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Sitting Too Long At Your Office Desk? You Are Raising The Risk Of Early Death;…
New Delhi: Sitting for long hours while working on the laptop has become a norm these days. This work culture got normalised during COVID-19 when working from home became acceptable. With…
Salt Is Leading Global Killer, Says WHO
New Delhi: Salt, the essential culinary ingredient also poses health risks. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 1.89 million people die each year because of too much…
What Is Disease X To Be Discussed By WHO-Led Panel At WEF In Davos
New Delhi: World leaders convening in Switzerland’s Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week will discuss concerns regarding the potential for a future pandemic, Disease X, that…
Odisha’s First Haplo-BMT Conducted At State-Run SCB Medical College & Hospital
Cuttack: Doctors of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here achieved another milestone by performing Odisha’s first halo allogenic bone marrow transplant (BMT) procedure at its…
Noida Techie Dies Of Heart Attack While Playing Cricket
New Delhi: An engineer collapsed on the pitch and died of a heart attack while playing cricket in Noida on Sunday. Vikas Negi, the engineer, ran towards the other side of the pitch to take a…
Did You Know That A 1-Litre Bottle Of Water Contains 2,40,000 Plastic Fragments?
New Delhi: The bottled water that most of us drink in the belief that it is a safe option, actually contains plastic fragments and perhaps does us more harm than good. A typical one-litre…
Over 1 Crore People In India Screened For Sickle Cell Disease; 20 Odisha Districts…
New Delhi: Odisha is one of the 17 states with a high prevalence of sickle cell disease. As many as 20 districts in Odisha were included in the 278 districts of 17 states for implementation…
‘Seizures & Epilepsy’ Drug Being Used In Delhi Hospitals Fails…
New Delhi: A medicine used for treating seizures and epilepsy turning out to be spurious in Delhi government hospitals has been found to be spurious, Raj Niwas officials reported on…
Govt Bans Some Cold & Flu Syrups For Infants, Kids Below 4 Years; Asks Pharma…
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has decided to ban the use of a popular anti-cold cocktail medicine combination among infants and children below four…
Over 2,000 Drug Samples Not Of Standard Quality, 422 Spurious; Rajya Sabha Informed
New Delhi: The Centre tested nearly 90,000 drug samples in 2022-23, of which 2,921 samples were declared not of standard quality, while 422 were found to be of spurious quality, the Rajya…