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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced to set up 10 new Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical colleges and extend the unemployment allowance scheme for ESI Corporation members until June 2026. The ESI…
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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A new study on Tuesday showed that damage to the brainstem -- the brain’s ‘control centre’ -- is behind the long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection. Researchers from the…
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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) While advances in cancer therapies have greatly improved survival rates for breast cancer, new research on Tuesday showed that common treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may accelerate the…
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New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Accelerating measures to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in India by 2025, the Union government on Monday increased the monthly nutrition support to all patients of the deadly infectious disease to Rs 1,000 from the…
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New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) A Japanese study has revealed the crucial role of intestinal absorption in the gut in preventing dietary-induced fatty liver disease. The accumulation of fats in the liver is driven by high-fat diets and obesity and…
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New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) While silent strokes may not be fatal as a normal brain stroke, it can still affect brain health and lead to cognitive issues such as memory and attention problems, said experts on Monday. Silent stroke, also known…
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Stockholm, Oct 7 (IANS) The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its…
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New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India is a lighthouse country in the digital health arena, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday, while lauding the country’s various health initiatives that aims to provide health cover for all. Speaking at…
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