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Drug regulator gives conditional nod for sale of 5 FDCs, seeks efficacy & safety data for 3 of them

Popular brands using combinations under the scanner include D Cold Total and Dolo Cold. The five FDCs are part of 344 drug combinations that the government had first banned in 2016.

Perinatal depression linked to higher risk of death: Study

Washington DC , January 11 (ANI): Women who experience depression during or after pregnancy are more likely to die from both natural and unnatural...

Intensive care only if it can improve patient’s condition — what India’s 1st ICU admission norms say

Terminally ill patients with a medical judgment of futility should not be offered ICU interventions, guidelines state. However, they are advisory in nature & not binding on hospitals.

After Maggi ketchup, sugar cut by 14% in Bournvita. Outcry over ‘unhealthy’ packaged food bears fruit

Packages of Bournvita show that it has 32.2 g added sugar now, in comparison to 37.4 g sugar earlier. Earlier, a row had erupted following a video about the product.

Study highlights mobile methadone units are impactful in rural areas

Los Angeles , January 9 (ANI): While mobile methadone units help to increase methadone use among patients with opioid addictions, a study suggested that...

5-yr breast cancer survival rate a dismal 66.4% in India with regional disparity, finds ICMR-led study

The study, published in American Cancer Society Journal, shows survival rate 5 yrs after diagnosis ranges from 41.9% in Pasighat to 74.9% in Mizoram. In countries like US, it's over 90%.

Researchers give new insight into tuberculosis treatment

Cologne , January 8 (ANI): Researchers discovered new antibiotic molecules that target Mycobacterium tuberculosis and make it less pathogenic for humans in collaboration with...

Excessive optimism linked with lower cognitive abilities: Study

England , January 8 (ANI): Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the way to pleasure, good health, and longevity, but...

Study finds why cancer immunotherapy can cause colitis

Michigan , January 8 (ANI): A mechanism linked to severe gastrointestinal issues during immune-based cancer treatment has been discovered by researchers at the University...

Blood flow changes in eyes may influence visual symptoms of migraines: Study

Washington DC , January 8 (ANI): A new study has discovered that variations in blood flow in the retina may explain why certain migraine...

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DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

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.