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Health Ministry sets maximum permissible limits of antibiotics in meat
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov.20 (ANI): The Health Ministry has prescribed maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat, including chicken.
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Certain medications can give oldies dry mouth
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], October 30 (ANI): Having a dry mouth can be a common side effect of prescribed medications for older people, according to a recent study.
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Rail Min permits m-Aadhar as one of prescribed ID proofs for rail travel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways, on Wednesday, has permitted m- Aadhar as one of the prescribed identity proofs for rail travel purpose in any reserved class.
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Opioid use higher among cancer survivors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 7 (ANI): At a time of rising rates of opioid overdose and addiction, a latest study has found cancer survivors were 1.2 times more likely to be prescribed opioid painkillers than those who'd never had cancer.
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Money laundering: ED lodges prosecution complaint against Jain Brothers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a prosecution complaint against several money launderers, as per the provisions prescribed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
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Mayawati's resignation from Rajya Sabha accepted
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 20: Vice President and Rajya Sabha (RS) Chairman Hamid Ansari on Thursday accepted Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati's resignation from the House after it was submitted in the prescribed format.
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Combo therapy better than drug alone against Alzheimer's
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 17 (ANI): Combining a specific care management program with a commonly-prescribed drug for Alzheimer's disease is better at turning back the clock on the ageing brain than medication alone, according to a recent study.
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North Eastern people 'made to feel like foreigners', say women a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Responding to the Delhi Golf Club's eviction of a woman from the north east for allegedly not adhering to prescribed attire, women activists on Tuesday condemned the club for making the north eastern community feel like 'foreigners' in their o
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Investigators examine relationship between pain, opioid abuse
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 12 (ANI): Despite recommendations to use non-opioids, a study has found that drug overdose epidemic is largely driven by opioids, and it seems that doctors continue to prescribe it for chronic pain.
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A 'game changer' test for antibiotic drug resistance
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is at fault. The current antibiotic assay, standardised in 1961 by the World Health Organization and used worldwide, is potentiall
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Heart attack patients may not benefit from beta blockers: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): Heart attack patients, who did not have heart failure, should not be prescribed beta blockers as a study finds that they may not live longer with these medicines.
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Commonly prescribed drugs for anxiety, insomnia may prove harmful
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): A recent study has found substantial increase in prescriptions for two drugs, pregabalin and gabapentin, used for treatment of neuropathic pain, anxiety, insomnia and other mental illnesses is closely correlated with a rise in the number of overdose death
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