Can AI offer the comfort of a therapist? – ET HealthWorld

Can AI offer the comfort of a therapist? – ET HealthWorld

One evening, feeling overwhelmed, 24-year-old Delhi resident Nisha Popli typed, “You’re my psychiatrist now,” into ChatGPT. Since then, she’s relied on the AI tool to process her thoughts and seek mental support. “I started using it in late 2024, especially after I paused therapy due to costs. It’s been a steady support for six months … Read more

Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay offer

Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay offer

Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Junior doctors have taken part in 11 separate strikes in the past two years Doctors in England are threatening strike action after they were handed a 4% pay rise. The British Medical Association (BMA), the union representing doctors, said the increase – effective from 1 April – was “derisory” … Read more

Former diplomat declines Trinamool Congress MP’s offer to settle defamation suit in Delhi High Court

Former diplomat declines Trinamool Congress MP’s offer to settle defamation suit in Delhi High Court

File picture of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale. | Photo Credit: PTI TMC MP Saket Gokhale on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) expressed his willingness before the Delhi High Court to settle issues with former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, to whom he has been asked to apologise and pay ₹50 lakh as damages in a defamation … Read more

AI-based GPT to offer real-time validated health content to counter misinformation – ET HealthWorld

AI-based GPT to offer real-time validated health content to counter misinformation – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Humeta.AI, a specialist health communication GPT would deliver credible, real-time and regulatory-compliant information in a landscape overwhelmed by misinformation, said its developer, an artificial intelligence health content platform. It offers real-time, multi-format, multi-lingual, and validated content thereby transforming healthcare communication, Swadeep Srivastava, founder and managing director, HealthPresso said in a statement. It is … Read more

Kejriwal, Mann offer prayers at Golden Temple on completion of three years of AAP govt in Punjab

Kejriwal, Mann offer prayers at Golden Temple on completion of three years of AAP govt in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal with Sunita Kejriwal at the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, Sunday, March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday (March 16, 2025) offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the completion of three … Read more

Multiple Sclerosis: NHS to offer take-at-home tablet

Multiple Sclerosis: NHS to offer take-at-home tablet

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) will soon be offered a “take at home” tablet to manage their condition, sparing them hospital visits for injections or infusions. Cladribine can help people with the active relapsing-remitting version of the disease, as well as … Read more

NHS to offer ‘groundbreaking’ sickle cell gene therapy

NHS to offer ‘groundbreaking’ sickle cell gene therapy

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News BBC Asiawu Imam says the therapy will make a huge difference A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England. About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely to receive … Read more