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Stent makers have approached the government demanding creation of a separate subcategory and higher ceiling prices for coronary stents with advanced features. This follows several companies shelving plans to launch their next generation stents after major price cuts by the government. Coronary stents became a part of the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) in 2022, which made them more affordable.

In a paper published this week in Nature, part of a series of insights about ancient peoples, researchers compared thousands of ancient and modern genomes to unearth new information about multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings help scientists make the case that northern Europeans’ elevated risk of MS is a 5,000-year-old relic of becoming sheep and cattle herders. Mutations that make some people more vulnerable to the neurological condition once had a useful function, protecting their ancestors from pathogens.

NEW DELHI : India is taking a tough stand on non-tariff barriers being imposed on Indian exports by other countries and would also take similar measures on a reciprocal basis, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. He asked the industry to share a list of such measures so that India can flag them with the respective nations. Many of India's exports suffer due to such barriers which include cumbersome prior registration requirements, higher pesticide levels, and unreasonable domestic standards/rules in many countries.

poverty and chronic inflammation could more than double the risk of death from heart disease and triple the mortality risk due to cancer over a 15-year period, new research in the US has found. Poverty has been documented to individually heighten the risk of mental illness, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, in addition to higher mortality and lower life expectancy.

Antidepressants and mood elevators are among the highest-sold medicine categories as the country's youth increasingly seek help for mental health disorders. One upside is that Gen Z do not consider it a taboo to seek psychological help, experts say. Consider this.

Maldives said Saturday that his country's small size doesn't give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state's giant neighbor. President Mohamed Muizzu, speaking to the media on his return from India's regional rival China, said the Maldives is not in any country's backyard and that the Indian Ocean does not belong to a single country — a reference to a recent tiff between the Maldives and India.

WASHINGTON — In a significant shift in federal drug policy, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended reclassifying cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance, acknowledging the plant's medical utility. This recommendation, revealed through documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, is now pending approval from President Biden.

NEW DELHI : Antibiotics routinely prescribed to treat common ailments no longer work as bacteria have developed resistance to these drugs due to their overuse in India, a government body said, echoing concerns long voiced by international experts. In a report, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) mentioned about third-generation cephalosporins, imidazoles, amino-glycosides, ceftriaxone, metronidazole, amikacin and piperacillin, which are used to treat cold, fever, skin diseases and urinary tract infection. Companies that make these antibiotics in India include Alkem Laboratories Ltd, Mankind Pharma Ltd, Zuventus Healthcare Ltd, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd, Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt.

Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth Case: Goa police plan to revisit the service apartment where Suchana Seth, the CEO of an artificial intelligence start-up, stayed. Seth is accused of killing her four-year-old child.

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ANI that the accused seemed unhappy with the recent court order that permitted her husband to spend time with their child on Sunday. The accused and her husband have been involved in divorce proceedings since 2022. "They got married in 2010 and their divorce proceedings started in 2022.

Seth's four-year-old son seems pre-planned. The police said they had recovered two empty bottles of cough syrup from the room where Seth allegedly killed her son, indicating that she might have given a heavy dose of the medicine to the deceased. Seth was subjected to psychological tests to assess her mental condition and to help find the motive for the gruesome crime, the police said.

NEW DELHI : Akumentis Healthcare Ltd has launched a cannabis plant-based medicine in the market to treat seizures in toddlers. The drug, approved by the Drug Controller General of India, is specifically formulated to address seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, or Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, the company said.

Terminologies defining diseases in ayurveda, unani and siddha systems of medicine have been included in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11th revision, the Ayush ministry said on Wednesday. This will lead to global uniformity in ayurveda, unani and siddha medicines as a code for defining diseases.

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has been nominated once again by President Joe Biden to serve as the US's representative on the executive board of the World Health Organisation. The 46-year-old physician's nomination was re-sent as his confirmation to the position had been pending in the Senate since October 2022. He was confirmed by the US Senate in March 2021 to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the country. He previously served as the 19th Surgeon General under President Barack Obama.

Alipov has claimed that the scope of extensive cooperation in defence remains unprecedented– offering a wide range of combat-tested military hardware and a full transfer of technology. “we are working on joint development and manufacturing of the most sophisticated systems, ensuring a significant contribution to the “Make in India” and “Self-reliant India” initiatives,” Alipov said at a session earlier this week in New Delhi at VIF-Valdai Club.

A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions

Boston University have used a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson's walk without freezing. As explained by the researchers, freezing is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than nine million people globally.

NMC) has introduced the "Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023," mandating that all rounds of counselling for every seat will be conducted through online mode by state or central counselling authorities. The official statement released on December 29, 2023, explicitly stated, «All rounds of counselling for all seats will be held on the online mode by state or central counselling authority.» The notification emphasized that no medical college or institution is permitted to admit any candidate independently. It further reiterated this point by stating, «No medical college/institution will admit any candidate.» The regulations also outline the provision for common counselling for admission to post-graduate courses in medicine across all medical institutions in India. «Without prejudice to anything stated in the present Regulations or other NMC Regulations, there shall be common counselling for admission to post-graduate courses in medicine for all medical institutions in India solely based on the merit list of respective exams,» it said. «Provided the common counselling may have multiple rounds as may be necessary,» the notification added. Highlighting the importance of transparency in fee details, the notification mentions, «While entering details in the seat matrix, medical colleges shall mention the amount of fees for each course, failing which the seat will not be counted.»

Federal officials have cleared the way for Florida to begin importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada

Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma said that Mizoram is keen to offer eco-friendly and sustainable tourism that respects the fragile ecology of the State and its meagre population but not interested in mass tourism. Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) organised a Felicitation & Interactive Session of the new Mizoram chief minister in Kolkata. He said, “Mizoram is keen to offer eco-friendly and sustainable tourism that respects the fragile ecology of the State and its meagre population but is not interested in mass tourism”. He said that Mizoram is the second largest producer of bamboo in Northeastern India and second largest producer of strawberries in India. It is a gold mine for researchers seeking out medicinal and aromatic plants.