Doctors say patients should not stop medical treatment that used the medicines to treat high blood pressure, fungal infections, and organ transplant rejection; WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has placed hydrochlorothiazide, voriconazole and tacrolimus in Group 1 of the IARC Monographs
Read article →The Telangana government has constituted a four-member inquiry committee to investigate the complications reported in five women who underwent Caesarean section (C-section) surgeries at the Area Hospital in Banswada, Kamareddy…
Read article →Residents association seeks President’s intervention in Wangchuk case; defending patients’ rights, doctors say hospitals must not be seen as places of detention or used to facilitate non-medical objective
Read article →The UN's annual report on food security and nutrition found that there has been gradual improvement towards reducing hunger overall in recent years, but that progress has been uneven
Read article →Participants will receive a digital watch to keep track of body temperature; 1,200 households roped in per site for the study; project to be taken up at Perungudi and Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu, and Sirwar and Chalakarre in Karnataka
Read article →Over 5,900 claims amounting to ₹17 crore have been submitted by the patients for speciality treatment in States such as Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi. These treatments included heart stent procedures, heart bypass surgery, cancer surgery, chemotherapy, dialysis and Caesarean deliveries
Read article →Doctors say sleep is not merely a period of rest but a critical biological process during which the brain repairs itself, consolidates memories and clears metabolic waste accumulated during waking hours
Read article →For salt pan workers, the weather forms the basis of their livelihood: long, hot days take a toll on their body but allow them to earn, while spells of rain offer relief but mean wages are lost. Climate change is making their occupation increasingly precarious but help from the government remains limited
Read article →According to the government, each centre will provide scientific detoxification, de-addiction therapy, mental healthcare, family counselling and rehabilitation services
Read article →New estimates show road deaths are declining in the U.S. and globally
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