infections exceeded 7 million daily, deaths more than 4,000 daily
However,there is great skepticism about the COVID data released by China and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently accused it of underplaying the seriousness of the pandemic by concealing the true nature of the situation in the country, the Hong Kong Post...
Research suggests woman’s risk of pregnancy loss linked to certain job hazards
Manufacturing jobs and health/social work were associated with higher risks of early abortive outcomes compared with financial and insurance jobs. In an analysis of 2010-2019 information on more than 1.8 million employed and non-employed pregnant women in South Korea,...
Altered speech may be the first sign of Parkinson’s disease: Research
According to Maskeliunas, a researcher at KTU's Department of Multimedia Engineering, as motor activity decreases, so does the function of the vocal cords, diaphragm, and lungs: "Changes in speech often occur even earlier than motor function disorders, which is why...
India’s Retail Health Insurance profitable, to touch $25 billion in next 5 years: Avendus Capital Study
Anshul Agarwal, managing director and Co-head, Consumer, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) & Business Services, Avendus Capital said, “Unique characteristics of Retail Health Insurance such as high persistency of 90%, pricing power, relatively low loss ratio and...
First Covid, now layoffs: Indian professionals undergo tremendous stress, anxiety
Saumya Mudgal, Senior Consultant, Psychiatry, Max Hospital in Gurugram said there has been a drastic increase in the number of patients coming from MNCs. "These patients are usually presented with the issues of panic anxiety and panic disorder with agoraphobia and...