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The hidden cost of looking better: What health insurance covers, and what it leaves you to payRising demand for weight-loss drugs, cosmetic procedures and wellness treatments is creating a growing out-of-pocket healthcare expense cat...
Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug donanemab approved in India, but neurologists flag cost, access barriersA new drug for Alzheimer's, donanemab, has arrived in India. It aims to slow the disease's progression by clearing brain plaques. While off...
Social media is abuzz with weight-loss drug retatrutide and longevity goals. What is the drug all about?A new weight-loss drug, retatrutide, is generating excitement. This investigational medicine targets three hormone receptors, offering a po...
Karnataka to acquire precautionary vaccine doses for senior citizens, comorbid patientsKarnataka will also have a daily testing target of 5000, making it the second highest testing state after Kerala, the committee added. Whil...
Glenmark Pharma launches drug for diabetic patients with comorbiditiesThe new drug is well researched and affordable fixed-dose combination, which will significantly improve glycemic control in adult patients,...
Multiple reasons for rising COVID cases in Delhi: Health expertsNumber of reasons cumulatively resulting in an increasing number of cases. For instance, the genomic sequencing of positive samples is rela...
Covid deaths higher in young Indian women with comorbidities: StudyA team of researchers of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi conducted the study on 2,586 Covid-19 hospitalised patients who were admitted in the...
Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in DelhiAmong those who died after contracting coronavirus infection, and were found suffering from co-morbid conditions, patients with heart ailme...
Slightly younger population infected more in this COVID-19 wave: GovtA slightly younger population having an average age of 44 years was infected more in this wave in comparison to the previous ones, ICMR DG ...
Delhi logs 27,561 Covid cases, second-highest daily rise so far, 40 deaths; positivity rate 26.22 pcDelhi reported 23 deaths due to Covid on Tuesday and 17 fatalities each on Sunday and Monday. It saw 54 fatalities in the last five months ...
Ensure specialists attend Covid patients with comorbidities: Delhi govt issues advisory to hospitalsThe advisory noted that Delhi has witnessed an upsurge in COVID-19 deaths since last week and 70 fatalities have been reported from medical...
46 COVID-19 deaths in Delhi in five days, 34 patients had comorbidities, 25 aged above 60, says CentreTwenty-five of these patients were aged above 60 and 14 aged between 41 and 60. Five fatalities were recorded in the 21-40 age group, while...
COVID-19 patients can be categorised into three groups, say scientistsThe new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, analysed the electronic health records (EHRs) from 14 hospitals in the midwestern US and ...
Covid fatality rate 1.2% without co-morbidities, 18% with them: Government dataThe latest age-wise analysis of Covid-19 mortality by the health ministry showed that those in the younger age band were more vulnerable to...
BMC modifies quarantine guidelines; mandates institutional isolation for 50-plus Covid patientsAccording to the modified guidelines issued on August 19, all COVID-19 patients above 50 years with or without co- morbidities should be in...
Comorbidities a key factor in 67 per cent of Karnataka’s Covid-19 deathsThe data, compiled and analysed by the state’s Covid Critical Care Support Unit, emphasises on the need for early and strong medical interv...
View: Medical care to the needy cannot be compromised for prolonged periodsWe cannot allow Covid-19 to distort the overall picture of India’s disease profile. Also, it’s important to remember that despite making pr...
Lt Governor's 5-day mandatory quarantine order done away with: AAP govt to Delhi HCThe petition had challenged Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's June 19 order for a five-day institutional quarantine for all asymptomatic CO...
Delhi govt issues revised order on home isolationThe Delhi govt has issued a revised order stating that the novel coronavirus patients who do not have comorbidities or require hospitalisat...
Maharashtra issues directives to hospitals as Covid-19 cases mountThese directives will come into force from 10 am on May 2, 2020 as Maharashtra chief secretary took note of reports of hospitals turning aw...