HEALTH NEWS


Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 31 March 2025
Dabur India Ltd has told the Bombay High Court that it will withdraw terms like "anti-inflammatory," "anti-bacterial," and "analgesic" from the labels of its two toothpaste products, Dabur Meswak Toothpaste and Dabur Herb1 Anti-Bacterial Toothpaste Tulsi, with effect from June 2025. (Dabur...

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Health insurance is something we all recognise as necessary, but few of us truly understand its complexities. Given its cost, one would expect transparency; yet, policies remain opaque. Most people buy insurance based on recommendations, the premium amount, or what an agent tells them—often...

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Akshay Naik 28 March 2025
A new study has confirmed that exercise of any kind—whether a brisk morning jog or a session of Tai Chi—can significantly enhance brain function and memory across all age groups. Researchers at the University of South Australia conducted the most extensive review of its kind, analysing data...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 26 March 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for the stricter enforcement of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, and set a two-month deadline for States to set up mechanisms to receive complaints against misleading advertisements of medicines and cures (Indian...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 25 March 2025
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed an interim injunction application filed by Swiss pharmaceutical giant F Hoffmann-La Roche AG against Indian drugmaker Natco Pharma Limited alleging that the latter company was unauthorisedly manufacturing its drug Risdiplam, an oral medicine for Spinal...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 March 2025
The Union government will soon release a standardised format for hospital bills applicable to all clinical establishments, including hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres, says a report from New Indian Express.     The report says the standard being developed by the Bureau of Indian...

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Ummar Jamal (Bar  and   Bench) 19 March 2025
The Supreme Court recently urged State governments to take a policy call on how to curb unreasonable charges and the exploitation of patients in private hospitals (Siddharth Dalmia & Anr. vs. Union of India & Ors.).   A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh opined that it may not...

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Ratna Singh (Bar  and   Bench) 04 March 2025
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently directed the Animal Welfare Board, Haryana to investigate dog bite cases in the State and submit an Action Taken Report (ATR).   The incident came to light after a news article published data provided by the Union Minister of Fisheries,...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 25 February 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday took exception to the lack of action by States over their failure to act against misleading medical advertisements (Indian Medical Association v. Union of India).   The Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan emphasised that the Drugs and Magic Remedies...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2025
The Indian government has taken decisive action against Aveo Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Aveo) after a BBC investigation alleged that the company was illegally exporting unapproved opioid combinations to West Africa. The exposé, which included a sting operation, revealed that Aveo was selling a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2025
Maharashtra’s Buldhana district has been gripped by a health crisis, with over 300 residents across 15 villages experiencing sudden and severe hair loss. Initially feared to be a mysterious 'bald virus', experts have now attributed the cause to excessive selenium levels in wheat distributed...

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Giti Pratap (Bar  and   Bench) 19 February 2025
Amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that a concerning level of faecal coliform, an indicator of sewage contamination, was found in the river water in which Kumbh Mela pilgrims bathe.   The...

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Charu Bahri (IndiaSpend) 10 February 2025
In November 2024, a 32-year-old male resident of Delhi was rushed to a nursing home for shortness of breath and fever. He was treated with carbapenem, a high-end antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections, but showed no improvement over the next 48 hours. On the contrary, he developed...

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Bar  and   Bench 03 February 2025
The Karnataka government has ordered the establishment of medical boards in state hospitals to process requests for dignified deaths through execution of living wills of terminally ill patients, Indian Express reported.    This decision follows a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that recognized the...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 09 January 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to formulate a scheme for cashless medical treatment for motor accident victims in the "golden hour" period mandated under law (S Rajasekaran v. Union of India).   The golden hour is the the first 60 minutes after a traumatic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 January 2025
Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava has emphasised that there is no cause for concern for the public from the human metapneumovirus – HMPV.    During a virtual meeting with states and Union Territories (UTs), the health secretary reviewed the present situation of respiratory...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 January 2025
The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has directed that claim settlement should be done immediately or within an hour to ensure no delay in discharge from the hospital. However, six in ten health insurance policy owners surveyed who filed a claim in the past three...

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Nushaiba Iqbal (IndiaSpend) 31 December 2024
This year, India recorded more cases of chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis compared to 2023, while dengue and malaria cases are showing up well beyond the usual months. A strain of encephalitis-causing virus called the Chandipura virus (CHPV) caused an outbreak in Gujarat, Maharashtra,...

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It has been over 30 years since Japanese auto manufacturing company Denso Wave first used the quick response (QR) code. Initially, QR codes were used for high-speed scanning and tracking of components during the assembly process. However, as it happens with every new technology or design,...

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Menaka Rao (IndiaSpend) 16 December 2024
About 45% of households with tuberculosis (TB) patients suffered catastrophic costs--defined here as expenditure that is more than 20% of annual household income, a new study published this week in the journal Global Health Research and Policy showed. The poorest households, and those who are...

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