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Common people suffer from exploitation of insurance firms, private hospitals: Raghav Chadha in Parliament
Sometimes cashless treatment is denied, sometimes claims are...
Social security coverage rises to 64% from 19% in 2014: Mansukh Mandaviya
Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya noted that 94...
8.8 crore women screened for cervical cancer under national programme: Govt
J P Nadda,Union Health Minister Over 14 crore were screened for breast cancer and more than 26 crore for oral cancer. Among them, nearly 56,000 breast cancer cases and 1.56 lakh oral cancer cases were detected.Besides, 32.52 crore people were screened for hypertension...
Allianz scraps proposed acquisition of Singapore’s Income Insurance, source says
Singapore's prime minister said in October that the city-state would block Allianz's bid The move would have lifted Allianz to fourth largest composite insurer in Asia, from ninth, but sparked critique in Singapore because of concerns that it would detract from a...
Lockton unveils new global Parametric Insurance Practice
The parametric insurance market is projected to reach $39.3 billion by 2032, according to Global Market Insights, underscoring the demand for alternative solutions to cover gaps in conventional commercial property insurance KANSAS CITY: Lockton, the world's largest...
World can expect another zoonotic pandemic any day: Ex-WHO Director
The majority of newly emerging diseases are viral, and they are emerging mostly from the animal world. That means they are zoonosis, like Covid,Mario C.B. Raviglione, former Director of the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme at the World Health Organization (WHO). New...
Lifestyle As Medicine’: Book by eminent doctors offers holistic approach to science of healthy living
The list of contributors include the likes of former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria (co-author of “Sleep: Rejuvenating the Mind and Body”), chairman and founder of Narayana Health Dr Devi Shetty (co-author of “Lifestyle Related Diseases: Understanding and...
ICMR sets up India’s first diabetes biobank in Chennai for research
The biobank will facilitate advanced research on the causes of diabetes, the variations of the Indian type of diabetes and related disorders, said Dr V Mohan, chairman of the MDRF and Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre The country's first diabetes biobank, a...
Delhi govt prepared to introduce a law to protect doctors from violence
"At times, we hear about incidents of violence against the doctors. If such a need arises in Delhi, the government will bring in a Doctors Protection Act to address these concerns," Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said New Delhi: The AAP government will always stand with...
2 in 3 Indian women are investing for retirement surpassing national and men’s averages Max Life Study
Health and wellness remain integral to women’s retirement plans. While only 4 in 10 women engage in regular physical activities, a majority (over 80%) do so at least three times a week. Nearly half (49%) have health insurance, and 82% feel optimistic about maintaining...
HC asks Maharashtra govt for details on expenditure on medical infrastructure, budgetary allocation
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions, including one initiated suo motu (on its own), raising concerns over the high number of deaths at government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts last year Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Saturday...
Early-onset colon cancer cases surge globally; lowest in India: Study
In 13 countries with increasing trends in both age groups, the annual percentage increase in young compared to older adults was larger in Chile, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, Croatia, and Finland, smaller in Thailand, Martinique, Denmark, Costa Rica, and similar in...