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Scientists develop new methods to detect Huntington
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Scientists develop new methods to detect Huntington's disease progression

New Delhi, June 10: A team of scientists in the UK developed non invasive measurement techniques and novel analysis methods to decode disease progression and evaluate the effect of potential treatments or lifestyle changes in people with Huntington's disease.Huntington's is a genetic disease where...
Richest MP Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar becomes Union Minister
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Richest MP Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar becomes Union Minister

Amaravati/New Delhi, June 9: Telugu Desam Party's Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, the NRI doctor who took oath as Union Minister of State in the third PM Narendra Modi government on Sunday, is a first time MP and the richest with declared family assets of more than Rs 5,705 crore. The 48 year old was...
Indian doctors praise new study showing
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Indian doctors praise new study showing 'Viagra' can help prevent dementia

New Delhi, June 9: Praising a new study by University of Oxford researchers, who found that the Viagra drug, also called Sildenafil, has the potential to prevent dementia (memory loss), Delhi-based doctors on Sunday said that this is a path breaking trial linking Sildenafil with improvement in...
Doctors mull all out strike amid lingering deadlock over medical reforms
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Doctors mull all out strike amid lingering deadlock over medical reforms

Seoul, June 9: South Korea's largest organisation of doctors was set to announce its future course of action against the government's medical reform on Sunday, potentially including an all out strike, amid the lingering walk out by junior doctors that has lasted nearly four months.The Korea Medical...
5 injured in attack on polio vaccination team in Pakistan
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5 injured in attack on polio vaccination team in Pakistan

Islamabad, June 9: At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in a terrorist attack on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police officials said.According to the police officials, the incident happened on Saturday in the Kulachi area of Dera...
Vitamin D not a screening test, need not be routinely checked: Doctors
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Vitamin D not a screening test, need not be routinely checked: Doctors

New Delhi, June 8: Vitamin D is not a screening test, and there is no need to regularly test for the essential vitamin good for bones and heart, said doctors on Saturday, amid new guidelines by the US Endocrine Society. Also known as the sunshine vitamin, it is a fat soluble vitamin that exists in...
Distribution of
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Distribution of 'Fish prasadam' for asthma patients begins in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, June 8: The distribution of 'fish prasadam' for people suffering from asthma and other respiratory ailments began here on Saturday. Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar inaugurated the annual event organised by Bathini Goud family at...
Diagnosing brain tumours early is important for better outcomes: Experts
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Diagnosing brain tumours early is important for better outcomes: Experts

New Delhi, June 8: As brain tumour cases are rapidly increasing worldwide, early diagnosis is key for better outcomes, said experts on World Brain Tumour Day on Saturday. World Brain Tumour Day is observed every year on June 8 to raise awareness about the disease explained as an abnormal growth of...
Fake cancer drugs racket busted in Delhi, Syrian national among 4 arrested
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Fake cancer drugs racket busted in Delhi, Syrian national among 4 arrested

New Delhi, June 6: With the arrest of four persons, including a Syrian national, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Thursday claimed to have busted an international syndicate involved in manufacturing and supplying fake cancer, diabetes medicines in a two month long operation. The official said that...
Odisha CS allays concerns over universal health coverage scheme BSKY
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Odisha CS allays concerns over universal health coverage scheme BSKY

Bhubaneswar, June 6: Following concerns over the continuity of the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), the flagship universal health coverage scheme launched by the Biju Janata Dal, Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena on Thursday assured the beneficiaries that the BSKY cardholders will continue to...
1.6 mn people worldwide fall ill daily due to eating contaminated food: WHO
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1.6 mn people worldwide fall ill daily due to eating contaminated food: WHO

New Delhi, June 6: A 1.6 million people, including 40 per cent of children under 5, worldwide fall ill due to the consumption of unsafe food, said Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director on Thursday, ahead of World Food Safety Day.World Food Safety Day, marked annually on June 7, was established by the...
Bengaluru doctors save premature girl born at 25 weeks weighing 750 gm
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Bengaluru doctors save premature girl born at 25 weeks weighing 750 gm

Bengaluru, June 7: In a medical feat, doctors here gave a new lease of life to a pre-mature girl born at 25 weeks, weighing just 750 grams. At 25 weeks, doctors at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bengaluru, diagnosed the mother with an incompetent cervix and severe urinary tract infection (UTI).While...
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