NICE asks GPs to identify potential gambling addicts

NICE asks GPs to identify potential gambling addicts

Annabel Rackham Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Health watchdog NICE is asking doctors and other healthcare professionals to identify patients at risk of gambling addiction GPs and other healthcare professionals in England should help identify potential problem gambling, in the same way they look for alcohol and smoking addiction, new guidance says. In its … Read more

India yet to realise the full potential of digital health; crucial to develop models for their extension to rural India: DCGI – ET HealthWorld

India yet to realise the full potential of digital health; crucial to develop models for their extension to rural India: DCGI – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: As digital technology is dominating the discourse of contemporary and future healthcare solutions, the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has stressed that India is yet to fully realise that potential and it is crucial to develop models that ensure Digital Health solutions extend to rural India.” “Currently, most digital health solutions are concentrated … Read more

Probe on into unnatural death of Kerala teen, potential role of online games being looked into

Probe on into unnatural death of Kerala teen, potential role of online games being looked into

The Ernakulam Rural police continue to probe the unnatural death of a 15-year-old boy in his house within the Nedumbassery police limits in Kerala last week. The boy was found hanging in his room on Friday evening. The investigation team led by Aluva DySP is looking into all possibilities, including potentially hazardous online games where … Read more

Experts urge Kerala to tap e-mobility potential

Experts urge Kerala to tap e-mobility potential

Panelists at the International Energy Festival of Kerala 2024 have urged the State to fully explore e-mobility solutions. Small electric buses and micromobility options like e-bicycles and mopeds are cheaper and eco-friendly compared to conventional transportation systems, they opined. D. Dhanuraj, founder chairman, Centre for Public Policy Research said Kerala should promote electric ‘share autos’ … Read more

Steps to be taken to utilise untapped potential of floriculture, says Agriculture Minister

Steps to be taken to utilise untapped potential of floriculture, says Agriculture Minister

A cultural procession heralding the beginning of ‘Poopoli – 2024’, an international flower show and agri-fest being organised jointly by the Kerala Agricultural University and the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare enters the Poopoli ground of the Regional Agricultural Research Station at Ambalavayal in Wayanad on January 1. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT … Read more

AI has great potential to enhance patient outcomes, promote preventive actions: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

AI has great potential to enhance patient outcomes, promote preventive actions: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changing force in the healthcare sector that is vital to the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses and weight loss. With the introduction of AI technology, a new era of data-driven, personalised healthcare has begun. This technology has the potential to greatly enhance patient outcomes and promote … Read more

P.P. Mukundan, a pragmatist whose potential BJP failed to harness in Kerala politics

P.P. Mukundan, a pragmatist whose potential BJP failed to harness in Kerala politics

Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan pays last respects to BJP leader P.P. Mukundan at RSS office in Kochi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTI If one considers the late Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue P. Parameswaran as a theoretician, then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader P.P. Mukundan, who passed … Read more

Mirrorlights: AI identifies potential drug candidates to address human aging – ET HealthWorld

Mirrorlights: AI identifies potential drug candidates to address human aging – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) guided screening has identified three anti-aging drug candidates targeting ‘zombie’ cells, a significant milestone for both longevity research, researchers revealed. The team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, described the AI-guided screening of more than 800,000 compounds to reveal three drug … Read more

At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with potential conflicts – ET HealthWorld

At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with potential conflicts – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Elon Musk‘s brain-implant venture has filled an animal-research oversight board with company insiders who may stand to benefit financially as the firm reaches development goals, according to company documents and interviews with six current and former employees. Such oversight boards are required by federal law for organizations experimenting on certain types of animals. … Read more