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Study suggests that long-term medication for schizophrenia is safe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet found out that mortality rate in patients suffering from schizophrenia is higher when the patients are not on medication as compared to when they are.
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Study suggests early intervention in hyperkalemia can cut mortality by hal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): A new study has suggested that correcting high potassium levels immediately in patients suffering from hyperkalemia can cut the mortality rate in the population by half.
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Health Ministry sends multi-disciplinary team to Kota as more children die
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said a multi-disciplinary expert team of top paediatricians is being sent to Kota for gap analysis and ascertaining quick measures in the wake of 103 deaths of children at a hospital in the city.
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IMR reduced to 5.55 per cent in 2019 which stood at 7.62 per cent during B
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Tuesday said that the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) that stood at 7.62 per cent during BJP's tenure in 2014 has been reduced to 5.55 per cent in 2019.
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State govt committed to reduce IMR, MMR: Rajasthan Chief Minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that the state government is committed to reducing the infant mortality rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) as government's top priority is to keep the women and child safe.
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Singapore - Karnataka collaboration benefits 100,000 Mothers and Newborns
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Nov 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Healthcare leaders and specialists across Karnataka and Singapore mark the successful conclusion of three-year collaboration between the two countries on antenatal and child healthcare in Karnataka at a healthcare symposium today.
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20 years of sedentary lifestyle associated with double mortality risk: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): Researchers have found that a sedentary lifestyle for two decades is linked to two times increases in the risk of premature death as compared to those who lead a healthy life.
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Higher aspirin consumption in breast cancer patients increases mortality r
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 12 (ANI): A recent study has found that women with breast cancer who use aspirin have higher mortality risk following cancer.
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Long-term declines in heart disease stalling in few countries
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): Heart disease and stroke mortality rates have almost stopped declining in many high-income countries, found a study.
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Reflective roofs provide protection against heatwave, finds a study
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): A new modelling study has found that merely changing the reflectivity of roofs can reduce overheating of cities and make them cooler during heatwaves. It also decreases heat related mortality rate.
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Committed to ensure 80 pc reduction in TB mortality rate by 2025, says IMA
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The mortality rate due to TB dropped by three per cent last year, said Indian Medical Association's (IMA) Dr Narendra Saini here on Sunday.
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Gujarat: Nearly 70 per cent newborns discharged successfully at Adani-run
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Despite the high infant mortality rates plaguing rural India, almost seven out of ten infants treated at the Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) operated district hospital G K General Hospital, Bhuj were discharged successfu
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