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Election Commission on Tuesday began consultations with political parties in Jammu and Kashmir to review preparedness for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Union territory. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and other officials of the poll panel, who arrived here on Monday for a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, held interactions with delegations from the National Conference, PDP, BJP, CPI(M), Congress, and the Aam Admi Party, officials said here. National Conference leader Nasir Aslam Wani, who led his party's delegation, said they impressed upon the Election Commission the need for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the Lok Sabha polls. «We told the commission that it has been 10 years that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been deprived of their democratic rights. The commission gave us a patient hearing,» Wani said.

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News XT Network, March 8: neuro42, Inc. (“neuro42" or the “Company"), a medical technology Company leading the innovation of MRI and robotics for brain related diagnosis and treatment, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its portable diagnostic MRI scanner.

Akintunde Odunsi is used to taking long, brisk walks. So he worried in 2021 when he started feeling so tired and short of breath that he had to turn back after a few minutes. The retired stockbroker, 73 years old, chalked up the fatigue to grief over the death of his sister.

annual sales of obesity medicines could hit $80bn, making them one of pharma’s biggest classes of drugs. No wonder enthusiasm for the makers of these drugs, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, is at fever pitch. Since the start of 2023 Novo, maker of Wegovy (and its sibling Ozempic), has seen its market capitalisation soar by 87% to $560bn, making it Europe’s most valuable company.

dengue can be as life-threatening as the subsequent ones, according to a study which challenges the widely held belief that the viral disease is severe only in secondary infections. The research, published recently in the journal Nature Medicine, analysed severe dengue cases in a group of children in India, showing that more than half could be attributed to primary rather than secondary infection. Over the past two decades, dengue infections have greatly increased in India and the country has one of the largest number of cases globally. Dengue patients fall into two categories — those experiencing the infection for the first time, known as primary infections and those who get re-infected after a previous exposure, known as secondary infections.

(Reuters) — Officials from the U.S. government asked UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) to expedite payments to healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack of the insurer's Change Healthcare (NASDAQ:CHNG) tech unit crippled medical claims and payments.

Federal regulators are putting off a decision on Eli Lilly’s potential Alzheimer’s treatment with an unusual request to have an advisory committee examine the drug

The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease said it failed to help patients with the fatal disease

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious heart problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity

Doctors around the country say insurers are making it harder to get coverage for home ventilators that patients with serious illnesses need as their lungs fail

₹40-45 lakh. So far, NexCAR 19 has been administered to 98 patients (including 76 during clinical trials) across 45 hospitals. The response rate is 60-70%, according to data provided to Mint by ImmunoACT, a startup founded by Purwar and incubated at Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay to commercialize the therapy.

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West Virginia could become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill that has won final legislative passage

Indian Semiconductor Mission or ISM scheme, from the current ₹ 76,000 crore, following the growing popularity worldwide. “We can increase funding when the ISM scheme gets exhausted. If we have to bring more fabs in the country, then we may need more money, and may have to bring in more funds to this focus area,” S Krishnan, Secretary MeitY told ET. The top official further said that in the next 2 to 3 years, the government would try to have 2-3 more semiconductor fabrication (fab) units in the country.

For financial health and stability, it is vital to build a strong credit history. One can take a number of steps which include paying bills on time, keeping credit card balances low, keeping track of credit score and opting for secured credit card. 

Did you know that according to studies published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the prevalence of coronary artery disease in Indian women ranges from 3% to 13% depending on the age group and has increased by almost 300% over the past two decades and the prevalence of heart failure in women in India more than doubled from 1.1% in 2000 to 2.6% in 2015? The mean age of heart attack in Indian women is 59 years, which is much lower than the average age of heart attack in women in developed countries. Hence, it is imperative to talk about heart health through the lens of gender inequities in India.

J P Singh held talks with Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Muttaqi called for facilitating the issuance of visas by India for Afghan businessmen, patients and students. Meanwhile, both sides discussed issues relating to security, trade and ways to counter-narcotics, an Afghan statement said on Thursday. Singh said India is interested in expanding economic cooperations with Afghanistan and enhancing trade through Chabahar port, it added.

Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them

Investing.com — The U.S. dollar traded on the backfoot Thursday as potential Federal Reserve’s rate cuts appeared to draw nearer, while the euro slipped lower ahead of the latest European Central Bank meeting. 

(Corrects to show drug is for obesity (not Type 2 diabetes), in paragraphs 1 and 7)