Crunching disease data
Suppose you are told that thousands of women die from complications of pregnancy and child birth, you may feel that […]
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HIV used to cure two genetic disease
The AIDS virus can be used to treat two severe hereditary diseases. After an Italian scientist’s “stroke of genius” in […]
Healthcare services skewed towards urban centres: Study
The provision of healthcare services in India is skewed toward urban centres and the private sector. Urban residents, who make […]
Dubai unveils golden reason to lose weight
The “Your Weight in Gold” program, which begins Friday registering and weighing participants in different parts of Dubai, will last […]
AIIMS, 8 others pulled up for causing health hazards
The green court on Friday pulled up premier medical institutions in the capital, including the All India Institute of Medical […]
Fake Yellow Fever Vaccine certificates Pose Health Risks
The acute shortage of the yellow fever vaccine combined with a propensity for corruption could be posing a serious public […]
Lifestyle diseases more common among poor than rich in India
The poor in India dont suffer from fewer lifestyle diseases than the rich ” they just dont know it. […]
SMS-based medical prescription facility in pipeline
In order to compensate shortage of doctors, the state government is soon going to introduce SMS-based medicine prescription. The activity […]
Health Ministry to check if Pharma FDI policy mars public health
The health ministry will hold an inter-ministerial meeting on Monday to ensure that the existing foreign direct investment policy in […]
New bill proposes central licensing for some critical drugs
Licences for manufacturing drugs under 17 critical categories will be given only by the Centre and not by states, a […]
Indias first New Drug, SynriamTM, developed by Ranbaxy wins Innovation Award
India’s largest pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has been conferred with the Innovation Excellence Platinum Award at the ASSOCHAM […]
Rogue ads most rampant in healthcare
Misleading or false advertising is most rampant in healthcare and personal care space, accounting for more than half the total […]
Iron Tablets for Anaemic Children in Govt. Schools
In an attempt to combat anaemia among children, all those between 10 and 18 years of age and studying in […]
