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Central drugs laboratories find 55 samples to be ‘not of standard quality’ in June
These drugs were manufactured by an unauthorized entity using a...
Improving Patient Outcomes: AI can play a major role
According to the India findings of the Philips Future Health Index...
Cervical Cancer Awareness: Emphasize prevention and early detection over sensationalism
Even though there are more than 1.27 lakh reported cases of cervical cancer and approximately 80,000 deaths among women reported in 2022 in India, awareness of this disease at the ground level remains alarmingly low, the doctors highlighted Medical experts have...
Bima Vistaar: IRDAI unveils premium for its mass combo cover at Rs 1500, for a family at Rs 2420
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI Bima Vistaar will have a combined features of Life, Health, Personal accident and Property. For Life cover a premium of Rs 820 has to be paid while Health, Personal accident, Property have been priced at Rs 500, Rs 100 and Rs 80...
Sanofi to pay over $100 million to settle about 4,000 Zantac cancer lawsuits
But the relatively modest settlement should please Sanofi investors, who’ve worried in the past about the financial fallout of thousands of US lawsuits targeting Zantac makers such as Sanofi and GSK Plc, which originally developed the product Zantac was recalled in...
India’s Spice Board tells Everest, MDH to give details of quality checks
Hong Kong this month suspended sales of three MDH spice blends and an Everest spice mix for fish curries. Singapore has also ordered a recall of the Everest spice mix and advised against its consumption New Delhi: India's spice exports regulator has asked MDH and...
Bima Manthan: Panda to address 2-day summit of industry CEOs on Thursday in Hyderabad
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI Narendra Modi led NDA government has identified insurance reforms, like composite license, 100 per cent FDI and allowing Captive insurance, high on its first 100-days agenda if it returns to power. The IRDAI has to prepare industry's...
World’s workers increasingly at risk as climate changes, ILO says
Workers, especially the world’s poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for longer periods and at greater...
Health Insurance: IRDAI bans hike in premium for an individual policy holder due to higher claims
In another major decision, the IRDAI's new regulations have clarified that after completion of sixty continuous months of coverage (including portability and migration) in health insurance policy, no policy and claim can be contestable by the insurer on grounds of...
WHO launches Patient Safety Rights Charter at Global Summit
“Everyone, everywhere, has the right to safety as a patient. The launch of the Charter is a tangible step forward in achieving a safer, more equitable world. The charter will be a key resource in assisting countries in integrating essential concepts such as patient...
Government establishes task force to address Brain Health issues
In the past three decades, most studies in India have shown a high disease burden for specific diseases including stroke, epilepsy, headache, Parkinson's disease, and dementia, mostly reported for the urban Indian population New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has...
Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplant
''It should be ensured that a unique NOTTO-ID for both donor and recipient is generated by the hospital from NOTTO website (www.notto.mohfw.gov.in), in all cases of organ transplant, whether from a living donor or deceased donor,'' the letter said New Delhi: The Union...