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Google's new AI chatbot to converse with patients, make diagnosis like docs

New Delhi, Jan 16: Tech giant Google has developed a novel chatbot which can converse with patients and make diagnostic reasoning at par with human doctors. The Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer (AMIE), a conversational diagnostic research AI system, is based on a large language model...
Reconsider order allowing widow to terminate pregnancy over
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Reconsider order allowing widow to terminate pregnancy over 'mental health'...

New Delhi, Jan 16: The Centre has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a reconsideration of its order permitting a widow to terminate her 29-week pregnancy. Justice Subramonium Prasad had earlier this month granted permission to the widow, suffering from depression, to terminate her pregnancy...
Respiratory infections surge in Europe: WHO
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Respiratory infections surge in Europe: WHO

Copenhagen, Jan 17: A leading World Health Organization (WHO) official has called for vigilance in the face of rising cases of respiratory diseases in Europe. Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, noted a surge in influenza infections and hospitalizations at a press...
Researchers identify over 200 new genes linked to depression
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Researchers identify over 200 new genes linked to depression

London, Jan 11: More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified, which may soon lead to treatments for the mental health condition suffered by thousands of people. The research, published in Nature Genetics, found more than 50 new genetic loci (a locus is a specific position...
Disinfectants not enough to kill harmful microbes from hospital surfaces
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Disinfectants not enough to kill harmful microbes from hospital surfaces

New York, Jan 11: Despite compliance with recommended disinfection protocols, high-touch hospital surfaces, bed rails, workstations, and other frequently-touched surfaces contain microbial contamination, including harmful pathogens, according to a study. The findings, published today in the...
All Hindi textbooks for MBBS course to be available soon: MP DyCM
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All Hindi textbooks for MBBS course to be available soon: MP DyCM

Bhopal, Jan 11: All Hindi medium textbooks for MBBS course in Madhya Pradesh would be available soon as the translation from English to Hindi would be completed by the end of this month, Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla told IANS on Thursday. Shukla, who is the health and medical education...
Drinking alkaline water may not prevent kidney stones: Study
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Drinking alkaline water may not prevent kidney stones: Study

New York, Jan 11: Bottled water marketed as "alkaline water" is unlikely to be an effective alternative for prevention of recurrent urinary stones, reports a study. Alkaline water, sometimes called high pH water, is an increasingly popular category of bottled water. Compared to tap water, with a...
New deadly bat virus with zoonotic potential found in Thailand: Report
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New deadly bat virus with zoonotic potential found in Thailand: Report

New Delhi, Jan 11:A new deadly bat virus with potential to spillover to humans have been discovered in Thailand by a controversial research group previously linked to experiments in Wuhan, media reports said. Dr Peter Daszak, head of the New York based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, reported the...
5-yr breast cancer survival rate in India stands at 66.4%: ICMR study
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5-yr breast cancer survival rate in India stands at 66.4%: ICMR study

New Delhi, Jan 10: The five-year survival rate for breast cancer, the most common cancer in India, stands at 66·4 per cent, with variations across 11 geographical areas, according to a study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Breast cancer is the most common cancer in India,...
Holiday gatherings, JN.1 variant fuel Covid-19 spread: WHO
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Holiday gatherings, JN.1 variant fuel Covid-19 spread: WHO

Geneva, Jan 11: Holiday gatherings and the globally dominant JN.1 variant fueled the spread of Covid-19 across the world in December, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus head of the WHO, said. Almost 10,000 deaths from Covid-19 were reported to the WHO in December, while hospitalisations rose 42 per cent...
HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt over rampant re-packaging of expired products
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HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt over rampant re-packaging of expired...

New Delhi, Jan 10: The Delhi High Court has raised alarm over a "coordinated and systematic" mechanism involving the re-packaging and re-branding of expired products with new expiry dates, and re-introducing them into the market. A bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet P.S....
UP hospital develops ‘Ram Kit’ to help heart patients in emergency
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UP hospital develops ‘Ram Kit’ to help heart patients in emergency

Kanpur, Jan 11: An emergency kit for heart patients, developed by Kanpur’s Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, has been named ‘Ram kit'. The kit that comes with a photograph of Lord Ram follows the concept of ‘We Treat, He Cures’. It also has vital drugs and helpline...
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