G7 live: Raab suggests it was ‘offensive’ for Macron to imply Northern Ireland not full part of UK

G7 live: Raab suggests it was ‘offensive’ for Macron to imply Northern Ireland not full part of UK

Latest updates: UK foreign secretary critical of French president over Brexit as final day of G7 sees attention turn to climate crisis 1.19pm BST Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has said that with Joe Biden US president instead of Donald Trump, the world can address its problems “with a new zest”, Bloomberg reports. “Look, the … Read more

Mobile health tech can aid elderly with heart disease – ET HealthWorld

Mobile health tech can aid elderly with heart disease – ET HealthWorld

New York: Mobile health technology can help induce lifestyle behaviour changes and improve medication adherence among older adults aged 60 and above with existing heart disease, said a statement by the American Heart Association. The scientific statement, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, highlights research from 26 studies from … Read more

Health startups flourish with demand rise in online aid – ET HealthWorld

Health startups flourish with demand rise in online aid – ET HealthWorld

Unlike many ventures in eastern India that are struggling to stay afloat amid an economic slowdown, health startups have mostly escaped the rage of the pandemic, with the rise in the demand for online medical assistance. Most of these startups, having registered a rise in profits, is broadening their horizons and taking up new business … Read more

Experts: COVID Relief Bill Will Aid Children’s Health

Experts: COVID Relief Bill Will Aid Children’s Health

March 9, 2021 — President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief bill includes an expanded child tax credit that would give most families $3,600 a year for each child under age 6 and $3,000 a year for each older child, paid monthly. Experts in social services and pediatric health say the benefit will slash the childhood poverty … Read more

Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses: Study – ET HealthWorld

Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses: Study – ET HealthWorld

Washington: In order to accurately identify patients with a mix of psychotic and depressive symptoms, researchers from the University of Birmingham recently developed a way of using machine learning to do so. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Schizophrenia Bulletin’. Patients with depression or psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one … Read more

Individual health e-records to aid in disease surveillance: Niti paper – ET HealthWorld

Individual health e-records to aid in disease surveillance: Niti paper – ET HealthWorld

Sushmi.Dey New Delhi: The government may consider making individual digital health records the basis for surveillance of various communicable as well as non-communicable diseases over the next 15 years, says a vision document prepared by Niti Aayog on ‘Public Health Surveillance in India by 2035’. Taking a cue from the Covid-19 pandemic when India had … Read more