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Heart attack linked with cognitive decline over years

PTI
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What is virtual autism?

Sunalini Mathew
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Puff the magic dragon: the myth of ‘safe’ e-cigarettes

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Explained | Why is India rethinking its anaemia policy?

Students are tested for anemia at a medical camp in a in Tamil Nadu school as part of the Poshan Abyan programme. File
Why are anaemia estimates being shifted from the National Family Health Survey to Diet and Biomarkers Survey?
Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Government bans 14 combination drugs used to treat common ailments

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

India urges G-20 countries to join vaccine research collaborative in wake of COVID vaccine inequity

Breast cancer drug shown to reduce recurrence risk

A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis reduced this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage survivors of the most common type of breast cancer.

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The AB PM-JAY is being implemented in 33 States and union territories except Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal. 

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Youngsters are keen to keep fit. A Karate camp in Madurai.

Health issues in young Indian adults in the aftermath of the pandemic

The Hindu Bureau
An executive said that OTT platforms would collectively reach out to the government to articulate their view that static smoking warnings on small screens for content that is explicitly being requested by users may not be appropriate

OTT platforms mandated to show anti-tobacco warnings

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Manoj Sakunthalan, 24, is Tamil Nadu state medallist in Karate. He started learning karate at the age of five from his father and brother, both of whom are national medallists. From Madurai, Manoj now teaches more than 30 students in the 4 to 40 age group. He says the martial art has taught him self-confidence, discipline and instilled a competitive spirit in him. Doing it every day – even through the lockdown – keeps him fit and gives him energy, enhances his stamina and calms his mind.
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What health means to under-25s across India

Soma Basu
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Death of tuberculosis patient in Kerala throws up questions on gaps in health care

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The overall prevalence of wasting in 2022 was 18.7% in India, with a share of 49% in the global burden of this malnutrition indicator. File

India sees reduction in stunting; but wasting, obesity are concerns: report

Jagriti Chandra
Close to 4,000 girls aged 10-17 years from 38 districts in the country participated in the survey for two months. Image for representation purpose only.

Close to 12% of young girls think menstruation is a curse from God or caused by disease: study

The Hindu Bureau
For the first time after more than a decade of work by researchers in France and Switzerland, a paralysed man has regained the ability to walk naturally using only his thoughts thanks to two implants that restored communication between his brain and spinal cord. The advance was revealed in a study in the journal Nature.

Paralysed man walks with the help of brain implant

Arkatapa Basu
Guwahati: A boy walks past a wall mural depicting menstruation at a school for underprivileged children, in Guwahati, May 28, 2022.

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: What are India’s challenges?

Rucha Wankhede,M. Sivakami
About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic.

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

AP
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Gummies and fizzies for wellness? | We need to talk about nutraceuticals

Surya Praphulla Kumar, Neha Mehrotra
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