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Sri Lanka’s doctors association urgently seeks medicines to tackle drug shortage amid economic crisis
“Due to poor financial and economic management, the Sri Lankan...
IRDAI to hold `Open House’ with various industry players on 15th of every month
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``All the regulated entities are...
Young and unsettled: Millennials and Gen Z pessimistic on life, says survey
Climate change, protecting the environment and natural disasters topped the list of most respondents on a personal level, but less than three in ten of both the Millennial and Gen Z cohorts cited it as a worry. The next-highest concern for Millennials is income inequality or distribution of wealth. Terrorism, crime and concerns about personal safety were also high on the list.
India’s drug regulator warns patients against faulty Medtronic pacemakers
Medtronic reported that healthcare providers were unable to communicate with the device due to battery depletion resulting in loss of pacemaker function. It also reported these events occurred in the US within one year after the patient was implanted with the pacemaker or CRT-P.
States, UTs asked to hold screening sessions in schools, colleges for mental health, cancer
“Investment in risk behaviour prevention and health promotion among youth are the most cost-effective ways to improve health outcomes. Education institutions can play a critical role in these areas,” the letter stated. The letter mentions that the majority of risk behaviour that impacts health takes shape during young age. The prevalence of common mental morbidity including depression in the age group of 18-29 years is around 9 per cent as per National Mental Health survey.
Water management to be Modi’s priority if NDA is re-elected
It is estimated that 200,000 Indians die every year due to inadequate access to safe water. It is a statistic that should shame any Prime Minister-to-be into promising that this would be his or her prime focus
IRDAI unveils norms on exclusions in health covers, new products from 1st April, 2020
Every health insurance product has to cover all pre existing diseases disclosed by the persons to be insured immediately after the expiry of the forty-eight months waiting period or such lower period as stipulated in the product, said the IRDA’s draft exposure draft.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce the risk of dementia
Dementia is a rapidly growing public health problem affecting around 50 million people globally. There are nearly 10 million new cases every year. Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency among older people. Additionally, the disease inflicts a heavy economic burden on societies as a whole, with the costs of caring for people with dementia estimated to rise to US$ 2 trillion annually by 2030.
India’s child mortality rate was world’s highest in 2015: Study
“India can accelerate its reduction of under five mortality rates by scaling up vaccine coverage and improving childbirth and neonatal care, especially in states where mortality rates remain high,” said study co-lead author Li Liu, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US.
Indian pharma majors deny allegations of price fixing in US
The homegrown drugmakers are among the 21 generic pharmaceutical firms and 15 other individual defendants against whom the Attorneys General of 49 US states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia had filed a complaint with respect to 116 generic drugs in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Men go through postnatal depression too, but people mistake symptoms for tiredness or stress
The research team believes that much more can be done to promote a better understanding of paternal postnatal depression, so people don’t brush it off as simply tiredness or stress. This is particularly important as many men who experience symptoms of depression following the birth of their child may not be confident about asking for help and may be missed by healthcare professionals in the routine assessments of new parents
‘Modicare’ significant step towards universal health coverage in India: US think tank
“In a country of almost 1.4 billion people that is home to one-third of global maternal deaths, where public spending for health accounts for roughly one percent of GDP and where 60 million people fall into poverty every year because of healthcare bills, fixing healthcare is a daunting task that will determine the world’s performance against the Sustainable Development Goals over the coming decade,” said the report, a copy of which was made available exclusively to PTI.