Health
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First suspected Mpox case reported in India, govt appeals for calm
New Delhi: A man who recently travelled from a country experiencing mpox transmission has been identified as a suspected case of the disease, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. A young…
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Hyderabad: Policy expert slams Centre for co-hosting awareness session with seed industry on IPR
Hyderabad: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) has been slammed for ignoring farmers, farmers’ organizations and organizations working to protect farmers’ rights, in the “special awareness session on…
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Focus on self care, healthy diet: City fertility experts on PCOS
Hyderabad: Fertility experts in the city have advised patients suffering from the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, to focus on self care and a healthy diet. The useful advice comes…
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Telangana doctors condemn min Sridhar Babu’s remarks on quacks
Hyderabad: Telangana’s IT minister D Sridhar Babu has sparked controversy with his recent comments regarding Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs), which have drawn sharp criticism from the medical community. The Healthcare Reforms Doctor’s…
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Why water should replace sugar filled beverages
New Delhi: The increased consumption of sugar-filled beverages is surging health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and tooth decay worldwide. Switching sugary drinks with water can be a…
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Hyderabad hospital performs scarless brain tumour removal via eye socket
Hyderabad: AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad has pioneered a new neurosurgical technique, the “Endoscopic Lateral Transorbital Approach,” to remove a complex brain tumour from a 54-year-old female patient. This method uses a small…
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Telangana health min asks officials to be alert over Monkeypox
Hyderabad: In view of some cases of Monkeypox being reported in China, Delhi and elsewhere, Telangana health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha has asked the Health department officials to be alert and stream…
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Sudan officially declares cholera outbreak
Khartoum: Sudan’s Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim on Saturday officially declared a cholera outbreak in the country. “The lab test of watery diarrhea at the Public Health Laboratory proves it to be…
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Closely monitoring Mpox situation, no new reported cases in India: Centre
New Delhi: The government on Saturday said they are closely monitoring the global monkeypox situation, and preparedness and cautionary measures are being put in place to prevent and control the spread of…
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As govt hospitals in Hyderabad shut OP services, medicos decry lack of security
Hyderabad: Stethoscopes went off the shoulders and the pens stopped writing prescriptions at the out-patient and non-emergency services in various government hospitals across Hyderabad and different parts of Telangana on Saturday, August…
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Hospitals in Hyderabad to boycott services for 24 hours
Hyderabad: Junior doctors and healthcare staff in government and private hospitals across Hyderabad and Telangana have announced a boycott of out-patient (OP) and non-emergency services for 24 hours beginning at 6 am…
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Health officials urged to screen for Mpox at airports in India
New Delhi: Amid reports of Mpox cases in Sweden and Pakistan, an infectious disease expert on Friday, August ,16 urged health authorities to begin screening for the deadly infectious disease at key…
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All Indian salt and sugar brands have microplastics: Study
New Delhi: All Indian salt and sugar brands, whether big or small, packaged or unpackaged, contain microplastics, according to a study published on Tuesday. The study, titled “Microplastics in Salt and Sugar”…
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Only 2 out of 16 deaddiction centres fully functional in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB), which conducted inspections at state-run and private deaddiction centres in Hyderabad and districts, said that out of the 16 such facilities, only two were performing well…
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68,450 new HIV cases reported in Karnataka in one year: Health minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundurao disclosed that the state has reported 68,450 new HIV cases in the past year. This announcement came during the launch of the two-month International Youth Day…
