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Almost 90 per cent of the state’s population has health insurance: Rajasthan CM
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Working more than 10 hours can increase risk of stroke
“The association between 10 years of long work hours and stroke seemed stronger for people under the age of 50. This was unexpected. Further research is needed to explore this finding,” said Alexis Descatha, the author of the study.
HDFC buys 51.20 % stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance for Rs1,350 crore
Post-acquisition of the shares by HDFC, Apollo Munich shall be merged with its general insurance subsidiary, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, which will emege as the second largest private insurer in the accident & health segment with a market share of 8.2 per cent
Wall Street takes on long-term care payouts as insurers balk at costs
Around 12 million people in the United States will need such assistance by the end of this decade, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This figure is set to skyrocket as the number of retirees increases; Americans over 65 years old are projected to more than double to 98 million by 2060.
Do your Facebook posts have God references? You are 15 times more likely to have diabetes
“As social media posts are often about someone’s lifestyle choices and experiences or how they’re feeling, this information could provide additional information about disease management and exacerbation,” Raina Merchant, an associate professor at University of Pennsylvania.
Some of the Facebook data that was found to be more predictive than demographic data seemed intuitive.
WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency: Experts
The Ebola virus epidemic in Western Africa was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history, killing over 11,000 people and spreading to ten countries, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Spain, and the United States
Will provide clean drinking water to every household by 2024, says PM Modi
About 54 per cent of India’s groundwater wells are declining, and 21 major cities are expected to run out of groundwater as early as next year, posing a threat to food security, according to the NITI Aayog report
Pan-India doctors go on day-long protest in solidarity with Kolkata medicos
After entire healthcare system in West Bengal was crippled over the past four days, now doctors’ in Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India especially AIIMS hospitals in the national capital, Raipur, Patna and Punjab are observing protest shutdown. Resident doctors in several government hospitals in Kerala and Hyderabad also staged protests as they started their ‘cease work’ demonstrations in respective cities. Around 4,500 Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) stopped attending to patients in all the 26 government hospitals in the state simultaneously on Friday.
Nine more children die in Bihar, toll rises to 63
Since June 1, 178 and 72 children were admitted in SKMCH and Kejriwal hospital respectively with suspected cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) but most of them were found to be victims of hypoglycemia.
Peak Re develops a new cancer multi-protection solution for Vietnam
It is part of the company’s strategy to support the evolving needs of the emerging middle class and address the protection gaps in emerging Asia.Peak Re plans to offer more solutions that boost affordable and simple insurance products in Asia beyond Vietnam, Peak Re is also actively engaging in developing customised solutions for different protection needs in other Asian markets, including China, India, Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia.
A drug that can cure cancer without chemotherapy and side effects!
The complex biological medicines, called antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), have been in development for decades, and are now generating renewed excitement because of the success of one ADC in late-stage testing, a breast cancer treatment called DS-8201.