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About 72% of deceased organ donations in the country happens in five States - Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Southern states have done well in terms of creating awareness on organ donations
Read article →The Stanford experiment does not show that AI can casually manufacture dangerous human viruses; it shows that computers are beginning to move from analysing biological information towards proposing biological designs that scientists can physically build. This requires appropriate governance and safeguards
Read article →The benefit emerged as early as two days after dosing and lasted throughout the 12-week study
Read article →Results from the review have also been used to update guidelines, including those of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD), for the management of bipolar disorder
Read article →Endometriosis was associated with a 46 % higher risk of type 2 diabetes compared with no endometriosis
Read article →Experts say India could build on its existing TB diagnostic infrastructure to offer more relevant testing during a single patient visit, although a universal ‘one sample, multiple diseases’ test remains some way off
Read article →The conference, in September, ‘comes at a time when autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis, are being diagnosed with increasing frequency across the world’
Read article →Parliamentary committee report notes that CKD remains asymptomatic until substantial kidney function has been lost, resulting in complications, dialysis; agricultural workers and other outdoor labourers among those affected
Read article →Extreme heat events are typically assessed using daily mean average, maximum, or minimum temperatures. However, the measures can neglect shorter but potentially important periods of extreme heat
Read article →The Supreme Court's direction came after it was informed that 17 of the 36 States and UTs have so far notified cancer as a "notified disease"
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