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September 16, 2025 1:08 PM
The Department of Health Research (DHR) has announced the implementation of Special Campaign 5.0 from 2nd to 31st October, aimed at institutionalizing cleanliness practices and reducing pendency across its offices. The campaign will be carried out at...
September 16, 2025 12:37 PM
The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take the condition seriously as a chronic disease. The WHO’s expert committee conc...
September 15, 2025 11:24 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the ‘Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’ along with the eighth edition of Poshan Maah on September 17, marking what the government described as India’s largest-ever women and child health mobilisation...
September 13, 2025 12:24 PM
The 10th Ayurveda Day will be celebrated on September 23, at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Goa, marking a significant milestone in promoting traditional Indian medicine worldwide, Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav announced on Thursday....
September 12, 2025 1:39 PM
More than one million Australians are projected to be living with dementia by 2065, more than double today’s figure, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) said in a report released on Friday. The 'Dementia in Australia' report esti...
September 12, 2025 11:48 AM
Apple will roll out a hypertension detection feature on its smartwatch next week after receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance on Thursday, Bloomberg News reported. Apple and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters' reques...
September 11, 2025 1:47 PM
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has pledged to reveal steps he says will mitigate rising autism rates later this month, alongside an expected announcement of $50 million in grant awards for longer-term research into potential causes of t...
September 11, 2025 11:38 AM
Ricardo Funke, the chief of surgery at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile, had a new assistant during a laparoscopic surgery on Monday - an autonomous artificial intelligence-guided camera that allowed him to carry out a gallbladder removal alone....
September 10, 2025 5:21 PM
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has directed that physiotherapists should not use the prefix ‘Dr.’, stating that they are not medical doctors. In a letter dated Sep...
September 10, 2025 1:46 PM
On World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September), India renews its commitment to nurturing mental well-being through a robust, multi-tiered strategy. The global theme for 2024–2026, “Changing the Narrative on Suicide,” drives home the urgent need...
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