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YouTube’s new feature for registered health professionals in India to reach people
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YouTube’s new feature for registered health professionals in India to reach...

New Delhi, Dec 10: Google owned YouTube on Tuesday announced new features to help Indian viewers find high quality health information from healthcare professionals. Building on its previously launched health source information panels and health content shelves, it is bringing up applications for...
Exercise may boost memory in elderly, benefits may last for 24 hours: Study
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Exercise may boost memory in elderly, benefits may last for 24 hours: Study

New Delhi, Dec 10: Are you forgetting quite often? A brisk walk, dance, or climbing a few flights of stairs may be key to boosting your memory, and the benefits may last for a day, finds a study on Tuesday. Previous research has shown that people’s cognitive performance improves in the hours after...
Healthy diets reduce chronic pain: Australian study
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Healthy diets reduce chronic pain: Australian study

Canberra, Dec 9: Adopting a healthy diet can reduce the severity of chronic pain, an Australian research has found. In a new study, researchers from the University of South Australia found a direct link between greater consumption of food within the federal government's Australian Dietary Guidelines...
CT-scan market to see consistent growth through 2033 in APAC regions: Report
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CT-scan market to see consistent growth through 2033 in APAC regions: Report

New Delhi, Dec 9: The computed tomography (CT) market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 3 per cent in market value from 2023 to 2033, according to a report on Monday. The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company,...
Celltrion wins approval for allergic asthma treatment biosimilar in Canada
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Celltrion wins approval for allergic asthma treatment biosimilar in Canada

Seoul, Dec 9: South Korea's pharmaceutical giant Celltrion on Monday said that it has received approval from Canadian health authorities for a biosimilar treatment for allergic asthma. The company said that its biosimilar, Omlyclo, a version of Xolair, has been approved by Health Canada, adding that...
MBBS seats rise to 1,18,137, medical colleges surge to 780 in 2024: Centre
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MBBS seats rise to 1,18,137, medical colleges surge to 780 in 2024: Centre

New Delhi, Dec 7: India has seen remarkable growth in medical education in the last 10 years. Medical colleges have doubled from just 387 in 2013-14 to 780 in 2024-25 witnessing a 102 per cent growth, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha. During the same period, the...
Centre’s Rs 15K cr PLI scheme for pharma to boost domestic manufacturing
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Centre’s Rs 15K cr PLI scheme for pharma to boost domestic manufacturing

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Union government has approved a financial outlay of Rs 15,000 crore for the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for pharmaceuticals, aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing.In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Anupriya...
WHO joins investigation in Congo undiagnosed disease
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WHO joins investigation in Congo undiagnosed disease

Kinshasa, Dec 7: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with investigations to determine the cause of a yet undiagnosed disease that has been reported in Panzi, a locality in Kwango Province in the...
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BJP's Bansuri Swaraj slams AAP govt for not implementing Ayushman Bharat scheme...

New Delhi, Dec 6: Ahead of the Assembly polls early next year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bansuri Swaraj has hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi over the non-implementation of the 'Ayushman Bharat Scheme' and accusing it of depriving the Delhi residents of one of the...
FDI in India
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FDI in India's food processing sector reaches $368 million in April-Sep

New Delhi, Dec 6: The food processing sector in India received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $368.37 million this fiscal (till September), the Parliament was informed. Country wise, Ireland invested $83.84 million, Singapore $48.45 million, Mauritius $41.65 million and the United States,...
Centre to launch 100 day TB elimination campaign
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Centre to launch 100 day TB elimination campaign

New Delhi, Dec 6: The government on Friday announced to launch a 100-day tuberculosis (TB) elimination campaign, which is in line with the ‘TB Mukt Bharat’ vision laid out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda, is slated to launch the campaign from...
Mississippi could suffer most if US health insurance subsidies lapse: Report
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Mississippi could suffer most if US health insurance subsidies lapse: Report

New York, Dec 5: US state of Mississippi could see the steepest drop off in health insurance coverage if Congress doesn't vote to extend temporary health coverage subsidies at the end of next year, according to a recent report issued by policy think tank The Urban Institute. Some 112,000 people in...
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