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Health ministry proposes faster approvals for medical device manufacturing licencesThe Union health ministry is proposing to significantly cut down the time taken to issue manufacturing licenses for medical devices. Aimed ...
India's pharma supply chain remains 65 per cent dependent on China for critical inputs: NITI AayogIndia's pharmaceutical sector, despite being the "pharmacy of the world," faces significant reliance on China for raw materials, with nearl...
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...
Concord Biotech shares jump 8% on USFDA nod for Mycophenolate Mofetil oral suspensionConcord Biotech shares saw a significant jump on Wednesday. This surge followed the company's announcement of receiving approval from the U...
An SNL 'All Drug Olympics?' Not quite. But these Enhanced Games are no jokeThe "Enhanced Games" in Las Vegas allows athletes to use performance enhancers, aiming to challenge mainstream sports' anti-doping efforts ...
How amendments to anti-doping act can change search and seizure dynamicsNew anti-doping laws propose empowering officers to search and detain individuals in public for up to 24 hours, aiming to curb banned subst...
Indian pharma firms flood west Africa with powerful opioids despite crackdown: AFP investigationIndian pharmaceutical firms are exporting millions of dollars worth of powerful tapentadol opioids to West Africa, fueling a deadly drugs e...
Fractal bets big on enterprise AI despite TMT weakness dragging revenue growthAnalytics firm Fractal sees robust enterprise AI growth, with banking and life sciences booming at 40% and 80% respectively. Despite a dip ...
No gym, no equipment, no sweat: This 800-year-old Chinese exercise is quietly fixing high blood pressureAn 800-year-old Chinese exercise once practiced quietly in parks and public squares is now drawing global attention after scientists discov...
Experimental pancreatic cancer drug appears to dramatically improve one year survival ratesA groundbreaking study published in Nature Medicine reveals that the experimental drug Elraglusib, when combined with standard chemotherapy...
We hear Indian athletes running away when there's doping control: International Testing Agency headThe International Testing Agency (ITA) has raised concerns about doping in India. Athletes are reportedly receiving advance notice of tests...
Mumbai watermelon case update: Stunning twist as no additives found in fruit by FDA, focus shifts to poison angleMumbai watermelon case: Investigations into the deaths of a Mumbai family have ruled out food adulteration, with FDA tests finding no conta...
Gurgaon tragedy: 29-year-old man invites fiancee over, tries sex-enhancing drug and dies of overdoseA 29-year-old man from Nagpur, working with the Quality Council of India in New Delhi, was found dead in his rented PG flat in Gurugram’s S...
Airbus C295 lands on Purvanchal Expressway as part of IAF emergency drillAirbus landing on highway: The exercise was organised to assess the expressway’s potential as an alternative runway during times of war or ...
India 'extremely high' doping risk: Athletics Integrity UnitIndia has been elevated to a list of nations including Russia where there is an "extremely high" risk of doping, the Athletics Integrity Un...
Steroid side effect? Viral Brazilian fitness enthusiast who joined body building to lose weight dies at 19 due to heart attackBrazilian bodybuilder Matheus Pavlak, 19, who gained fame for his transformation from obesity, was found dead at home, reportedly due to a ...
Andhra Pradesh breeders feeding roosters Shilajit, Viagra & Steroids to prepare them for cockfightsWith the upcoming Sankranti celebrations, breeders are desperate to revitalize their birds, which have been weakened by a viral disease. Wh...
- NFL-League clears Harrison, Peppers, Matthews of doping links
NFL-DOPING/:NFL-League clears Harrison, Peppers, Matthews of doping links
Effect of performance-enhancing drugs is due to placebo effectPerformance-enhancing drugs can improve a runner's best time even when they haven't taken them, thanks to the placebo effect which increase...
- Dopey on Dope?
Several of India’s star athletes are in disgrace because traces of performance enhancing drugs have been found in their blood.