Tool created to help kidney patients decide on transplant
Johns Hopkins scientists have created a free, Web-based tool to help patients decide whether it’s best to accept an immediately […]
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Pioneer behind Polio vaccine dies at 96
Dr Hilary Koprowski, the Polish-born virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his […]
Delhi High Court seeks Glenmark’s response by May 22
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Indian pharmaceutical company Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on an appeal by the US […]
Deadline for pharma barcodes extended
The government has extended the deadline for one more year to affix barcodes on primary level packaging by pharmaceutical companies […]
New device to detect GI cancers
A prototype of an advanced multi-bending cholangioscope (which allows visual diagnosis) developed jointly by Indian and Japanese healthcare researchers is […]
National Safe Motherhood Day – April 11, 2013
Factfile India ranks 75 out of 77 middle income countries on the […]
Verifying Software Safety In Surgical Robots
Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines […]
Risk posed by lung nodules identified by new software
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a […]
EU introduces a black symbol to identify medicines undergoing additional monitoring
An inverted triangle will shortly appear on the inside leaflet of certain medicinal products on the EU market, following a […]
Apex Court Ruling Brings Happiness to Bihar’s Conjoined Twins
The Supreme Court ruling that did away with the option of a surgery to separate them and directed the state […]
What will the next 5 years bring for health IT?
Three health IT prognosticators, who in 2005 foresaw widespread adoption of electronic health records, recently published their latest predictions for […]
AYUSH warns homoeopathy colleges to shape up or shut down
Shape up or close down — that is the stern warning issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family […]
Dr.Reddy’s to set up R & D centre in New Jersey
Dr. Reddys Laboratories (DRL) has announced plans to establish a research and development centre in Princeton, New Jersey. DRL has […]
