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"Approximately 10 per cent of older adults have muscle weakness and diminished physical function that leads to adverse health outcomes and physical disability," said lead author Dr. Shivani Sahni "Since loss of physical function contributes to reduced mobility,...
67% of Indian firms to outsource key security functions as cyber attacks spike
"A lot of enterprises go with security service providers that can offer global capabilities in a local delivery model and can help them in unifying their vendor ecosystem by offering a plethora of services under one umbrella," said Sakshi Grover, research manager,...
CGHS beneficiaries to get cashless treatment at 6 AIIMS
According to the salient features of this initiative, the CGHS pensioners and other entitled categories of CGHS beneficiaries will be eligible for cashless treatment in OPD, investigations and indoor treatment at these six AIIMS New Delhi: Cashless treatment will now...
Re-thinking well-being : How outlooks on life are changing in Asia
Prudential commissioned Economist Impact to write a report exploring how people in Asia, at a time of heightened uncertainty, assess different aspects of their well-being, including their physical and mental health, personal finances, social lives, and interaction...
Centre considering testing drugs at govt laboratories before exporting
"The CDSCO has submitted that some intervention from the government was necessary to stop the low-quality cough syrups from entering the global supply chain from India," an official said New Delhi: Amid quality issues being raised globally for the cough syrups...
ANALYSIS-As world’s poor face ‘compounding crises’, what could curb risks?
The number of people in need of humanitarian aid globally has tripled in the last half-decade, to 340 million, said, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid and development organisation About 90% of those live in just...
AI voice coach shows promise in treating depression, anxiety: Study
"The way we should think about digital mental health service is not for these apps to replace humans, but rather to recognize what a gap we have between supply and demand, and then find novel, effective and safe ways to deliver treatments to individuals who otherwise...
Chronic diseases taking ‘immense and increasing toll on lives’, warns WHO
A 46-year-old Cambodian man who lost his leg to diabetes. The annual global death toll from non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, is estimated at 36 million. Photo: IRIN During 2020-2021, COVID-19 resulted in 336.8 million years of life...
Samruddhi Expressway sees 39 deaths in accidents since its launch in Dec 2022; road hypnosis among causes
Road hypnosis, also called white line fever, is an altered mental state faced by drivers due to ''automaticity'' or the process of doing things automatically without actively thinking about the steps involved A total of 39 persons have lost their lives and 143 were...
One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook: UN health experts
Echoing the bleak outlook, WHO data indicates that by May last year, 15 countries had reported cases, but by mid-May this year “we already have 24 countries reporting and we anticipate more with the seasonal shift in cholera cases,” said Henry Gray, WHO's Incident...
Heat insurance offers climate change lifeline to poor workers in Gujarat
Nonprofit Arsht-Rock Foundation Resilience Center in partnership with microinsurance startup Blue Marble and a trade union has one of the world's first parametric insurance schemes for extreme heat in Gujarat If temperatures climb high enough above historical averages...
London court throws out lawsuit against Google over medical records
London: Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by a British hospital trust. The Royal Free London NHS Trust transferred patient data to Google’s artificial intelligence firm...
Britain mandates 20 offshore carbon storage licenses
Britain aims to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which involves filtering planet-warming carbon from industrial smokestacks before it hits the atmosphere and storing it underground, to hold 20 million to 30 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030 London: Twelve...
RBI to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, to remain legal tender
The bank notes in Rs 2,000 denomination will continue to be a legal tender, the RBI said in a statement In order to ensure operational convenience and to avoid disruption of regular activities of bank branches, the RBI said exchange of Rs 2,000 bank notes into bank...
Global stroke deaths could increase to nearly 5 million by 2030: Study
New Delhi: The number of deaths worldwide from ischemic stroke is expected to increase to nearly five million by 2030, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Neurology, focused on ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blockage of blood flow to...
Over half the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs drying up: Study
To study the question systematically, the team, which included scientists from the United States, France, and Saudi Arabia, looked at Earth's biggest 1,972 lakes and reservoirs, using observations from satellites from 1992-2020 More than half of the world's largest...
Cities risk irreversible damage due to environmental degradation: Officials
''Be it Panaji, Thane, Surat, our cities could suffer permanent damage if their green areas are not protected now. We need to take immediate measures to improve the state of the environment in our cities,'' Kunal Kumar, Mission Director of the Smart Cities Mission...