Health Care Issues
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What is young-onset Alzheimer’s and how are its symptoms different?
Memory loss is often the first sign of the disease, but young-onset Alzheimer’s tends to have other symptoms, such as worse attention and behavioural changes.
Mark Dallas, The Conversation
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Sitting long hours is terrible for the health. A new study suggests an easy remedy
A light stroll every half-hour can offset the harmful health effects of sitting and lower the chances of diabetes and high blood pressure.
Keith Diaz, The Conversation
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The importance of affordable healthcare for all and other key lessons from the pandemic
It is important to learn from the Covid-19 crisis and transform policies and systems. Or we are destined to repeat our mistakes?
Chapal Mehra & Lancelot Pinto
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Gambia recalls India-manufactured cough syrups linked to 66 deaths
On Wednesday, the WHO had issued alert against four medicines made by Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Scroll Staff
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Interview: Why India urgently needs a new regulatory framework for medical devices
Former health official KL Sharma speaks about ‘Healing the Pharmacy of the World – An Inside Story of Medical Products Manufacturing and Regulation in India’.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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American health insurers are using a popular sleep aid to spy on their customers. Why?
It is in keeping with the industry’s playbook of shifting the costs of widely used therapies, devices and tests to unsuspecting patients.
Marshall Allen, ProPublica
Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Bihar: Infant dies allegedly after rats bite him at government hospital, inquiry ordered
The Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital has claimed the baby died of a heart ailment.
Scroll Staff
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Indian pharmaceutical firm recalls drug from US after investigation into cancer-causing element
India has also temporarily suspended imports of medicines from China that contain the valsartan drug, which is used to treat blood pressure and heart failure.
Scroll Staff
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Doctors, chemists can now be jailed for not reporting tuberculosis cases
The new rules issued by the Ministry of Health has provisions to imprison medical professionals for six months to two years.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Insurance policy clauses excluding genetic disorders are unconstitutional, rules Delhi High Court
Justice Pratibha M Singh said there is an urgent need to frame guidelines to prevent such discrimination.
Scroll Staff
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Gurugram hospital inquiry team blames 3 after pregnant woman was denied entry for not having Aadhaar
The hospital has issued show-cause notices to the emergency medical technician, a doctor and a nurse.
Scroll Staff
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Gurugram: Woman delivers baby outside hospital after being denied admission for not carrying Aadhaar
However, the family of the woman have said that they do not want to file a complaint against the hospital administration.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement