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Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday lauded the government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme as well as the country’s medical system. Tedros, while delivering his keynote address on the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, here, also noted the seamless integration of traditional medicine into primary healthcare in rural areas.”Traditional medicine is as old as humanity itself. However, it is not a thing of the past. It has a growing relevance in communities and cultures even today,” he said.Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya, in his address, said: “India is well-positioned to become…

Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday lauded the government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme as well as the country’s medical system. Tedros, while delivering his keynote address on the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit, here, also noted the seamless integration of traditional medicine into primary healthcare in rural areas.”Traditional medicine is as old as humanity itself. However, it is not a thing of the past. It has a growing relevance in communities and cultures even today,” he said.Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya, in his address, said: “India is well-positioned to become…

San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) X owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he will soon take action on shadow banning accounts on his platform. Musk also apologised for delay in implementing the changes to stop shadowbanning.Being shadowbanned means you’re blocked or muted from the social media platform without being notified.“Sorry it’s taking so long. There are so many layers of ‘trust & safety’ software that it often takes us hours to figure out who, how and why an account was suspended or shadowbanned,” the tech billionaire posted.“A ground up rewrite is underway that simplifies the X codebase dramatically,” he informed…

Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) The Gujarat Nephrology Association (GNA) on Thursday called off its strike, which was initiated on August 14 in response to the inequities observed in dialysis rates within the ambit of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). The association has taken this decision while awaiting an official response from the state government regarding the resolution of their concerns.However, a spokesperson from the association has indicated that they might contemplate withdrawing from the coverage offered by PMJAY, if the state government fails to adequately address their demands.Dr. Jigar Srimali, representing the GNA, disclosed that their grievances have…

Tokyo, Aug 17 (IANS) Japanese authorities on Thursday issued the highest-level heatstroke alert for the Tokyo metropolitan area as the scorching summer heat continues to bake many parts of the country, according to the Ministry of the Environment.The cities of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Yokohama, Mito, Utsunomiya, and Maebashi are expecting a dangerous level of heatstroke risks, as the Ministry issued a red alert for heatstroke, the highest in its five-tier warning system, reports Xinhua news agency.The Ministry advised people in these areas to avoid going outdoors and halt all exercise except for special cases, as the actual temperature is much…

Bharuch, Aug 17 (IANS) The anticipated bulk drug park in Jambusar is set to witness accelerated progress, with the Gujarat government gearing up to initiate the tender process for the park’s communal facilities and the allotment of land to companies in the near future.Spanning a sprawling 2,000 acres, this upcoming park is poised to play a pivotal role in expediting the domestic production of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs), Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), and pharmaceutical intermediates — commodities that are currently imported from China. The Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) envisions the park as a potential home for around 400…

Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) The doctors at King George’s Medical University have performed a complex yet successful C-section surgery on a 26-year-old woman suffering from a rare heart condition called Eisenmenger syndrome (ES).This was the third successful surgery of its kind, out of four cases in the past two years.Doctors claimed it is the highest survival rate for pregnant women with ES, a rare illness, among government hospitals in the country.Seven out of every 1 lakh adults might have this condition. The chances of survival are quite low and 65-70 per cent pregnancy can make ES even worse. Doctors from…

Istanbul, Aug 17 (IANS) Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has urged residents of Turkey’s largest city to save water amid the current drought and subsequent water shortage.Warning that Istanbul’s dam filling rate falls to merely 33.37 per cent and the decline is continuing, Imamoglu urged the city’s nearly 16 million residents to save “every precious water drop flowing from the tap”, reports Xinhua news agency.The filling rate of 10 dams supplying water to Istanbul stood at 61.87 per cent in August last year, almost doubling the current rate, according to official data from the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI).The ISKI…

Rome, Aug 10 (IANS) The Bank of Italy said the country’s public debt set an all-time record of 2.843 trillion euros ($3.09 trillion) in June, reflecting in part an increase in government borrowing.That number rose by 27.8 billion euros compared to the previous month, Xinhua news agency quoted the central bank as saying. The size of Italy’s public debt has risen every month this year after declining in the final three months of 2022.Currently, excluding liquid balances of the Italian Treasury such as euros, foreign currencies and other assets, public debt was 2.802 trillion euros — the first time that…

Tokyo, Aug 18 (IANS) Japanese scientists have developed an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model that utilises chest radiographs to accurately estimate a patient’s chronological age. In the case of a disparity, the AI model can signal a correlation with chronic disease. These findings, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, mark a leap in medical imaging, paving the way for improved early disease detection and intervention.The team from Osaka Metropolitan University first constructed a deep learning-based AI model to estimate age from chest radiographs of healthy individuals. They then applied the model to radiographs of patients with known diseases to analyse the…