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Passive Euthanasia: SC to meet parents of man in coma for over 12 yrs
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan perused a...
Capital infusion has helped 3 PSU general insurance cos to improve their business performance, says Sitharaman
``The capital infusion was meant to build their business and...
AI can spot patients at risk for suicide, finds study
Colin Walsh, associate professor of biomedical informatics, medicine and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center said that most people who die by suicide have seen a health care provider in the year before their death, often for reasons unrelated to mental...
AI tools like GPT-4 do not fare well in ‘conversing’ with patients study finds
"Our work reveals a striking paradox - while these AI models excel at medical board exams, they struggle with the basic back-and-forth of a doctor's visit," senior author Pranav Rajpurkar, an assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School,...
AI revolutionising everything from patient care to health communication Delhi AIIMS director
"While AI can enhance precision and efficiency, we must preserve the human touch in healthcare. Compassion and technology must work together to create systems that prioritise the well-being of patients." Dr KP Kochhar, Head of the Physiology Department at AIIMS New...
Study estimates only a quarter of Indian population can access stroke facility in an hour
Ischaemic stroke is the most common, accounting for about 70-80 per cent of all strokes in India, according to a September 2024 study, published in the journal Scientific Reports Roughly a fourth of the Indian population has access to a rehabilitation centre within an...
Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails
Public health bodies like the World Health Organization have increasingly turned their attention towards alcohol after making progress on stronger tobacco controls NEW YORK: The U.S. Surgeon General's warning of an increased risk of cancer from drinking alcohol may...
US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer, including breast, colon and liver cancer, but most U.S. consumers remain unaware of this. The Surgeon General's advisory said alcohol is responsible for...
No cause of concern in India over China HMPV surge, says govt
As a precautionary measure, the government said the number of laboratories testing for HMPV will be enhanced by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), and ICMR will be monitoring trends of HMPV for the entire year, said the goverment New...
Study estimates about a quarter of Indian population can access stroke facility in an hour
Ischaemic stroke is the most common, accounting for about 70-80 per cent of all strokes in India, according to a September 2024 study, published in the journal Scientific Reports New Delhi: Roughly a fourth of the Indian population has access to a rehabilitation...
Centre on alert over respiratory, seasonal influenza cases amid Covid-like HMPV outbreak in China
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Union health ministry is closely monitoring respiratory and seasonal influenza cases in the country, and is in touch with international agencies, according to official sources New Delhi: The National Centre for...
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics List
The district-level hospitals must facilitate CT scan, MRI, mammography and echocardiography, according to the draft guidelines New Delhi: The ICMR has proposed a revised version of the National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), which enumerates the minimum number of...