HEALTH

9/11 firefighters may have higher heart risks now: Study

4:42 am September 9, 2019

New York: Firefighters who arrived early or spent more time at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks seem to have a modestly higher risk of developing heart problems than those who came later or stayed less, doctors reported. The research might have implications for any efforts to expand the list of health […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Pinterest to direct vaccine-related searches to health orgs

9:10 pm August 28, 2019

NEW YORK: Pinterest says it will try to combat misinformation about vaccines by showing only information from health organizations when people search. Social media sites have been tryingto combat the spread of misinformation about vaccines. Pinterest previously tried blocking all searches for vaccines with mixed results. Now it says searches for “measles,” ″vaccine safety” and related terms will bring […]

US won’t approve labels that say glyphosate causes cancer

12:06 am August 10, 2019

Washington: The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.” The ruling, issued Thursday, is a boost to US agriculture giant Monsanto and its German parent company Bayer, which has been battered by a wave of […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Why no review boards for mental health patients: Court asks authorities

3:52 pm July 28, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court has asked the state mental health services authority to explain why review boards for mental health patients have not been constituted yet as mandated under the law. The issue cropped up before Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra while hearing a plea moved by an NGO for mental health assessment of a […]

`Jacket’ to detect breast cancer unveiled

9:02 pm July 27, 2019

Akola: A thermal-imaging jacket which can diagnose breast cancer, developed by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, was unveiled at Akola in Maharashtra Thursday. Union Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre, in whose presence the first such jacket was handed over to the District Women’s Hospital here, said it is an easy-to-use diagnostic tool. […]