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Why do teenagers fighting emotional distress engage in self-harm? This study answers

Worldwide, about 17% of youths aged 12-18 intentionally injure themselves each year. Doctoral candidates in clinical psychology at University of Washington study why.

Research suggests minerals might be key to healing damaged tissue

Washington , May 6 (ANI): A collaboration between researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University...

Study finds taking break from social media improves mental health

Bath (England) , May 6 (ANI): According to a new research, social media break for just a week improves individual's overall level of well-being,...

In rebuttal to WHO, Modi govt claimed 99.9% deaths registered. NFHS-5 pegs 2019-21 figure at 71%

NFHS-5 India report, based on fieldwork done from 2019 to 2021, was released Thursday. It gives death registration level as 83% for urban, 66% for rural households.

In Covid’s first year, India’s total death rate was same 6% as in 2019, govt data shows

Civil Registration System data implies India didn't see sharp spike in the number of deaths registered in 2020 compared to 2019. But no estimate given for level of death registration.

Covid killed one out of every 500 people globally, WHO report shows

The WHO’s new estimate is more than twice the figures from individual governments’ reports showing about 6.2 million Covid deaths.

WHO estimates over 47.4 lakh excess deaths in India in 2021, Modi govt questions data again

WHO’s new estimates show full death toll associated directly or indirectly with Covid pandemic across the world between 1 Jan 2020 and 31 Dec 2021 was approximately 1.49 crore.

Experts recommend additional cholesterol-lowering medications for adults at high risk of heart disease

Washington , May 5 (ANI): According to an international team of experts, additional cholesterol-lowering drugs should be offered to patients with "bad" cholesterol (LDL)...

Researchers find combining certain medicines with ibuprofen can cause permanent damage to kidneys

Waterloo (Ontario) , May 5 (ANI): According to new research, people taking diuretics and renin-angiotensin (RSA) inhibitors for high blood pressure should also be...

Soon, a national public health observatory for integration & monitoring of schemes

Digital health ID will be used to integrate govt schemes, with plans to include even non-health programmes. Observatory will also act as control room during public health emergencies.

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Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.