There is a huge potential for mHealth in India
Dr Arun Varma Vice President & Head Health Initiatives, IL&FS Education Technology ServiceGive us a brief overview of IL& FS […]
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Wal-Mart plans ambitious expansion into medical care
Wal-Mart issued a statement saying its request for partners to provide primary care services was “overwritten and incorrect.” The firm […]
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Lancet Health Policy Report, experts
Global researchers from across the world have stressed on the need for a large scale global response to combat the threat from cancer similar to HIV and TB control initiatives in a recent public health policy paper published in the Lancet, world’s leading general medical journal.
Newborns to get protection from HIV infection
A new research has shown that infection of HIV from mother to her new born child could now be controlled. According to a study published in online edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The research at Oregon Health & Science University may have uncovered a new weapon that allows combating HIV as it is passed from mother to newborn child.
Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes
Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as scientists have developed a new bio-sensor technology, which they claim provides results within 15 minutes.
Vaccination for HIV on its way?
A research team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has developed a way to extract a portion of the surface of HIV that is recognisable to the antibody, known as an epitope, into a computer designed protein scaffold.
Still no treatment for 2.6 lakh HIV infected patients
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is still inadequate in reaching people in India suffering from HIV-AIDS. Research says that 2.6 lakh people are still in dire need of ART in the country. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest report, ‘Towards Universal Access,’ which tracks progress in achieving the 2010 target for HIV prevention, treatment and care, around 5.8 lakh HIV patients required ART in end-2009.
WHO asks for intensive research to curb health care related deaths
The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners has recently called for increased research into patient safety, including the risks posed by care- and surgery-related infections, adverse drug effects and unsafe injections.
Maternal deaths fall 34%, but still 1,000 women die every day in India
Deaths from complications during pregnancy and childbirth have fallen by a third in the past two decades but 1,000 women still die needlessly every day, the World Health Organisation said recently.
Predictive software system may help HIV patients
A cure for the virus that causes AIDS may still be beyond our grasp, but European researchers have developed a predictive software system for HIV that could help extend the lives of victims of the killer disease.
India News
ICRI forays into healthcare management Riding on the healthcare boom in India, Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI), India’s first […]
