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Cancer drug may ease cognitive function for some with autism, says new res
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
According to recent research from the University of California San Diego, people with Rett syndrome, a rare disorder linked to autism, may find it easier to think when taking an experimental cancer treatment. This finding could lead to medicines for patients with other neurological condition
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Researchers reveals ways of preventing cancer cells from colonizing liver
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nine times out of ten, metastasis is the cause of cancer deaths. This is the point when the primary tumour has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. Despite significant advancements in the treatment of primary tumours, medicine remains mainly powerless against met
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High blood pressure may increase risk of strokes, finds study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Michigan Medicine study found that high systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries) increases the risk of the two most common types of strokes over time.
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Exemption of customs duty on cancer drugs in budget "commendable step towa
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union budget, which exempts customs duty on three cancer drugs and makes them affordable for patients.
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Union Budget 2024: Experts hail exemption of customs duty on three cancer
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Industry experts have hailed the Central government's proposal to exempt three more life-saving cancer medicines from Customs duty.
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Study finds how genetic diagnostics of ultra-rare diseases
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Most rare diseases are caused by genetics. A molecular genetic diagnosis can be made more quickly and readily by identifying the underlying genetic change, for instance by exome sequencing (ES). The analysis of every region of our DNA that codes for a protein is known as ES.
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Pakistan's healthcare system faces setback due to Imposition of new taxes
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The pharmaceutical industry has been severely impacted
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Delhi: International passenger carrying medicines worth Rs 49 lakh handed
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
CISF detected a huge quantity of different types of medicines worth Rs. 49 lakh at Delhi's IGI Airport on Friday from a passenger bound for Almaty, Kazakhstan. On inquiry, the passenger could not produce supporting documents. Later, the said passenger, along with the detected medicines, was
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EAM Jaishankar inaugurates India's first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Ma
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
It will supply cost-effective, Made-in-India medicines to augment public healthcare and enhance well-being in Mauritius, the EAM said.
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Rapti river water level rises affecting over 40 villages in Uttar Pradesh'
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Around 48 villages in Gorakhpur have been affected after the water level of the Rapti River on Tuesday rose one metre above the danger level.
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Health department issues alert for dengue-malaria in Gwalior; around 135 c
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"We have issued an alert in the district from block level to city areas in view of spreading of Dengue and Malaria. Our teams have been instructed to inspect larvae in the regions and if larvae are found, then destroy them. We have also issued an advisory on how to avoid it and what are the
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'People-to-people connection foundation of India-Afghanistan ties': EAM Ja
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"In India, we have a historical relationship with the people of Afghanistan. And this people-to-people connection is actually a foundation for our ties," Jaishankar said.
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