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5 injured in attack on polio vaccination team in Pakistan
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5 injured in attack on polio vaccination team in Pakistan

Islamabad, June 9: At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in a terrorist attack on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police officials said.According to the police officials, the incident happened on Saturday in the Kulachi area of Dera...
Vitamin D not a screening test, need not be routinely checked: Doctors
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Vitamin D not a screening test, need not be routinely checked: Doctors

New Delhi, June 8: Vitamin D is not a screening test, and there is no need to regularly test for the essential vitamin good for bones and heart, said doctors on Saturday, amid new guidelines by the US Endocrine Society. Also known as the sunshine vitamin, it is a fat soluble vitamin that exists in...
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Distribution of 'Fish prasadam' for asthma patients begins in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, June 8: The distribution of 'fish prasadam' for people suffering from asthma and other respiratory ailments began here on Saturday. Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar inaugurated the annual event organised by Bathini Goud family at...
Diagnosing brain tumours early is important for better outcomes: Experts
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Diagnosing brain tumours early is important for better outcomes: Experts

New Delhi, June 8: As brain tumour cases are rapidly increasing worldwide, early diagnosis is key for better outcomes, said experts on World Brain Tumour Day on Saturday. World Brain Tumour Day is observed every year on June 8 to raise awareness about the disease explained as an abnormal growth of...
Fake cancer drugs racket busted in Delhi, Syrian national among 4 arrested
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Fake cancer drugs racket busted in Delhi, Syrian national among 4 arrested

New Delhi, June 6: With the arrest of four persons, including a Syrian national, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Thursday claimed to have busted an international syndicate involved in manufacturing and supplying fake cancer, diabetes medicines in a two month long operation. The official said that...
Odisha CS allays concerns over universal health coverage scheme BSKY
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Odisha CS allays concerns over universal health coverage scheme BSKY

Bhubaneswar, June 6: Following concerns over the continuity of the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), the flagship universal health coverage scheme launched by the Biju Janata Dal, Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena on Thursday assured the beneficiaries that the BSKY cardholders will continue to...
1.6 mn people worldwide fall ill daily due to eating contaminated food: WHO
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1.6 mn people worldwide fall ill daily due to eating contaminated food: WHO

New Delhi, June 6: A 1.6 million people, including 40 per cent of children under 5, worldwide fall ill due to the consumption of unsafe food, said Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director on Thursday, ahead of World Food Safety Day.World Food Safety Day, marked annually on June 7, was established by the...
Bengaluru doctors save premature girl born at 25 weeks weighing 750 gm
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Bengaluru doctors save premature girl born at 25 weeks weighing 750 gm

Bengaluru, June 7: In a medical feat, doctors here gave a new lease of life to a pre-mature girl born at 25 weeks, weighing just 750 grams. At 25 weeks, doctors at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bengaluru, diagnosed the mother with an incompetent cervix and severe urinary tract infection (UTI).While...
Climate change to drive multiple sclerosis cases, fuel treatment market: Report
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Climate change to drive multiple sclerosis cases, fuel treatment market: Report

New Delhi, June 7: Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on the rise in multiple sclerosis (MS) cases, increasing the need for effective approaches to treatment, according to a report on Friday.Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, which affects...
Energy drinks may raise deadly irregular heartbeat condition: Study
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Energy drinks may raise deadly irregular heartbeat condition: Study

New Delhi, June 6: Consuming energy drinks may raise the risk of life threatening cardiac arrhythmias an irregular heartbeat condition, especially among patients with genetic heart diseases, finds a study on Thursday. Increased caffeine content and additional unregulated ingredients in these...
Strike vote at Seoul National University Hospital raises concerns of general strike
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Strike vote at Seoul National University Hospital raises concerns of general...

Seoul, June 6: Doctors at Seoul National University Hospital were holding a vote on Thursday on whether to go on a strike in protest of the government's medical reform plan, raising concerns other doctors' associations could join the collective action. The emergency committee of the Seoul National...
India narrowed inequities in severe child food poverty in last decade: UNICEF
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India narrowed inequities in severe child food poverty in last decade: UNICEF

New Delhi, June 6: India has successfully narrowed the inequities in severe child food poverty between poorer and wealthier households in the last decade by at least 5 percentage points, according to a global report by UNICEF on Thursday.The report 'Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early...
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