Beijing, Sep 1 (IANS) Chinese patients are expected to be able to buy 14 kinds of cancer drugs at a lower price from September, according to China’s state medical insurance administration. The drugs are all…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Three persons have been arrested for cheating gullible people out of money by promising them cures for chronic and terminal diseases through homemade medicines, police said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday stressed the need for an ethical and a professional conduct for better healthcare facilities, saying the voluntary code launched by industry body FICCI…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Eleven Southeast Asian countries will hold a five-day meeting here in September to discuss priority health issues, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The meeting will be held from…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Eminent neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra has been named for this year’s prestigious Dr B.C. Roy National Award as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year, an official said here on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the Central Government’s decision to restrain private companies from manufacturing and selling oxytocin drug till October. A bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat…
Manila, Aug 31 (IANS) Two Indian nationals, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, on Friday were given the Ramon Magsaysay award, popularly known as Asia’s Nobel Prize. At a ceremony in Manila, Cambodian activist Youk Chhang,…
New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Researchers, led by an Indian origin, have developed a two fisted, antibody approach that can effectively destroy ovarian cancer — the deadliest gynecological disease — and could also be utilised…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) With the flood rescue operations now over, health authorities in Kerala on Friday asked all those who came in contact with the flood waters to take preventive action for leptospirosis, mostly…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Bolangir on Friday. Inaugurating the medical college, the Chief Minister said…
Toronto, Aug 31 (IANS) Consuming an extract of camu camu — a fruit native to the Amazon — can likely prevent obesity induced by a high-fat and high-sugar diet as well as metabolic disease, finds…
Toronto, Aug 31 (IANS) Scientists have discovered that some childhood bone cancers start growing years before tumours appear and get diagnosed. Ewing sarcoma is a rare cancer found mainly in bone or soft tissue of…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are safe and have traced the source of a leak that resulted in loss of cabin pressure, NASA wrote in a blog post. Three…
By Sahana Ghosh New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS/Mongabay) It took the best scientific minds from 20 nations, including India, to scale what is considered as the “Mt. Everest of the genome world”. After 13 years…
London, Aug 31 (IANS) People who have suffered a stroke are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, a new study has revealed. Around a third of dementia cases are thought to be potentially…
Goma (DR Congo), Aug 31 (IANS/AKI) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched the distribution of emergency food aid to patients and others affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Shimla, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here for treatment of chest infection, a doctor said on…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With skies clearing over Opportunity Rover’s resting spot in Mars, NASA believes that the solar-powered rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatically initiate recovery procedures –but only if it is…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) It is said that “once a cesarean, always a cesarean”. It is commonly believed that a woman who has undergone a c-section delivery will have to opt…
Shimla, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here after he suffered chest infection, but his condition is…