Dec 09,2024 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is contemplating banning Red 3, a synthetic food dye used in over 3,000 products, including popular snacks like Pez, Peeps, and Betty Crocker items. Known chemically as erythrosine and derived from petroleum,...
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Dec 11,2024 New Delhi: An ICMR study has conclusively documented that Covid vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden death among young adults in India, instead lowering their odds, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya...
Dec 12,2024 New Delhi: Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) successfully performed a surgery to remove a 9.2-kg tumour from a 49-year-old woman with ovarian cancer, which is expected to increase her life expectancy remarkably. Without the...
Dec 13,2024 New Delhi: You’ve probably heard “Don’t go outside in the winter with your hair wet or without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As with many things, the reality is more complicated. Here’s the...
Dec 14,2024 New Delhi: Paracetamol, a common over-the-counter medication, may increase the risk of gastrointestinal, heart- and kidney-related complications among adults aged 65 and above, a new study has found. Taken commonly for treating mild-to-moderate fever, paracetamol is also the...
Dec 13,2024 New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned AAP govt on why the centrally sponsored Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) was not being implemented in Delhi. The scheme promises a healthcare coverage of Rs 5...
Dec 13,2024 New Delhi: The AAP government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that Chief Minister Atishi, who holds the finance portfolio, has sent the CAG reports related to liquor duty, pollution and finance to the Lieutenant Governor for...
Dec 14,2024 Bhopal: A division bench of MP high court on Friday ordered the removal of chairman of MP Nursing Registration Council (MPNRC), Jiten Chandra Shukla Anita Chand stating that they were themselves involved in the nursing college scam in...
Dec 13,2024 New Delhi: A long-term exposure to air pollution could increase risk of blood clots in deep veins by 39 to over 100 per cent, according to a study that followed over 6,650 adults in the US for 17...
Dec 13,2024 New Delhi: A fluctuating blood pressure in adults aged 65 years or above could increase chances of problems with thinking and memory, a study has found. Researchers from Rush University, US, found that individuals whose blood pressure varied...