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Fewer gains for child nutrition plan in UP, Bihar: Study

Feb 28, 2019 New Delhi:  India’s flagship programme, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), which though showed significant strides, has not benefitted all groups equally, a study said on Thursday, showing fewer gains in high malnutrition…

Ayushman Bharat a leap in wrong direction: Amartya Sen

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Critiquing Prime Minister Narendra Modis flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said here on Wednesday it aimed at the wrong population and was “the biggest example of a…

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World’s smallest baby boy weighing 268 grams sent home healthy

Feb 27, 2019 Tokyo:  A baby weighing just 268 grams at birth, touted as the “smallest boy” in the world, has been released from hospital here, after growing to a weight of 3,238 grams in…

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New lab-on-a-chip device to detect cancer faster

Feb 26, 2019 New York:  In a breakthrough, US researchers have developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device that allows doctors to detect cancer faster, cheaper and less invasively from a droplet of blood or plasma, leading to…

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Vitamin D levels can now be measured with your hair

Feb 24, 2019 London:  Researchers have found that vitamin D can now be measured by human hair, paving the way for improved diagnosis of deficiency of the sunshine vitamin. With over a billion people estimated…

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New material to repair bone defects developed

Feb 24, 2019 Beijing:  Using near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation, Chinese researchers have developed a biomaterial that can accelerate bone healing. While thermal therapy has been traditionally used to treat bone regeneration, it has been proved…

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Eating junk food can raise risk of bipolar disorder, depression

Feb 23, 2019 New York:  Feeling depressed? It’s time to cut out the unhealthy junk food from your diet as it increases the risk of psychological disorders including bipolar disorder and depression, say researchers. Junk…

Rise in health spending pushing 100mn people to extreme poverty: WHO

Feb 21, 2019 Geneva:  Health spending, which accounts for 10 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), is pushing 100 million people into extreme poverty each year, says a report by the World Health…

Why enough sleep is important for your heart health?

Feb 15, 2019 Washington: Getting enough sleep is key to good health, as researchers say that insufficient sleep increases the risk of serious problems, including cardiovascular disease. The team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital…

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Swine flu death toll touches 100 in Rajasthan

Feb 9, 2019 Jaipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Four people died of swine flu in Rajasthan on Friday, taking the total death toll from the disease to 100 in the state so far this year, said…

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