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US lawsuit settlement puts spotlight back on ranitidine. India still undecided on ‘cancer-risk’ drug

Ranitidine still sold as popular heartburn medicine in India despite being banned or suspended in US, Europe & Australia. It was dropped from essential medicines list last year.

Researchers shed light into how traumatic memories can rewire brain

Tokyo , October 12 (ANI): Scientists have long wondered about the physical changes in the brain that occur when a new memory is formed....

Practicing mindfulness with app might improve children’s mental health: Research

London , October 11 (ANI): Many studies have revealed that children benefit from practising mindfulness, which is defined as cultivating an open-minded attention to...

In a 1st, US heart association defines condition linking heart, kidney disease, diabetes & obesity

Advisory by American Heart Association classifies cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome into 4 stages, with therapeutic & screening strategies suggested for each.

Pregnancy complications increase short, long-term cardiovascular risk for people with obesity: Study

Washington , October 11 (ANI): Obesity during and during early pregnancy appears to be a powerful predictor of future cardiovascular disease and has been...

India permits reopening of cough syrup firm linked to children’s deaths in Uzbekistan

The Marion factory in Uttar Pradesh was closed in March, after an analysis last year by Uzbekistan's health ministry of two cough syrups made by Marion, Ambronol and DOK-1 Max.

India recorded 13 lakh stroke cases in 2019, highest in Southeast Asia, finds Lancet study

Stroke deaths worldwide projected to rise to 9.7 million by 2050 from 6.6 million in 2020. Series of 4 studies by researchers in India, Sri Lanka & Singapore published Tuesday.

Linking MBBS seats to population aimed at resolving regional disparities, says NMC

National Medical Commission's rule of 100 MBBS seats/10L population has doctors divided & became talking point among Oppn leaders who expressed concern about impact on southern states.

Maternal obesity predicts heart disease risk better than pregnancy problems

Illinois , October 10 (ANI): Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes have lately been linked to an increased risk of developing heart disease later in life....

Govt sets out to define minimum standards for skin, hair and cosmetology clinics

Panels have been set up to define norms related to infrastructure and equipment, personnel, patient safety and standard treatment protocols for these centres.

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Labour Codes to QCO—Modi’s third term looks more open to economic reforms

The last 17 months have seen a gradual deferment of and pushback against schemes that are protectionist by nature.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.