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WHO Launches Health & Heritage Innovations Open Call to Empower Traditional Medicine: A Boost for India’s AYUSH Systems

The World Health Organization’s Global Traditional Medicine Centre has unveiled the Health & Heritage Innovations Open Call (H2I), a landmark initiative to support innovative solutions rooted in Traditional Medicine (TM) and Indigenous knowledge systems around the world. This initiative is especially significant for India, a country with one of the richest heritages of traditional medicine […]

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Life-Saving Heart Pumps Vulnerable to Cyberattacks: FDA Orders recall of Abiomed’s Impella controller

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Class I early alert on October 9, 2025 for Abiomed’s Automated Impella Controller, warning that cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the device’s operating system could allow hackers to seize control of life-sustaining heart pumps and potentially cause serious injury or death. The recall affects all U.S. models and serial numbers of the critical

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“Planning to Go for Ozempic?”: SRK’s Joke Exposes Bollywood’s Deadly Weight Loss Drug Obsession—82 UK Deaths, Kidney Damage, and Thyroid Cancer Risks

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Synopsis: Shah Rukh Khan publicly teased Karan Johar about suspected Ozempic use at the 70th Filmfare Awards on October 11, 2025—marking the first time a major Bollywood A-lister called out weight loss drug use at an industry event—just as alarming data reveals 82 UK deaths linked to GLP-1 medications, kidney damage, pancreatitis, muscle loss up

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Neuralink Hits Major Milestone: 10,000 on Waiting List as First Human Trial Data Submitted for Peer Review

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Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink reached two significant milestones in October 2025: submitting its first peer-reviewed scientific paper containing human trial data and announcing that 10,000 people have joined the waiting list for its experimental brain implant. The dual announcements signal the company’s transition from secretive startup to a more transparent medical device developer,

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Microplastics Crisis in India: Groundbreaking Study Shows Gut Changes Linked to Depression, Cancer, and Parkinson’s Disease

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Microplastics—plastic particles smaller than 5mm commonly found in the environment—can alter the human gut microbiome, with some changes resembling patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer, according to groundbreaking research presented at UEG Week 2025 in Berlin on October 7, 2025. The study, conducted within the framework of microONE, a pioneering COMET Module programme project

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MIT’s CAR-NK cell Cancer Therapy Destroys Tumors Without Immune Rejection

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Scientists at MIT and Harvard Medical School have engineered advanced immune cells that can destroy cancer while avoiding attack from the body’s own immune defenses, potentially revolutionizing cancer treatment with faster, safer, and more accessible therapies. The breakthrough, published in Nature Communications on October 8, 2025, addresses one of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy: immune rejection.

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Tiger Woods Undergoes Seventh Back Surgery: Lumbar Disc Replacement at L4-L5 Level

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Golf legend Tiger Woods announced his seventh back surgery on Saturday, October 11, 2025, undergoing a lumbar disc replacement procedure to address severe spinal deterioration and chronic pain that had limited his mobility. The 49-year-old athlete revealed he had the surgery performed on Friday, October 10, at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York,

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Union Minister Lauds CMC Vellore’s Hemophilia Gene Therapy Breakthrough

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Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh on October 10, 2025, lauded Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore and the Centre for Stem Cell Research (CSCR) for completing India’s first-in-human gene therapy trial for Hemophilia A—a breakthrough that could transform treatment for the country’s 1.36 lakh hemophilia patients. Speaking at the 10th Annual “Cell

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AI ‘Epilepsy Detective’ Detects Tiny Brain Lesions Missed in 80% of Children, Offers Hope for Surgical Cure

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An advanced artificial intelligence tool can detect tiny brain lesions causing severe epilepsy in children with up to 94% accuracy, offering faster diagnosis and potentially life-changing surgical treatment for thousands of young patients previously told their scans were normal. The breakthrough “AI epilepsy detective,” developed by researchers at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and The

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Nepal Launches Mass Vaccination Drive as Cholera Outbreak Claims 4 Lives, Infects Over 1,800

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Nepal is preparing to administer over one million doses of oral cholera vaccine in response to the country’s worst cholera outbreak since 2009, which has claimed at least four lives and infected more than 1,800 people across the southern Madhesh Province. Outbreak Origins and Spread The cholera outbreak began on August 22, 2025, in Murali

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