Smartphone addiction among children under the age of 10, is known to be detrimental for the eyes. However, doctors on Saturday warned that spending excessive time on the device may worsen physical health and cause a host of behavioural issues.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
Britain's medical regulator on Thursday apologised for its past disciplinary action against gay doctors, some of whom had their careers ended by convictions based on now-repealed homophobic laws. The General Medical Council said it had considered cases against around 40 practitioners and said at least eight were struck off the medical register before 1966. Britain decriminalised sex between men in England and Wales in 1967.
The health condition of the newborn girl, who was rescued from an abandoned borewell in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Tuesday evening, is stable and out of danger, doctors said.
Bangladeshi doctors said Monday opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at "high risk" of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a plea to let her leave the country.