Health
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Out-of-pocket expenditure in India decreasing amid govt’s healthcare push
New Delhi: The out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) by the common people on health in India is decreasing, largely due to increased government investment and an improved public healthcare framework, the Centre said on…
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Hyderabad hospital conducts awareness walk on childhood cataract
Hyderabad: L V Prasad Eye Institute network, a city-based hospital conducted children’s eye care awareness walk on Sunday, November 10 as part of the eye care awareness week being observed between November…
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AI-driven dataset to reveal new insights around diabetes
New York: In a first, a team of scientists has introduced a flagship AI dataset from a study of biomarkers and environmental factors that might influence the development of type 2 diabetes.…
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Study shows how human memory works, gets stored
New Delhi: While the brain is commonly known to work for and store memories, a new study showed that other parts of the body can also store memory. The study, which appears…
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25% of Indians affected by Varicose Veins, say health experts
Hyderabad: Approximately 25 per cent of India’s population suffers from varicose veins — a condition often underdiagnosed in India — and can be treated without surgery, say leading national and international medical…
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Hyderabad: The future of Health Museum looks gloomy, thanks to decades of neglect
Hyderabad: The Science Museum at the Public Gardens has been one of the most cherished institutions since the era when the erstwhile Hyderabad State was merged with the Indian Union in 1948.…
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Hyderabad doctors successfully reattach man’s severed arm
Hyderabad: In a significant medical achievement, doctors at Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad have successfully reattached the severed arm of a young man following a severe accident. The incident occurred when A Pawan…
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Delhi-NCR’s air quality remains hazardous with ‘severe’ pollution levels in several areas
New Delhi: Delhi-NCR’s air quality remained dangerously poor on Wednesday, nearing the ‘severe’ category in several locations across the region. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s average air quality…
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Telangana: 16 Asifabad Gurukul students still in hospital after food poisoning
Hyderabad: A day after 78 children from Wankidi tribal welfare residential school were admitted to the hospitals for alleged food poisoning, the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Utnoor informed that 62 children…
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Sitting over 8 hours daily can raise health risks even after exercise: Study
New Delhi: Amid concerns that sitting is the new smoking, a new study showed that being sedentary for over 8.5 hours daily or 60 hours a week while commuting, in office, or…
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Speed up admissions in new govt nursing colleges: Telangana Health minister
Hyderabad: Telangana state health minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha instructed the officials to accelerate the admission process in the 15 newly established nursing colleges across the state. The health minister stressed that…
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India accounts for 26% of global TB burden, the highest: WHO
New Delhi: Even as India aims to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the global target, a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday showed that…
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Telangana cabinet approves Goshamahal Police Stadium land for new OGH
Hyderabad: Revenue minister P Srinivas Reddy has announced that the state cabinet has approved the transfer Goshamahal Police Stadium land for the construction of the new Osmania General Hospital’s campus in its…
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TGMC raids quack clinics in Parigi, Vikarabad, Moinabad and Tandur
Hyderabad: Four teams of Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) inspected various clinics in Parigi, Vikarabad, Moinabad and Tandur towns on Saturday, October 26 and filed criminal complaints against 25 quacks, unqualified individuals posing…
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How Covid virus defeats body’s immune response
New Delhi: Japanese researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, carries an enzyme that can act against a cell’s innate defence mechanism against viruses. This can answer why Covid-19…
