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Discrimination contributes to poorer heart health for LGBTQ adults
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): More than half of LGBTQ adults and 70 percent of those who are transgender or gender non-conforming report experiencing some form of discrimination, including the use of harsh or abusive language, from a health care professional.
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COVID -19 related deaths among doctors in India: a study of Mortality Data
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality not only in patients but also health care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 4.5 million people in India, with an overall case fatality rate of 1.7 per cent as of 1
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MHFI and AIIMS doctors launch web portal for mental healthcare amid COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): To address the growing issue of mental health illness during the Covid-19 pandemic across the country, the Mental Health Foundation of India (MHFI) has launched an exclusive web portal for comprehensive mental health care (MiHOPE) focussing on the treatmen
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Study focuses on effective way to increase capacity for mental health
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): A recent study has stressed the importance of providing mental health care facilities, at a time when anxiety and depression rise among people amid the pandemic, at a time when primary care clinics, especially in rural areas, are facing increased patient
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Developing countries should invest $1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): Developing countries should invest about 1.2 trillion dollars -- on average 3.8 per cent of their GDP -- to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential health care for all in 2020 alone, according to a new policy brief by the Internati
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Primary health centre in J-K's Gatipora to benefit 25,000 people
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Local villagers of Gatipora in Kellar block of Shopian district of South Kashmir expressed happiness that the construction of a Primary Health Centre (PHC) equipped with all modern medical facilities will soon be completed.
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Study discovers handgrip strength as potential tool to identify people at
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): To identify the patients at risk of Type 2 diabetes, health care professionals have identified a simple test, such as the strength of your handgrip, as a quick low cost, screening tool.
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4 states, 2 UTs showing higher COVID-19 positivity rate among healthcare
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the healthcare workers being infected due to coronavirus, the Central government said that four states and two union territories are showing higher positivity rate among healthcare workers which includes--doctors, paramedics, nur
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Universal Mednets' MyMediLocker crosses the 1.5 million personalised healt
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): MyMediLocker, a part of Universal Mednet Private Limited, a SAAS enabled health Technology Company providing comprehensive tech-based solutions to enable better health care services to the citizens of India, has recently announced cros
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Part of Hyderabad mosque turned into community health care centre, amid CO
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Masjid E Mustafa mosque in Hyderabad has turned a part of its premises into a community health care centre to help women and children in the neighbourhood, amid the corona pandemic.
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AB-PMJAY empanelled hospitals to get star ratings
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): For the first time in India, hospitals empanelled with the Ayushman Bharat scheme will get star ratings based on their healthcare quality and services. The National Health Authority (NHA) has issued guidelines on the star rating of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Man
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Govt to increase number of Basthi Dawakhanas to 300 in Hyderabad: Telangan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 29 (ANI): Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday said that government will now set up a few more Basthi Dawakhanas and increase the number to 300 to fulfill the medical needs of the citizens in Hyderabad.
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