Karnataka launches salt reduction plan, targets 30% cut in salt intake by 2030
The South Firstby South First Desk·18d ago
Karnataka launches salt reduction plan, targets 30% cut in salt intake by 2030 The action plan proposes reducing discretionary salt use, promoting healthier food choices and encouraging...
Irish girl, 7, left with mechanical heart after 'stomach pain'
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Steven Smith)·18d ago
Irish girl, 7, left with mechanical heart after 'stomach pain' Essie Loftus is waiting for a transplant A “happy and active” seven-year-old girl whose stomach pain turned out to be a sign her heart...
Just one extra snack a day could increase the risk of cancer
Mail Onlineby Zoe Hardy·18d ago
Foods that make up more than half of the typical British diet are fuelling the risk of cancer, diabetes and early death, a major study has suggested.
Ayushman Bharat turns eight, over 60 crore now have access to annual health cover, says PM Modi
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·18d ago
NEW DELHI: More than 60 crore people now have access to annual health cover of up to Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as the flagship healthcare...
Ayushman Bharat at 8: 60 Crore Covered, ₹2.03 Lakh Crore in Hospital Care
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·18d ago
Ayushman Bharat at 8: 60 Crore Covered, ₹2.03 Lakh Crore in Hospital Care More than 60 crore people covered, over 48.54 crore Ayushman cards created and 13.25 crore hospital admissions funded: the...
Obese and undernourished: The Philippines' hidden nutrition crisis
Rapplerby Eirene Manatlao·18d ago
AT A GLANCE - The Philippines is experiencing a dual burden of malnutrition, with rising obesity rates particularly among adolescents, driven by factors such as urbanization, convenience of...
Most European men would try new contraception methods if available
Euronewsby Marta Iraola Iribarren·18d ago
Most men would embrace contraception designed for them, such as on-demand pills taken before sex, a daily hormonal gel or a thermal silicone ring, but funding gaps are keeping these products years...
Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgery
BBC Newsby Anna Collinson; Jo Adnitt·18d ago
- Published Warning: Graphic images and descriptions of surgery "Everyone made it out to be so easy, but my face felt like it was on fire and there was a horrible smell of burning skin," says...
‘Broad daylight dacoity’, says Supreme Court on overpricing of essential cancer drugs
The Hinduby PTI·18d ago
Terming it a "broad daylight dacoity" against patients, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) expressed shock over the overpricing of essential cancermedicines, noting that one drug...
Urgent warning issued over common blood pressure drug linked to 12 deaths
Daily Express :by Ethan Davies·18d ago
Medics have issued an urgent warning over a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and anxiety disorders.
SPECIAL REPORT: In Kaduna, a new intervention is saving women from excessive bleeding after childbirth
Premium Timesby Nike Adebowale-Tambe·18d ago
At a primary healthcare centre in Kaduna State, Zainab Garba remembers what health workers used to do when a woman began bleeding heavily after childbirth.
Cancer drugs sold with MRPs up to 70 times landed cost, Karnataka tells Union govt
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·18d ago
The Karnataka government has urged the Union government to regulate the prices of high-cost cancer medicines, saying the gap between what hospitals pay for medicines and what patients are billed...
Tamil Nadu: Chicken biryani to be served to social justice hostellers soon, GO in 2 weeks
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·18d ago
CHENNAI: Social Justice Minister Vanni Arasu said chicken biryani will be introduced in social justice department hostels on Mondays, along with daily morning tea.
We asked people with dementia about voluntary assisted dying. Here’s what they said
The Conversation Australiaby Adrienne Matthys, Casual Academic (Gerontology and Human Services) and Research Assistant, Charles Sturt University·18d ago
What do Australians with dementia think about voluntary assisted dying? Until recently, no researchers had thought to ask. Our two small studies change that.
Blatant daylight dacoity: SC on 10-fold gap in cancer drug prices
Hindustan Timesby Abraham Thomas·18d ago
Blatant daylight dacoity: SC on 10-fold gap in cancer drug prices The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the disparity in drug pricing with essential cancer drugs sold to consumers at a whopping...
CDSCO identifies one spurious and 220 substandard drugs in August exercise
Hindustan Timesby Rhythma Kaul·18d ago
CDSCO identifies one spurious and 220 substandard drugs in August exercise The failed samples during routine regulatory surveillance included 29 samples tested by the central drugs laboratories and...
Locals voice concerns about Pahīatua Medical Centre at public meeting
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·18d ago
In the first of three public meetings about the state of healthcare in Tararua, Pahīatua locals came out in a force to voice their concerns about an ownership model they no longer have faith in.
Lack of hygienic menstrual shelters posing health risk to tribal women
The Hinduby Sandeep Vellaram·18d ago
The absence of a modern, hygienic rest facility for Muthuvan tribal women during menstruation has created a severe health hazard in the Lakkam tribal settlement near Munnar. According to M.
Final 5 minutes before smoke killed the newborn: The fiery night Adilabad RIMS lost three babies
The South Firstby Sumit Jha·18d ago
Synopsis: A five-day-old premature baby died in the Adilabad RIMS fire, turning a brief visit by her father into a final goodbye.
‘Big Sister’ warning resurfaces as Massachusetts expands home visits after Clancy trial
FOX Newsby Jasmine Baehr·18d ago
Twenty-seven years before Massachusetts proposed to dramatically expand a taxpayer-funded program sending nurses into the homes of families with newborns, legendary conservative firebrand and...
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