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A new study finds the popular obesity drug Zepbound may help treat sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder in which people struggle to breathe during sleep

Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the budget

Congress and alleged that they were silent on the hooch tragedy in Kallakurchi, Tamil Nadu and called it a murder of 32 Dalits. «Today we are here to discuss news from Tamil Nadu, it is about a hooch tragedy, illicit liquor from Kallakurchi, a district of Tamil Nadu. When I came to hold this press conference and was checking the figures, the number of dead was 56. More than 56 people have died and many of them are critical, still about 200 people are admitted to the hospital. This is such an important issue and I am surprised that Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, DMK and all the people of the INDIA alliance are silent on this issue,» said BJP MP Sambit Patra. He further alleged that the INDIA bloc was silent as they felt that it was not serving their interests.

Parkinson's disease can be diagnosed as many as seven years before the emergence of symptoms, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) blood test, as per a report on Fox News. A groundbreaking diagnostic tool has been developed by a team of researchers from University College London and the University Medical Center Goettingen in Germany, leveraging the capabilities of artificial intelligence to achieve unprecedented accuracy and efficiency in medical testing.

Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants. The GMCH is the only hospital in the northeast to have an in-house transplant team to conduct deceased kidney transplant. Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants and seen success in its IVF centre.

dollar edged higher against other major currencies on Friday, hitting a fresh eight-week high against the yen as data showed a strong U.S. economy and as the Federal Reserve's patient approach to interest-rate cuts stood in contrast to more dovish peers. U.S. business activity hit a 26-month high in June amid a rebound in employment while price pressures subsided considerably, suggesting that a recent slowdown in inflation was likely to be sustained.

Crude prices eased about 1% on Friday on worries that global oil demand growth could be reduced by a strong U.S. dollar and negative economic news from some parts of the world. Prices declined despite signs of improving U.S. oil demand and falling fuel inventories that boosted crude prices to a seven-week high a day earlier.

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₹6,743 per barrel on the multi commodity exchange (MCX).-A stronger US dollar helped keep crude oil prices in check. The US dollar rose to a seven-week high compared to the basket of other currencies, with Jerome Powell-led US Federal Reserve's patient approach to cutting interest rates contrasting with more dovish stances elsewhere.-The US Fed hiked interest rates aggressively in 2022 and 2023 to tame a surge in inflation.

Israeli military declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has had no impact on deliveries of badly needed aid, the UN's health agency said Friday. «So overall, we the UN can say that we did not see an impact on the humanitarian supplies coming in since that, I will say, unilateral announcement of this technical pause,» said Richard Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Palestinian territories.

Nikkei share average closed slightly lower on Friday as losses in technology shares overshadowed gains in value stocks amid a weak yen and higher yields. The Nikkei slipped 0.09% to 38,596.47 after three straight sessions of gains. However, it fell 0.49% for the week.

Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack

India has been grappling with the issue of manufacturing and marketing of different drugs with the same brand name for long, a person in the know told ET. For example, the brand name, 'Olvance' for the antihypertensive drug, Olmesartan, and 'Oleanz', a brand of the antipsychotic drug, Olanzapine. Likewise, the brand, IMOX for amoxicillin tablets for humans, and INIMOX for a combination of amoxicillin and cloxacillin10 as an injection for veterinary use.

The World Health Organization and drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. are warning patients to be wary of fake versions of weight-loss and diabetes medicines

tickets and destination were allegedly altered by Air India without their prior knowledge. Dushyant Arora took to X to explain what happened to his partner's parents, both of whom are heart patients. The elderly couple was set to fly to Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Arora stated that when they attempted to check in the previous night, they discovered that Air India had «unilaterally» changed their tickets. Arora said that his partner’s parents were put on different flights. «One flight will depart on one day and the second on another,» he claimed, adding that Air India had modified the father's destination to New York rather than Newark. The mother's destination remained Newark.

More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals have spent a second day on the picket lines as they continued to demand fair wages and better nurse-to-patient ratios

Kalahandi, there are 5 patients with cough and cold, out of which, 2 may be suffering from Diphtheria... The total number of suspected cases was 21, but it has come down to 18...

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South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout as part of a protracted strike against a government plan to sharply boost medical school admissions

AI-generated image of Musk holding a phone with a neural network design on his forehead, asking if people would install a Neuralink interface to control their devices by thought.Neuralink, Musk’s ambitious neurotechnology firm, recently marked a significant milestone by implanting its brain chip in a human for the first time. The recipient, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, was left paralyzed from the shoulders down following an accident eight years ago. Arbaugh underwent the groundbreaking surgery on January 28 and showed promising signs of recovery just two days post-operation.

US health regulator for its generic Dabigatran Etexilate capsules 75 mg and 150 mg used to reduce risk of stroke and blood clots in adults with a certain medical condition. The US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has also granted tentative approval for the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Dabigatran Etexilate capsules 110 mg, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, said in a statement. The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the Reference Listed Drug product (RLD), Pradaxa Capsules, 75 mg, 110 mg, and 150 mg of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Boehringer), it added. The Dabigatran Etexilate capsules are indicated for the reduction of risk of stroke and systemic embolism in adults who have a medical condition called atrial fibrillation that is not caused by a heart valve problem.