New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) An international team of researchers from the UK and China has shown how cancer builds up resistance to chemotherapy — one of the biggest challenges in the treatment of the…
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union government is committed to protecting the well-being of women, children and adolescents in the country, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday. He said this while delivering…
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Advertisements of unhealthy food products with high salt (HFSS) food products, or ultra-processed food (UPF) are misleading and are “seductive, luring, manipulative or deceptive” people to buy and in turn…
Faridabad, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 67-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been given a new lease of life after being successfully treated for his rare colonic tumour via robot-assisted surgery. “This marks the world’s first robot-assisted…
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Every third person in India has a fatty liver, which predates Type-2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders, said Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and…
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Mothers Against Vaping’, a united front of concerned mothers combatting the promotion of New-Age Tobacco Devices such as e-cigarettes, vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, heat-not-burn products, e-hookahs and similar devices…
Islamabad, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Wild poliovirus type 1 has been detected in sewage samples from two new districts in Pakistan along with the six previously infected districts of three provinces, the Pakistani Health Ministry said….
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientists have, in a new study released on Friday, shown how Pseudomonas aeruginosa — an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions…
Mumbai, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) When several lakhs of Mumbaikars trooped in from all over to give a welcome of a lifetime to the T20 World Cup kings, Team India at Marine Drive, they also gave…
Bengaluru, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday asked the Deputy Commissioners in the state to be vigilant about the spread of Zika virus along with dengue cases. “The Aedes species…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The NITI Aayog on Thursday launched the ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’ with a focus on themes such as health, nutrition, agriculture, social development, and education. The launch events were organised across all…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stanford researchers have developed a new method to reverse pancreatic cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy, an advance that may pave the way for new treatments. Pancreatic cancer is often aggressive and…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) About 4.9 per cent of children and adolescents in India suffer from impaired kidney function, according to the first nationwide survey released on Thursday. Impaired kidney function causes kidney damage…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A novel monoclonal antibody against the Nipah virus is set to undergo human clinical trials in India, and Bangladesh — two countries that suffer Nipah outbreaks almost every year –…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in the general population or those with low-risk must maintain LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, often called the “bad” cholesterol, levels below 100 mg/dL, while those with diabetes or hypertension…
Mumbai, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government medical college with an intake capacity of 50 seats in the premises of Gokuldas Tejpal and Cama Hospitals in south Mumbai will start from the academic year 2024-25, said…
Kolkata, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Short-term air pollution exposure is leading to 7.3 per cent of the total deaths in Kolkata, according to a study. As per the findings, Kolkata has the third-highest figure of short-term…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Short-term air pollution exposure claimed 33,000 lives annually in 10 cities in India and Delhi tops the list with 12,000 deaths every year, according to a study published on Thursday…
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pregnant women are severely at risk of Zika virus that can lead to severe complications, harming the baby in the womb, said doctors on Thursday as Zika cases rise to…
Seoul, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Members of more than 90 patient advocacy groups staged a rally in central Seoul on Thursday, calling for doctors to end the ongoing walkout that has disrupted public health services for…