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Blame a gut bacteria for your compulsive eating, obesity
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Blame a gut bacteria for your compulsive eating, obesity

New Delhi, June 27: Worried about your food addiction? Take heart, a team of researchers has identified a specific gut bacteria associated with both mice and human compulsive eating disorder and obesity. In the research, presented on Thursday at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies...
Israel reports fourth fatality of West Nile fever
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Israel reports fourth fatality of West Nile fever

Jerusalem, June 27: The number of patients who died from the latest outbreak of West Nile fever in Israel has risen to four, with one new death case, the country's Ministry of Health has said. The ministry said on Wednesday that it is currently investigating a suspected case where the virus may have...
S. Korea’s SK bioscience to acquire German biotech firm IDT Biologika
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S. Korea’s SK bioscience to acquire German biotech firm IDT Biologika

Seoul, June 27: SK bioscience, a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, on Thursday said it has agreed to pay 339 billion won ($243 million) for control of German biotech company IDT Biologika. According to the company officials, the acquisition of IDT Biologika will give SK bioscience a...
Delhi doctors remove tumour from teenager
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Delhi doctors remove tumour from teenager's thigh, prevent leg amputation

New Delhi, June 27: A 16-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after doctors here removed a large tumour in her left thigh in an eight-hour-long surgery, and prevented her left leg from amputation. The girl Maya, a student of class XII school and hailing from Najafgarh in Delhi's...
Advanced neurosurgery helps treat Mumbai woman with severe bilateral facial pain
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Advanced neurosurgery helps treat Mumbai woman with severe bilateral facial pain

Mumbai, June 27: A team of Mumbai doctors have successfully treated a 56-year-old woman with Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia, the first in India to suffer from severe facial pain on both sides of the face, via an advanced neurosurgery."Primary Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia is extremely rare,...
Govt amends surrogacy rules, govt employees to get 6-month break
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Govt amends surrogacy rules, govt employees to get 6-month break

New Delhi, June 26: Female government employees opting for surrogacy for childbirth can now avail up to six months or 180 days of maternity leave, according to new amendments by the Centre to the 50-year-old rule.While currently there is no provision for maternity leaves to women government...
ICMR-backed NCAHT launches assistive tech products for visually challenged
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ICMR-backed NCAHT launches assistive tech products for visually challenged

New Delhi, June 26: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-supported National Centre for Assistive Health Technologies (NCAHT) on Tuesday launched various assistive technology products for visually challenged people at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. The assistive technology...
Rising workloads lead to employees prioritising skills growth, adopt AI: Report
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Rising workloads lead to employees prioritising skills growth, adopt AI: Report

New Delhi, June 26: As workloads increased significantly in the past year, employees worldwide are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and prioritising skills growth amid an accelerating pace of change, a new report has revealed. While almost half (45 per cent) of surveyed workers said their...
Telangana junior doctors temporarily call off strike
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Telangana junior doctors temporarily call off strike

Hyderabad, June 26: Junior doctors working in government hospitals across Telangana, barring those serving in Osmania Hospital, temporarily called off their indefinite strike on Wednesday. Following talks with the Director of Medical Education and the officials of the health department late on...
S. Korean Prez vows to expand systemic support for mental health services
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S. Korean Prez vows to expand systemic support for mental health services

Seoul, June 26: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday said the government will step up systemic support for mental health services encompassing prevention, treatment, and recovery to assist those in need. Yoon made the remark during a meeting of the presidential committee on mental...
‘Track, trace & eliminate’ illegal tobacco trade, control unrecorded alcohol: WHO
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‘Track, trace & eliminate’ illegal tobacco trade, control unrecorded alcohol:...

New Delhi, June 25: Countries must take effective steps to track, trace, and eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products, and control unrecorded alcohol, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Regional Director Saima Wazed informed that the WHO South East Asia Region has the highest...
Health Ministry launches national STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024
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Health Ministry launches national STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024

New Delhi, June 24: Union Health Minister, J.P. Nadda on Monday launched the national STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024 to curb deaths related to diarrhoea in children under the age of five years. Diarrhoea is the third leading cause of childhood mortality in India. "The STOP Diarrhoea Campaign aims to...
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