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Akshay Naik 14 January 2023
A new study has found that individuals who regularly take vitamin D supplements are significantly less likely to have a history of malignant melanoma, or any type of skin cancer, than non-users. They also found a trend for benefit with occasional use.    The study was conducted in...

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IANS 12 January 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned against the use of two Indian cough syrups for children that have been linked to deaths in Uzbekistan.   WHO said the products, manufactured by Marion Biotech, were 'substandard' and that the firm had failed to provide guarantees...

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Akshay Naik 06 January 2023
These days, apart from controlling what you eat and how much exercise you do, there are many different remedies that people follow to lose weight. Now, believe it or not, researchers from the University of Southern Australia have found that a small snack of almonds can help cut back on the...

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Peter Elkind (ProPublica) 05 January 2023
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   To many people, the notion that cellphones or cell towers might present a health risk long ago receded into a realm somewhere between trivial concern and conspiracy theory. For decades, the wireless industry has dismissed such ideas...

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Anjeanette Damon (ProPublica) 03 January 2023
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to churn, Medicare spending on testing for the virus continued to increase in 2022 and is outpacing the two prior years.   Through Oct. 31, Medicare had spent $2 billion on COVID-19 tests...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 January 2023
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) directed Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute in Juhu (Mumbai) and a doctor from the hospital to pay Rs40 lakh compensation in equal proportion to a patient for alleged medical negligence and deficiency...

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Akshay Naik 30 December 2022
A popular fitness goal for the health conscious to remain fit, these days, is attempting to complete 10,000 steps every day. However, a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) has now found that older adults can keep their hearts healthy with just...

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IANS 30 December 2022
After Uzbekistan's Health Ministry alleged that Indian company Marion Biotech's cough syrup was responsible for the death of 18 children, such drugs have sparked safety concerns in the past too across the globe and back home too.   In October this year, the World Health Organisation...

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IANS 29 December 2022
The Uzbekistan government has alleged that 18 children have died in the central Asian nation following the consumption of a cough syrup produced by an Indian pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech.   "To date, 18 out of 21 children with acute respiratory disease have died as a result of...

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IANS 29 December 2022
Amid a global resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Union Health Ministry has made it mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to undergo RT-PCR tests before departure.   "International passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong,...

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IANS 29 December 2022
The CBI on Thursday conducted searches at around 91 locations across the country at the premises of certain Medical Councils as well as foreign medical graduates (FMGs) which led to the recovery of several incriminating documents, including fake pass certificates of the FMG...

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IANS 26 December 2022
The Karnataka government on Monday made wearing of masks in public places compulsory as a preventive method to tackle the evolving Covid situation in the state.   It also has also released guidelines for the New Year, limiting the celebration time.   Revenue Minister R....

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IANS 22 December 2022
Amid the sudden COVID scare that has erupted across many countries, a WhatsApp message has been making its rounds claiming that the newly discovered XBB subvariant of Omicron is five times more virulent and has a higher mortality rate than the Delta variant.   However, the Union...

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IANS 20 December 2022
Nepal's Department of Drug Administration has published a list of 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy that manufactures Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali products, that failed to comply with the World Health Organization's (WHO) good manufacturing...

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Ian MacDougall (ProPublica) 19 December 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   US Congress last week passed a bill that takes aim at the risk of improper influence when government contractors work for both federal agencies and private-sector clients. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the...

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James Bandler (ProPublica) 13 December 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor accompanying a pair of surprising visitors: two artificial intelligence scientists from Google.   In...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 09 December 2022
Saffron USA, a Florida-based business that claims to import Persian saffron, has wiped a number of unauthorised health claims for its products from its website in response to a recent FDA warning letter.   Among the products that the FDA found Saffron USA marketing with unapproved...

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IANS 08 December 2022
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former president of the US-based blood-testing company Theranos, has been sentenced to almost 13 years in prison after being found guilty of defrauding investors and endangering patients.   Balwani will have to surrender to custody on March 15, 2023 for 155...

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Kathleen McGrory  and   Neil Bedi (ProPublica) 08 December 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   When LaTunja Caster started working at the Olin Corp. chemical plant outside of McIntosh, Alabama, she had no idea that asbestos was used in the production process. But when she became a union safety representative around 2007, she...

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IANS 30 November 2022
The Supreme Court has said that the state government and its pharmacy council cannot be allowed to play with the health and life of the citizens, while examining allegations fake pharmacists were running hospitals and medical stores in Bihar.   A bench of justices MR Shah and MM...

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