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Canberra, Sep 13 (IANS) The number of dementia medication prescriptions dispensed in Australia has increased by almost 50 per cent in 10 years, a government report has revealed. According to the report, published on Friday by the Australian…
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New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Including fungal pathogens is crucial in the fight against deadly antimicrobial resistance, which is rapidly becoming a public health threat worldwide, according to a study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.…
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New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Immediate treatment is crucial to warding off sepsis -- a life-threatening emergency caused by a dysregulated host immune response to an infection, said experts on World Sepsis Day on Friday. World Sepsis Day takes…
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New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) About seven in 10 Indians believe the government's move to provide health coverage to all above 70, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), will significantly benefit the elderly,…
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Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) A team of doctors here successfully performed a complex, emergency surgery to save the life of a critically premature baby boy with Amyand’s hernia -- a rare condition where the appendix is located in the groin. “It…
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New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Children whose families use screens a lot tend to have weaker vocabulary skills, and video games have the biggest negative effect on kids’ brain development, according to a study on Thursday. Scientists from Estonia…
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Seoul, Sep 12 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday strongly denounced a "blacklist" of emergency room doctors drawn up to name and shame those not participating in the walkout by junior doctors, vowing to take stern…
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Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) A female doctor was attacked by a patient at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad here on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the casualty ward when a patient, who was intoxicated, tried to grab the doctor, an intern,…
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