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Mounjaro maker wants NHS drug price rises in return for more investment in UK
US firm Eli Lilly, which is also pushing for end to rebate scheme, optimistic about talks with ministersThe US pharmaceutical group behind the Mounjaro weight-loss drug has said it will unpause its UK investments if ministers agree to regularly increase NHS drug prices and end a rebate scheme.Patrik...
You may be breathing wrong all day: Doctors explain how it affects your brain& heart
Did you know that many of us are caught in a cycle of shallow breathing? This pattern doesn’t just leave us feeling anxious—it can also affect our cognitive abilities and heart health. Dr. Sushil Gupta highlights that shallow breaths can activate our fight-or-flight response, making it hard to conce...
Research gives 15 reasons to tell everyone that why using ChatGPT as therapist can be dangerous
AI chatbots like ChatGPT pose significant risks for mental health support, a Brown University study revealed. Researchers identified 15 key dangers, including poor crisis management, deceptive empathy, and potential discrimination. Unlike human therapists, AI lacks professional oversight and account...
Dhurandhar 2 demolishes 9-year box office record of Baahubali 2 in North America
Dhurandhar demolishes year box office record of Baahubali in North America
Ground Report: Inside Israel's war-ready emergency medical nerve centre
Ground Report Inside Israels warready emergency medical nerve centre
Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented
Pregnancy, contraception and menopause to be coveredGroundbreaking changes an ‘incredibly welcome’ stepFemale athletes are to benefit from a major breakthrough in insurance cover for pregnancy, contraception, menopause and other health conditions, as part of the implementation of recommendations in...
Mary Beth passes away at the age of 78
Mary Beth Hurt passed away at the age of 78. On March 28, Saturday, the famous actress died at the age of 78, after a decade-long battle with Alzhemir’s. The news of Mary’s death was announced by her daughter, Molly Schrader, on Instagram on Sunday, and the demise was also confirmed by Mary’s...
Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say
A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists sayActivists and lawyers in Africa are calling for urgent action to protect women, girls and boys as digital violence surges across the c...
Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars
Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood”, in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Addressing tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration that opens the...
Heavy AI users report mental burnout from ‘babysitting’ models
Heavy users of artificial intelligence have reported being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and on top of the technology designed to make their lives easier. Too many lines of code to analyse, armies of AI assistants to wrangle and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI...
Innovent Biologics Bullish on China Obesity Drug Outlook
Innovent Biologics has reported its first profit even as competition from weight-loss generics looms. Speaking exclusively to Bloomberg's "The China Show," CFO Rachel You says China's obesity drug market has massive potential and could mirror current penetration rates in the US. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hong Kong’s autism support services are fragmented. Can the private sector help?
In the first of a series on challenges facing Hong Kong’s growing autistic population, Fiona Sun examines how the city can mobilise stronger support from the private sector to turn systemic hurdles into opportunities. Hong Kong parent Raymond Lam Yiu-wah says caring for his five-year-old autistic so...
India accounts for 1 in 10 global maternal deaths: Lancet report
India’s long-term numbers reflect both progress and persistent gaps. Maternal deaths fell sharply from about 1.19 lakh in 1990 to 36,900 in 2015 and further to 24,700 in 2023. And the maternal mortality ratio declined from 508 in 1990 to 116 per one lakh live births in 2023, indicating substantial g...
Over 60 fall ill after consuming temple prasad near Bengaluru
Over fall ill after consuming temple prasad near Bengaluru
Li Ka-shing’s CK Life unit eyes China fast track for cancer vaccine pipeline
CK Life Sciences, a unit of Li Ka-shing-backed CK Group, plans to bring its cancer vaccine candidates to mainland China through a “fast track” channel as Beijing moves to accelerate early-stage drug development. “We are planning to run investigator-initiated trials [IITs], hopefully, in the next yea...
NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service
Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in EnglandIn the Great Hall at the University of East London last Wednesday, the perennially upbeat Wes Streeting was ex...
PTI raises alarm over Bushra Bibi’s eyesight, Seeks Hospital Transfer
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the immediate transfer of the founder’s wife, Bushra Bibi, from Adiala Jail to a hospital for medical treatment, citing serious health concerns. Bushra Bibi— Latest News In a statement, the party expressed alarm over reports that Bushra Bi...
Incyte’s skin disease drug shows long-term symptom relief
Incyte said on Saturday its experimental skin disease drug showed long-term reduction of symptoms in two late-stage trials. The company tested the drug, povorcitinib, in patients with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic skin disease that causes painful lumps, abscesses and scarr...
'Right steps' point to a healthier China
China's emphasis on innovation in recent years has led to more opportunities for global clinical development and research programs to be conducted in the country, something that has benefited its people, says a leading executive at a top German pharmaceutical company.
NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in England
Exclusive: Health secretary’s pledges in doubt as analysis shows health service will not deliver key improvementsThe NHS is set to miss key targets to shorten waiting times for help at A&E, cancer care and planned hospital treatment, leaving millions of patients facing persistently long delays.T...