-The Telegraph The ministry’s drug policy section has advised Uttarakhand authorities to 'take necessary action' and submit an 'action taken report' New Delhi: The central ministry for traditional medicines has advised state authorities to “take necessary action” on complaints that Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved had allegedly promoted products for heart disease and liver disorders through illegal advertisements. The ayush (ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha, homoeopathy) ministry has sought the withdrawal of advertisements for certain Patanjali...
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World Health Organisation revises blood pressure control guidelines -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New guidelines recommend 130 as upper number threshold for starting medicines for anyone with risk factors or a history of cardiovascular disease and 140/90 for others New guidelines for blood pressure control released by the World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommend 130 as the upper number threshold for starting medicines for anyone with risk factors or a history of cardiovascular disease and 140/90 for others. The guidelines on when to start...
More »More Younger People Without Comorbidities Died In Second Wave, Data Show -Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
-IndiaSpend.com All-India picture unclear as only three states are sharing comorbidity data of Covid-19 deceased. Doctors are calling upon states to reveal data on both comorbidities and the spread of variants to gauge their impact on Covid-19 deaths Kolkata: More people without any underlying comorbid conditions died of Covid-19 during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu than in the peak of the...
More »India gained decade of life expectancy since 1990, says Lancet study
-The Hindu/ PTI The study noted that life expectancy in India has risen from 59.6 years in 1990 to 70.8 years in 2019, ranging from 77.3 years in Kerala to 66.9 years in Uttar Pradesh. India has gained more than a decade of life expectancy since 1990, but there are wide inequalities between States, according to a new study which assessed more than 286 causes of death and 369 diseases and injuries...
More »Size of the population susceptible to coronavirus infection is significant
Between 25th and 30th of March, 2020, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has more than doubled i.e. from 519 to 1,251, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). In a span of 6 days, the total number of deaths from COVID-19 has more than trebled i.e. from 9 to 32. In a health situation like this, when the coronavirus...
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