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Adequately spaced pregnancies can boost maternal & child health outcomes: Centre
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Adequately spaced pregnancies can boost maternal & child health outcomes: Centre

New Delhi, July 19: Adequately spaced pregnancies can boost maternal and child health outcomes, said Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday at a meeting with public health experts. "This will reduce health risks and empower women and families to make...
Preventive healthcare is national, societal duty for all: Jitendra Singh
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Preventive healthcare is national, societal duty for all: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, July 19: Preventative healthcare is now a national and civic responsibility for all, said Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, on Friday. He was speaking at the second edition of the Healthcare Summit conducted by the American...
Zydus gets final approval from US FDA for Type 2 diabetes pills
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Zydus gets final approval from US FDA for Type 2 diabetes pills

Ahmedabad, July 19: Indian pharma company Zydus Lifesciences on Friday said that it has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market tablets for Type 2 diabetes.The drugmaker said it got “approval for its New Drug Application (NDA) to market Zituvimet XR...
Low sodium in older adults a major health concern, say experts
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Low sodium in older adults a major health concern, say experts

New Delhi, July 19: Low sodium levels are a significant cause for worry in older adults, said experts on Friday, noting that it can lead to headache, confusion, fatigue, restlessness, irritability, and forgetfulness.Sodium helps to maintain consistent blood pressure. It helps to balance the fluids...
Maternal Zika infection may have long-term effects on babies
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Maternal Zika infection may have long-term effects on babies' immune system

New Delhi, July 19: Maternal Zika virus infections can re-programme foetal immune development, leading to long-term consequences for children's immunity, according to a study on Friday, amid cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease in India.The study led by Cleveland Clinic researchers in the US...
Indian-origin neurologist develops method to predict seizures in epilepsy patients
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Indian-origin neurologist develops method to predict seizures in epilepsy...

New Delhi, July 19: An Indian-origin neurologist in the US has developed a new method that can help predict seizures in people with epilepsy. The discovery, led by Dr Vikrama Rao, Professor in Neurology at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF), may apply to a large number of patients and...
IIT Guwahati
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IIT Guwahati's new study to advance treatment for African Swine Fever Virus

New Delhi, July 19: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati on Friday shared a study on the biochemistry of the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) protein, focusing on understanding the biochemical mechanisms of infection to develop efficient management techniques.Swine fever...
How this common chemotherapy drug can raise risk of severe damage to heart
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How this common chemotherapy drug can raise risk of severe damage to heart

New Delhi, July 18: US researchers have uncovered how the most common chemotherapy drug doxorubicin causes severe cardiac damage.The study, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, shows that doxorubicin activates CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells, which then migrate to the heart and cause...
EAM Jaishankar launches first overseas Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius
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EAM Jaishankar launches first overseas Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius

New Delhi, July 18: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has launched the first overseas Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius. The launch, which took place on Wednesday, testifies to "the close cooperation between our countries, especially in the important sector of health," the foreign affairs...
IIT Mandi team conducts comprehensive life cycle assessment of solar cell technologies
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IIT Mandi team conducts comprehensive life cycle assessment of solar cell...

New Delhi, July 18: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi conducted a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of five solar cell technologies to determine the most sustainable and profitable options for solar energy production in India. The study, published in the Journal...
Yoga can help manage pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: AIIMS study
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Yoga can help manage pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: AIIMS study

New Delhi, July 15: For people suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), yoga may not only manage symptoms like pain and stiffness but could also contribute to disease control and improved quality of life, a study by AIIMS New Delhi said on Monday.The collaborative study by the Lab for Molecular...
Union Budget: Healthcare leaders call for scaling up infra, medical tourism & tax reforms
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Union Budget: Healthcare leaders call for scaling up infra, medical tourism &...

New Delhi, July 15: Prioritising and scaling up investment, infrastructure, medical tourism, and tax reforms will be key to creating a new ecosystem that can support the nation’s ambitious healthcare goals, said experts on Monday, ahead of the Union Budget 2024-25.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
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