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'Fake it till you make it' attitude may backfire with co-workers: Study

The researchers sought to know whether people choose to engage in emotion regulation when interacting with their co-workers

Finishing a marathon can spruce up arteries, make them flexible: Study

The study finds that training for and finishing a marathon can spruce up arteries, leaving them more flexible, healthy and biologically younger than before, even if runners are older or slow

Metropolis Healthcare leads diagnostics pack on higher realisation

Expansion, raising share of B2C network to help improve margins

How India can prepare to take care of its senior citizens using tech

As a nation we need to focus on capacity building at the systemic level in order to use technology to successfully address the needs of our ageing population

Intravenous TB vaccination more effective than other methods: Study

In a study, published in the journal Nature, the scientists showed that simply changing the way the vaccine is administered could dramatically boost its protective power

B&L improves customer service; moves 6k retailers to connected supply chain

Bausch & Lomb is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of eye care products and lenses in the world. A market leader in India, Bausch & Lomb also took the initiative to be the first in the industry to implement Bizom's retailer app to create more visibility around order fulfilment, to service customers better and to reduce delivery time.Bausch & Lomb's technological approach to improve customer service by connecting its warehouses and distributors to retail partners through Bizom's retailer app.Despite having a lion's market share in both lens care and contact lens segments, B & L realised that it needed to further improve its customer service. Primarily, to provide visibility and clarity of their delivery time to maintain its pole position in the lens and lens care market.It was imperative to put in place a solution that would give them real-time visibility on orders so that they could, in turn, provide delivery schedules instantly to retailers.B & L, .

Price hike, at last

Govt should not control drug prices

PM Jan Arogya Yojna: ICMR drafts treatment guidelines for better healthcare

New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): In order to provide better healthcare facilities, the National Health Authority (NHA) has adopted the Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) for their claim at adjudication. These STGs have been framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research Institute (ICMR).For this, NHA and ICMR are continuously discussing the modalities and strategies to develop the adoption and implementation of STGs in the Aysuhman Bharat-Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), which is the biggest healthcare scheme in the world that provides a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to around 50 crore poor and vulnerable individuals."So far, the ICMR has developed STGs for 30 treatment modalities like cataract, COPD, hysterectomy, hemodialysis, emergency management of ureteric stones, respiratory failure due to any cause, PTCA, systemic thrombolysis, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), low cardiac output IABP inspection post-operatively, asthma, epilepsy, stroke, D & C

Need to mutually solve climate change, strive for holistic growth: Kovind

The President made the remarks at the Lakshmipat Singhania-IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards ceremony here.

Patients to fake websites: One year of Ayushman Bharat reviewed in numbers

The scheme is being used for secondary care more than tertiary care

Ayushman Bharat working to identify those left out, says CEO Indu Bhushan

In the first year, the momentum has been quite good and we are quite pleased with the way the scheme has rolled out, says Bhushan

India's sugar demand takes a beating over slowdown, health concerns

Global sugar consumption is expected to climb 1.3 per cent in the 2019-20 season, slightly below the five-year average, the International Sugar Organization said in a report

Caring about air

There is a larger question here about health and politics that we must engage with

Low health care expenditure to impact risk-pooling model: NITI Aayog

Think tank plans building up system for middle class, which isn't covered under any health scheme

Bill Gates explains what India needs for quality healthcare system

Gates said one of the "great triumphs" of the Indian health system was the elimination of polio

This self-help group is revolutionising healthcare, treatment in villages

The folks at Uplift Mutuals realised that sudden medical events often pushed families into poverty

CavinKare chairman CK Ranganathan ventures into animal hospital chain

We look to establish the hospital across the globe, said Ranganathan, also a professional bird breeder

Expensive child healthcare? Family floater health plan can be your saviour

Some insurers may allow adding child to family floater health plan any time, otherwise do it at the time of renewal

Medical council report is not binding

National Commission has observed that administering injectable or oral iron should be generally avoided, according to the Indian Society of Nephrology's guidelines

Fable is working to improve cognitive fitness, says CEO Padmasree Warrior

The application of AI and blockchain is going to reshape the financial services sector. Health tech is going to be reshaped too, says Warrior