Health

Patients afflicted by the dreaded disease cancer require a lot of care and support and not everyone can afford it. Now Bagchi-Karunashraya Palliative Care Centre in Bhubaneswar, Odisha has decided …

India today lost a well-known personality of the medical fraternity, Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis, who was the pioneer of oral rehydration therapy. In ORT oral rehydration solution which has sugar and …

After the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups used for paediatric groups, the country’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has launched an …

Last weekend Gujarat witnessed for the first time not one but two uterine transplants in a span of nine hours. These operations were carried out by doctors from Pune. The …

Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc have announced that their experimental Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline in the early stages of the disease in a large trial …

In a successful surgery, doctors at Noida’s Fortis Hospital treated a one-day-old newborn baby suffering from a rare brain condition in which there was a swollen lump on its neck. …

A research paper published by the country’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has found that the anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug BGR-34 is effective in cutting down obesity along …

In an attempt to help accident victims in remote rural areas, a van christened “Limbs on Wheels” was flagged off in Mumbai.  This customised van is completely equipped with all …

Chief Executive Officer of Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) Mr Ravi Dadhich launched Sitagliptin a new variant of medicines for diabetes today at affordable prices for all …

It is no easy task to be a caregiver for senior citizens, the specially-abled and those who are recuperating from surgery or illness like Covid-19. While one may be inclined …

Lives of two accident patients changed thanks to the organ donation by another two victims. It is a heart-warming story of Vinod and Ambili whose donation of arms has given …

Union health ministry has dropped 26 medicines in the new revised National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) including ranitidine as scientists have found that it contains elements that may cause …

Aiming to unlock the huge potential and provide a fillip to Sowa Rigpa – a Tibetan traditional medical system that dates back to more than 2,000 years – the Government …

The Serum Institute of India and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) are set to launch India’s first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against Cervical Cancer on September 1. …

In what can be described as a landmark initiative in the sphere of inclusivity, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s National …

In a first of its kind initiative, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) task force has set-up a scientific study on the incidence, mortality, morbidity and socio-economic burden of snakebite …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital at Faridabad today. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that as the country is entering the Amrit Kaal and …

In a move to provide distinct and specific names to all the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in the country, including the one in the Capital, the Government has decided …

Delhi’s IBS Hospital now enjoys the singular distinction of launching the first brain mapping device connectomics/Quicktome in India. The introduction of personalised brain mapping will help in making treatment of …

<p> The Supreme Court has taken serious note of the allegation that the pharma company manufacturing Dolo-65, a tablet prescribed for fever, has spent over Rs 1000 crore on freebies …

<p> The national capital on Monday logged 1,227 new Covid-19 cases while another 8 more people died due to the disease, according to data compiled by the city’s health department.</p> …