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It sits behind the breastbone, just above and in front of the heart. By middle age, it largely turns to fat, often even removed during cardiac surgeries.

In 2023, 620 million women of all ages were living with a mental disorder compared to 552 million men of all ages globally. Mental disorders also accounted for

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), has asked travellers coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan to immediately repo

Researchers also found that beneficial gut bacteria and prebiotic fibres could help reduce some of these long-term effects and support healthier eating behaviou

Researchers found that even with regular reminders, counselling and incentives to encourage higher water intake, kidney stones continued to recur at similar rat

Cloudnine has signed an exclusivity agreement to acquire Apollo Cradle and the proposed transaction is expected to value the business at around ₹1,500 crore. Ea

India’s medical implant sector faces issues such as regulatory gaps, dependence on imports, high costs and lack of specialised oversight. Efforts are being made

Though the preparations for NFHS-6 began in mid-2022, it was officially launched nationwide in Dec 2023. The survey was done in two phases over a year.

Artificial Intelligence is expected to become another major component of the programme. Authorities are examining ways to integrate AI tools into clinical resea

The study also identified notable sleep-related differences, with men reporting higher rates of REM-sleep behaviour disorder and sleep apnoea, compared to women

A UK study has found that people taking Ozempic and Wegovy took fewer sick days and needed fewer hospital visits

Orally taken medicine, being studied specifically for metastatic pancreatic cancers, targets a cell protein that has lost the ability to ‘switch off’. India arr

Conversational AI fails users as distress rises, crisis handling and safeguards remain weak and cultural suitability suspect, says report by Indian Governance a

The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. Congo’s presumed first patient, a nurse in Bunia, developed symptoms on 24 April.

In a judgment Friday, Justice Shobha Annamma Eapen of the Kerala High Court directed the Assisted Reproductive Technology bank to cryopreserve 30-year-old Hari

Roche was granted a Phase 3 clinical trial waiver by CDSCO last year for the Indian launch of Tecentriq SC. The Swiss pharma giant is committed to conducting a

AIIMS conducted a Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney (SPK) transplant on 35-year-old patient last month after a gap of 18 years, and has performed it only 3 times.

"While AI presents immense opportunities for advancing healthcare delivery, it must be shaped by sound regulation, rigorous research, ethical oversight and

WHO has confirmed the outbreak aboard MV Hondius. According to Union health ministry sources, 2 Indian nationals are onboard the vessel & ‘are presently asy

WHO issued a global safety alert last June while India's drug regulator is yet to issue a comparable advisory. US FDA has also not added a black box warning yet

NHA expands the digital healthcare delivery ecosystem with successful integrations of more than 100 health programs and applications. DHIS scheme offers up to ₹4 crore in incentives to digital health adopters.

अमेरिका में इस साल के राष्ट्रपति चुनाव के नतीजे लगभग मिल गये है और इस बार डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी ने बहुमत हासिल किया। इस चुनाव में राष्ट्रपति के रूप मे जो बाइडेन को जनता ने बहुमत दिया उससे ये तय है कि अमेरिका के अगले राष्ट्रपति बाइडेन बनेंगे। उनकी पार्टी ने उनके साथी उम्मीदवार कमला हैरिस […]

Nursing is not completely a thankless profession as the legendary Florence Nightingale must have felt. After all, after back-breaking hard work and tending to patients, there are days when intangible rewards come by, in the form of the grateful smiles of patients, a good word, a note of appreciation or even in some cases, a […]