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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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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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: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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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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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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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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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women exit in quarter-final after loss to Japan
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings