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Experts welcome Union Health Ministry’s draft Bill on passive euthanasia
The guidelines also lay out conditions such as if the individual...
Sleep apnoea: How Apple Watch Series 10 can spot the risk as cases rise in India
According to the tech giant, every 30 days, Apple Watch Series 10...
There should be no space for fraud in AB-PMJAY: Mandaviya
Mandaviya urged states who are still to cover eligible beneficiaries, to accelerate their efforts to provide Ayushman Bharat cards to all. He also encouraged stakeholders to bring innovative solutions for integrating technology in digital health New Delhi: Union...
Life expectancy tool may improve quality of life for dementia patients
"An estimate of an individual's prognosis can be an important factor in financial planning for families, especially as many people with dementia require increased support at home and are eventually admitted to nursing homes," he said, noting that previous studies have...
Nightmares are a good predictor of future dementia – new study
My latest study, published in The Lancet's clinical medicine journal, shows that our dreams can reveal a surprising amount of information about our brain health More specifically, it shows that having frequent bad dreams and nightmares (bad dreams that make you wake...
Covid helpline received 6.62 lakh calls related to viral disease between Sept 2021 and August this year
The helpline was also used for helping citizens with Co-WIN registration and vaccine appointment booking since December 2020 New Delhi: More than 6.62 lakh calls were made to the government's COVID-19 helpline number -- 1075 -- with queries related to the disease...
Conflict, climate change and Covid pose threat to health of women, children: PMNCH
As many as 18 million children did not receive a single dose of DTP in 2021. The vast majority of these children live in low and middle-income countries, with India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia and the Philippines recording the highest numbers, the statement said In...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses 1 cr digitally linked health records
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Over 28,300 hospitals of which 46 per cent are private have been empanelled so far under the scheme. Of the total 3.8 crore hospital admission under the scheme, 46 per cent were in government-run hospitals. Fifty-two per cent of...
Cashless treatment facility by AB-PMJAY substantially reduced out-of-pocket expenditure of poor: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya So far, more than 19 crore AB-PMJAY cards have been created and more than 3.8 crore beneficiaries have availed of free treatment under the scheme New Delhi: The cashless treatment facility provided by Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY...
COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa, Over half a million children are at risk
The continent's health systems have to manage on average 150 cases of disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies every year. These range from armed conflicts to climate-related disasters (including flooding, drought, and famine) and disease outbreaks....
COVID-19 infection increases risk of long-term brain problems: Study
Those who had COVID were 80% more likely to have seizures, 43% more likely to have mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression, 35% more likely to have headaches and 42% more likely to suffer movement disorders, such as tremors, compared with the control...
Sense of an ending: Scientists say worst of Covid could be over
''We have spent two-and-a-half years in a long, dark tunnel, and we are just beginning to glimpse the light at the end of that tunnel,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Globally, as of...