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New India turns profitable at Rs 71 crore in Q2FY25
Girija Subramanian, CMD, NIA, said, "It gives me immense...
Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card to provide free hospital treatment to all above 70 years: PM Modi
Data shows that just about 20 per cent are covered by any health...
Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's circulating in Uganda. Ugandan officials by Thursday had documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom had completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a...
Fitbit sued in Australia for misleading consumers on faulty devices
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said between May 2020 and February 2022, Fitbit claimed consumers will not be entitled to a refund unless they returned a faulty product within 45 days of purchase or shipment, which is in not in accordance...
TB passes COVID-19 as top infectious killer
That compares to 1,449 people a day dying due to COVID-19, calculated from the 40,578 deaths reported in the past 28 days on the Johns Hopkins University dashboard Following gargantuan global efforts against COVID-19, tuberculosis (TB) is once again the world's...
Strict parenting can genetically lead children to depression: Study
Dr Evelien Van Assche said: "We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can introduce an additional set of instructions on how a gene is read to become hard-wired into DNA. We have some indications that these...
Researchers give new insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
According to the World Health Organization, high cholesterol is a leading contributor to disease burden in nations of all income levels, is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, and is thought to be responsible for 2.6 million deaths annually globally A new...
Study finds number of hours worked in stressful jobs led to risk of depression
"This analysis suggests strongly that reducing the average number of work hours would make a difference in the degree to which interns' depressive symptoms increase over time, and reduce the number who develop diagnosable depression," says Amy Bohnert, PhD, the...
XBB subvariant of Omicron can cause another wave of infections in some countries: Swaminathan
"Many people just think that it is just like the flu or any other respiratory infection, but more and more data is coming out on how COVID is affecting all organ systems and not just the respiratory route. It also affects the cardiovascular system and the inflammatory...
Tata AIA Life ties up with Medix to offer health services to its policyholders
Tata AIA life has tied-up with Medix to offer healthcare advice to Tata AIA policy holders. Medix has a team of 300 in-house physicians, and a global quality accredited network of over 4,500 world-leading and independent medical specialists. A study by Harvard...
Omicron Covid variant may have originated in animals, finds study
"Animal to human transmission of coronaviruses will likely continue to threaten global health. It has been suggested that all coronaviruses circulating in humans came from animals," said Li. Washington: The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been...
Covid-19 still public health emergency of international level: WHO
The committee recommended that there should be three key priorities in the future: strengthening surveillance and achieving vaccination targets for at risk-groups; continuing to increase access to affordable therapeutics; and strengthening pandemic preparedness...