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India plans massive project to bring 75 million hypertension patients under standard care by 2025
The project, which takes off on World Hypertension Day, will be conducted through the country's vast network of Primary Health Centres (PHCs)
Artificial sweeteners can have serious health effects, warns WHO
Sweeteners are consumed by millions of people every day in products like diet soda or to sweeten coffee, partly as a way to avoid weight gain from sugar.
Prescribe generic medicines or face action: Centre tells doctors at central govt hospitals
The order asked the authorities to ensure that visits of medical representatives to hospital premises are completely curtailed.
AIIMS docs to learn global standards of patient safety
Officials informed that two panels have been set up in this regard which will formulate guidelines based on international standards, monitor their implementation.
India tops list of 10 nations accounting for 60 per cent maternal deaths: Report
The report said global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies has flattened for eight years due to decreasing investments in maternal and newborn health.
Shield your skin this summer
Sunburn dehydrates your skin in such a way that the top layers of skin cells slough, making you peel and blister. This is irritating, painful, and ugly.
One phase of sleep found to regulate anxiety in people with PTSD: Study
Notably, in participants with greater PTSD symptoms, the increased spindle frequency after stress exposure reduced anxiety post-nap.
Experts caution against lowering guard though WHO says Covid no longer global emergency
The world health body also said the decision did not mean the danger was over and cautioned that the emergency status could be reinstated if the situation changed
Many moods of meditation
Not everyone is a fan of conventional mindfulness practices, which is why off-beat methods offering the same benefits are gathering steam
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, triggering lockdowns and travel restrictions across the world.
First heart transplant at Safdarjung Hospital gives Bihar man new lease of life
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation allocated the heart of a donor from a private hospital in Gurugram to Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital.
Surgical robotics training facility starts at AIIMS Delhi
The AIIMS, Delhi inaugurated a state-of-the-art surgical robotics training facility on Tuesday at the SET -- skill, e-learning and telemedicine facility -- of the institute.
Goa Beaches facing Health Hazards: Copious Quantities of Garbage and Litter pile up
New Delhi: The post- covid resumption of mass tourism in Goa has led to copious quantities of garbage and litter being dumped back on to the state's eight popular beaches and the seas alongside posing health hazards to visiting tourists and…
Tobacco use complicates Covid, says study
It also found that heart and mental health problems were the major new-onset health complications reported after recovering from Covid-19.
Costa Rican sloth antibiotics offer hope for human medicine
"We've never received a sloth that has been sick, that has a disease or has an illness," Judy Avey told AFP.
Mild Covid-19 infection can harm heart health
Even mild cases of Covid-19 can have long-term harmful impacts on cardiovascular health, a latest study has said.
Air pollution in India linked to cognitive problems in babies: Study
Cognition is the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
India records drop in overall Covid cases, but nine states continue to see rise
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 per cent since the beginning of the year. But it warned that the virus was still on the move.
Bournvita: NCPCR asks health drink brand to remove ‘misleading’ ads
The notice came after a social media influencer sparked a row by posting a video alleging that Bournvita has high sugar content.
Time to deliver zero malaria: WHO on World Malaria Day
Globally, children in the poorest households are five times more likely to be infected with malaria.
