By Prof Vivekanand Jha Premature death and disability from cancer is a great tragedy that hundreds of thousands of women and their families in India and other developing countries face every year. Of the various…
Arusha, Dec 10 (IANS) Strange disease has killed a total of eight elephants in northern Tanzania’s district of Ngorongoro, authorities confirmed on Sunday. Joseph Meng’ oro, Deputy Wildlife Officer at the Ngorongoro District Council expressed…
Hyderabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Century Hospitals, a leading mid-sized healthcare provider in Hyderabad, has given a new lease of life to a young man by transplanting a donor heart in the patient’s body with support…
London, Dec 9 (IANS) Robotics are expected to become so sophisticated, hospitals may not need surgeons. Controlled by healthcare assistants, the machines will soon be delivering babies by carrying out C-sections as well as other…
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russian scientists have developed a novel device that is capable of reading human muscle’s electrical activity and converting it into signals, an advance that can be used to create smart clothes…
New York, Dec 9 (IANS) Cigarette ads with graphic warning labels that contain images such as bleeding, cancerous gums and lips can snuff out children’s view of smoking tobacco as cool, rebellious and fun, suggests…
Shimla, Dec 9 (IANS) Finally, children born with clefts in Himachal Pradesh have a fair reason to smile! Smile Train India, a non-government organisation, the National Health Mission and the state Directorate of Health and…
London, Dec 9 (IANS) Human brains notice a voice much faster when it is considered threatening or aggressive than when it is perceived as normal or happy in an auditory environment, according to a new…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme saying it was meant to benefit the insurance company owners. “Just like crop insurance…
Bengaluru, Dec 8 (IANS) Karnataka’s 111-year-old revered pontiff Shivakumar Swami of Siddaganga Mutt at Tumakuru recovered from a liver operation he underwent at a hospital in Chennai, an official said on Saturday. “The pontiff has…
London, Dec 8 (IANS) British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Saturday called for a drive to reduce the number of tablets and pills taken by older people after a survey found nearly half of over…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) Men with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are four to five times at higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to researchers including one of Indian-origin. IBD is inflammation…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) In line with the Make in India initiative, global medical device maker Meril Life Sciences on Saturday launched its first indigenously designed and manufactured artificial aortic valve for patients who…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) MIT engineers have developed new antimicrobial peptides, which can combat bacteria causing respiratory and other infections, based on a naturally occurring peptide produced by a South American wasp. The venom…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) Is your child facing trouble in sleeping? If so, parents take note. Regular and sufficient sleep from early childhood may be important for gaining healthy body weight in adolescence, suggests…
San Francisco, Dec 8 (IANS) Apple has hired Jason Oberfest, former CEO of Mango Health, to reportedly help its users adhere to prescription instructions and build on the ambition to gain a bigger share of…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that aims to provide every household Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) replacing wood or coal fuel, has…
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) Dubbing a public interest litigation seeking to know the health status of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as a “roving and fishing” enquiry, Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma on Friday told…
Tokyo, Dec 7 (IANS) Although adults and children can easily recognise faces from both the frontal and profile views, a new study has revealed that babies younger than six months of age do not recognise…
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma on Friday finally filed an affidavit before the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court, in connection with a petition filed last month seeking public disclosure…