Health
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Health insurance: Pre-existing diseases rules changed, to benefit policyholders
In a bid to make health insurance more simple and customer-friendly, the insurance regulator recently amended the definition of pre-existing diseases. The Insurance…
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Revealed: how drugs giants can access your health records
Sources allege that ‘anonymous’ data can be traced back to specific surgeries and individual patients. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian The…
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New mothers in England to receive health check six weeks after giving birth
The health check on mothers will be separate to the six-week check that all babies already have. Photograph: Image Source/Getty…
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World Health Organization holds press conference on coronavirus outbreak
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How menopause affects blood vessel health
New research suggests that menopause is likely to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease — in part because the pace…
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Mental health: Crowds gather at Stormont to call for better services
About 200 people have gathered at a protest at Stormont to call for better mental health provisions in Northern Ireland.…
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Is India equipped to handle health epidemics like coronavirus?
With crumbling health infrastructure due to an overburden of diseases in the country, India’s preparedness for handling epidemics such as…
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Statement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
The meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the…
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Lloyds boss: Mental health issues can break lives
Firms that ignore mental health issues risk “breaking employees’ lives and families”, the boss of Lloyds Banking Group has warned.…
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Are health care claims overblown about artificial intelligence?
Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots. IBM boasted that its…
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