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Psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in adults with cancer, depression: Study

New Jersey , December 18 (ANI): A phase II clinical research indicated that psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance found in some mushrooms of the genus...

As Centre issues advisory amid Covid surge, what is JN.1, the new variant that has reached India

Kerala has reported the first case of JN.1, a descendant of Omicron with a mutation that makes it more infectious. Experts say JN.1 does not appear worrying, but India needs nation-wide serosurvey.

Ayurveda to cure arthritis, diabetes? Doctors blame lax laws, ‘regulatory oversight’ for ‘misleading ads’

While Patanjali has been under fire for ‘unscientific claims’ in ads, experts have flagged govt’s apparent lack of rigour in approval of traditional medicines & curbing of misleading ads. 

Diarrhoea claims 5 lives in Rourkela, 120 hospitalised

Rourkela (Odisha), Dec 17 (PTI) Five people have died and over 120 hospitalised due to an outbreak of diarrhoea in Rourkela city, a health...

Here is why chemotherapy becomes less effective, finds study

Washington DC , December 16 (ANI): According to two research from UCL and Yale, chemotherapy becomes less effective when healthy cells encourage cancer cells...

Study finds how body reacts to high or low oxygen levels

California , December 16 (ANI): It only takes a few seconds of holding your breath to know that not obtaining adequate oxygen is detrimental...

Researchers give more insight into how new genes arise from nothing

Washington DC , December 16 (ANI): The DNA of living species encode their complexity, but where do these genes come from? The University of...

‘Genetic scissors’ — India using same tech to find sickle cell cure as gene therapy approved by US FDA

FDA-approved Casgevy & Lyfgenia made from patients’ blood stem cells which are modified and given back as single-dose infusion. India ‘in preclinical stage’ of trial of similar therapy.

Tax doctors on research grants by drugmakers, says govt panel reviewing pharma marketing practices

Five-member panel suggests doctors can't be given brand reminders exceeding Rs 1,000 each, Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices to remain voluntary, but strengthened.

Tripura: Govt initated efforts to boost logistic support in hospitals

Agartala (Tripura) , December 12 (ANI) In a move to enhance the healthcare system, the state government has initiated efforts to boost logistic support...

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

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.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.