'We are so grateful': Indian-origin teen first to get UK's life-changing cancer treatment

Treating 100,000 cancer patients in England with innovative treatments through the Cancer Drugs Fund is a fantastic milestone for the health service to reach, and testament to the hard work of oncologists and their teams across the country," said Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director

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Health dept to prepare SOP for timely payment to firms

Since the government has not developed its CT scan, MRI and dialysis centres in most of the government hospitals, it is taking help of private firms by signing MoUs with them to provide the facilities to the patients on public private partnership in government hospitals.

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Researchers find how skin biomarkers in infants can predict early development of food allergies

Findings of the study published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology's March 2024 issue, skin tape strips were taken from babies' forearms when they were just two months old--a time before any indication of a food allergy could be seen. The skin tape sampling method was created by experts at National Jewish Health, and it is soft and noninvasive for these very young patients. The lipids and surface proteins on the skin attach to the tape, which is subsequently removed to examine the specifics.

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Hair straightening may damage kidneys, finds a study; Woman suffers kidney failure, skin burn after straightening

According to the study, the 26-year-old woman underwent the popular hair treatment in June 2020, April 2021, and July 2022. Despite having no prior health concerns, she began experiencing adverse symptoms after each visit to the salon, including vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and back pain. Additionally, she reported a burning sensation on her scalp during the treatment and developed ulcers on her head.

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UnitedHealth Group paid over $3.3 bln to care providers hit by cyberattacks

It was attacked on Feb. 21 by a hacking group calling itself "ALPHV" - also known as "BlackCat" - causing a cash crunch at small healthcare providers along with disruption from which the largest U.S. health insurer could take months to fully recover.

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Safety Of Girl Students: Med Colleges, Hosps Told To Ensure Functional CCTVs

In a direction issued to the medical superintendents, medical directors, dean, directors and principals of hospitals and medical colleges under Delhi govt, a special secretary of health department also directed that video feeds of these cameras should be stored safely.

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Cholesterol-lowering pill sparks scare in Japan after 2 deaths, over 100 hospitalisations

According to a report by news agency Kyodo, there have been two fatalities and over 100 hospitalizations suspected to be linked to the consumption of red yeast rice supplements produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., aimed at reducing cholesterol levels. One death was attributed to kidney disease following prolonged use of "beni-koji" supplements, while the second death was confirmed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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