Regulator Drugs Controller General of India finds 49 drug samples not of standard quality

Regulator Drugs Controller General of India finds 49 drug samples not of standard quality

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: AP India’s drugs regulator on Friday (October 25, 2024) directed manufacturers of 49 medicines to recall their products after samples were found to be “not of standard quality”. Also, action has been initiated to book the makers of four spurious drugs.  Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Rajeev … Read more

Need medicine in hospital? Study finds how often IT flaws lead to wrong drug or dose – ET HealthWorld

Need medicine in hospital? Study finds how often IT flaws lead to wrong drug or dose – ET HealthWorld

Sydney: Every time you are prescribed medicine in hospital a computer will prompt your doctor about the appropriateness of the medicine and its dose. Every time health professionals update patient records on the computer they need to fill in the appropriate information in the correct spot, or choose an option from a drop-down menu. But … Read more

Corruption review finds ‘red flags’ in more than 130 Covid contracts

Corruption review finds ‘red flags’ in more than 130 Covid contracts

An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during the Covid pandemic, equivalent to one in every £3 spent. Transparency International UK found 135 “high-risk” contracts with at least three red flags – warning signs of a risk of corruption. Twenty-eight contracts worth £4.1bn … Read more

ASI finds Eastern Ganga king Anantadeva Varma’s inscriptions in Vizianagaram district

ASI finds Eastern Ganga king Anantadeva Varma’s inscriptions in Vizianagaram district

Eastern Ganga King Anantadeva Varmas inscription was found by ASI authorities near Jami of Vizianagaram district. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Archaeological Survey of India’s Epigraphy wing Director K.Muniratnam Reddy said that inscriptions of Eastern Ganga King Anantadeva Varma were found in Jami of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh. According to him, the inscriptions dated … Read more

Northumberland research finds blood can be safely moved by drones

Northumberland research finds blood can be safely moved by drones

Apian Ltd/PA Wire The drones travelled 68km (42 miles) over the Northumberland coastline Drones can be safely used to deliver urgent blood stocks between hospitals, a new project suggests. Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) sent 10 identical blood packs from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Wansbeck Hospital to Alnwick Infirmary in Northumberland and … Read more

Nottingham attacks: Review of killer’s care finds ‘a series of errors’

Nottingham attacks: Review of killer’s care finds ‘a series of errors’

Nottinghamshire Police Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings A review has found “a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements” in the care of a killer who stabbed three people to death in the Nottingham attacks. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old Ian Coates were killed by … Read more

Wayanad landslides: Kerala Forest department’s search of Soochipara waterfalls finds four bodies 

Wayanad landslides: Kerala Forest department’s search of Soochipara waterfalls finds four bodies 

Landslide survivors join the search operations at disaster-hit Chooralmala in Wayanad in Kerala on August 9 morning. | Photo Credit: E.M. Manoj A Kerala Forest department’s search and rescue team on Friday (August 9, 2024) located four bodies, one mangled beyond recognition, downstream of Soochipara waterfalls some distance away from the landslide-hit localities in Vythiri … Read more

AI based blood test can predict Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms, finds study – ET HealthWorld

AI based blood test can predict Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms, finds study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The findings of a new study has brought good news to a field of medical science which can benefit 10 million people across the globe. We are talking about Parkinson’s disease, the world’s fastest growing neurodegenerative disorder. The study has been published in Nature Communications. A team of researchers, led by scientists at … Read more

As demand for Mysore silk soars, KSIC finds it hard to keep up despite increased production

As demand for Mysore silk soars, KSIC finds it hard to keep up despite increased production

Mysore Silk saris have always been a favourite among women for their unique sheen and texture, but of late, due to extensive publicity for the GI-tagged pure silk product on social media and other factors, sales have skyrocketed, leading to a shortfall in supply. According to data provided by Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Limited (KSIC), … Read more