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A pregnancy scan that never stops: Wearable patch could change how high-risk pregnancies are monitored

Oxford team unveils patch that follows fetal blood flow and heart rate throughout pregnancy, potentially reducing risk of complications being missed between hospital visits.

Gaining weight, losing health: National survey finds India trapped between obesity & undernutrition

1 in 5 Indian men now has elevated blood sugar; obesity across genders, shows latest National Family Health Survey. Unhealthy lifestyles spreading beyond cities, driving a silent metabolic epidemic.

More hospital births, less breastfeeding: Family health survey flags India’s infant nutrition paradox

Exclusive breastfeeding has fallen sharply despite rising institutional deliveries, with experts warning that soaring C-section rates and weak breastfeeding support are undermining infant nutrition.

As govt cut health spends post-Covid, Indians paid more out-of-pocket in 2022-23, reversing 10-yr trend

Out-of-pocket expenditure on doctors & medicines, without insurance or govt reimbursement, rose to 43.4% of total health expenditure in 2022-23, up from 39.4% previous year, says NHA report.

Re-growing tooth enamel is one of dentistry’s oldest problems. How a protein-based gel may solve it

Researchers are testing materials that mimic how enamel forms in developing teeth. Dentists are cautiously optimistic, and waiting for trials.

How to stop skin cancer in time? Smart tattoo is science’s latest breakthrough

Researchers at the University of Quebec used skin temperature to devise a new non-invasive technique for detecting skin cancer.

Assam’s maternal mortality ratio falls below India’s average, CM Sarma credits health workers

Assam recorded an MMR of 84 against India’s 87 in the latest SRS bulletin, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praising doctors, ASHA workers and officials for the 'historic feat'.

World’s ‘1st’ tele-robotic ureteric surgery from 3,000 km away: How Hyderabad doctor operated from Wuhan

Using a Chinese robotic platform, the urologist remotely performed a complex surgery on a woman with blocked urinary tube in what he claims to be first-of-its-kind.

Ebola outbreak escalates in Congo as flights halted, supplies run thin

With cases spreading across provinces and borders, authorities are struggling with shortages, weak contact tracing, and the absence of an approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain.

GLP-1 drugs cut sick days by half. Researchers now think it could save healthcare systems billions

A UK study has found that people taking Ozempic and Wegovy took fewer sick days and needed fewer hospital visits

On Camera

India engaging with US on forced labour probe as 12.5% additional tariff proposal clouds trade deal talks

As US proposes additional tariff on Indian goods under Section 301, New Delhi says trade pact talks remain on track, with a possible textile carve-out which may offer relief to exporters.

Israel’s defence exports surged 30% y-o-y in 2025; missiles, air defence systems emerge as mainstay

At 36 percent, Europe accounted for the highest percentage of Israeli defence exports, according to report released by Israel’s Ministry of Defence.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.