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Private equity investments in healthcare can increase expenses: Study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Private equity investments, which are more common in the healthcare sector, have been linked to increasing the costs for patients. The study was published in BMJ. The research is considered to be the first comprehensive analysis of global trends in private equity ownership in the medical se
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Private equity investments in healthcare increase expenses, enhances treat
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A research team has discovered that private equity investments, which are becoming more prevalent in the healthcare industry, are typically linked to higher costs for patients. The study was published in The BMJ. The study is regarded as the first systematic examination of trends in private
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Performing arts may help in lowering anxiety and depression: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The effect of group-based performing arts-based therapy on symptom severity, well-being, quality of life, functional communication, and social participation was studied by researchers at the University of Exeter. In a study published in BMJ Open, the researchers analysed 171 studies and incl
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"Not doing so would be betrayal of trust": Activist calls on Centre to mak
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed the US shores after his maiden State visit to the country, Rachna Dhingra, an activist working for the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, on Sunday called on the central government to explore legal steps to make Union Carbide and Dow Chemica
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Health professional shortages strongly linked to an increase in mortality:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Shortages of health workers such as doctors, nurses, and midwives are strongly linked to higher death rates, particularly for certain diseases such as neglected tropical diseases and malaria, pregnancy and birth complications, diabetes, and kidney diseases, according to a study of 172 countr
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Common ear, nose, and throat problems in pre-schoolers might be linked to
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a study published online in the open-access journal BMJ Open, young children with common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) disorders may be at increased risk of autism or have high levels of detectable autistic symptoms.
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Better radiation protection is needed for women healthcare workers
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Female healthcare workers who are regularly exposed to radiation from x-rays and other imaging procedures require stronger ionising radiation protection to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer, according to physicians writing in The BMJ.
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Female health workers need better radiation protection to reduce risk of b
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Women in healthcare who are often exposed to radiation from X-rays and other imaging procedures require stronger ionising radiation protection to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer, according to physicians writing in The BMJ.
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Exposure to air pollution increases risk of dementia: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Many uncertainties remain, so caution is needed when interpreting these findings, but the researchers say the results "strengthen the evidence that air pollutants are risk factors for dementia."
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Poor sleep might increase risk of Asthma: Research
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A big UK Biobank research published in the open-access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research revealed that poor quality sleep may increase a person's genetic predisposition to asthma, potentially doubling their chance of being diagnosed with the illness.
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Poor sleep might bolster genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially dou
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A big UK Biobank research published in the open-access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research reveals that poor quality sleep may increase a person's genetic predisposition to asthma, potentially doubling their chance of being diagnosed with the illness.
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Little deterioration in mental health linked to pandemic: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a study published in The BMJ, mental health in the general population has not altered much throughout the covid-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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