Individuals with prior history of malaria may have increased risk of Heart Failure: ESC 2019 Update Deepanjana Sarkar2 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTIndividuals with a prior history of malaria may have an increased risk of heart failure. according to a small study presented today at European...
Suicide : Second leading cause of death among young people: WHO Hina Zahid11 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTOne person dies every 40 seconds from suicide and it is the second leading cause of death among young people says the World Health Organization on...
Study decodes how bacteria develop antibiotic resistance Deepanjana Sarkar30 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTAntibiotic resistance is a potentially catastrophic menace the world is facing in recent years. Researchers have been hunting for the mechanism which...
Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates National Symposium on the theme ‘United to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis’ Garima1 Nov 2019 4:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: “Planning, commitment, vision, societal involvement and past experiences can help us achieve our goal of eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis...
New Delhi's air pollution "visible killer": UN official Garima9 Nov 2019 4:58 PM ISTUnited Nations: India is grappling with a "public health disaster" and the air pollution levels in New Delhi are a "visible killer", a senior UN...
Kerala to begin preventive drive against Nipah next month Garima14 Nov 2019 9:10 AM ISTThiruvananthpuram: Kerala would begin a comprehensive preventive drive against the outbreak of Nipah virus next month to equip the state health...
World Diabetes Day: WHO launches first-ever human insulin prequalification programme Garima14 Nov 2019 12:50 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in...
One doctor for every 1445 patients in India, still behind WHO-prescribed 1:1,000: Govt Garima20 Nov 2019 3:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: There is one doctor for every 1,445 Indians as per the country's current population estimate of 135 crore, which is lower than the WHO's...
AYUSH Ministry to host WHO Meetings on Standardized Terminologies, Benchmarks documents of Practice for Traditional Medicine Garima26 Nov 2019 9:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ministry of AYUSH is hosting two important WHO meetings during the last week of November and first week of December 2019 at the Institute...
Weeding out unscrupulous use of antibiotics Hina Zahid12 Dec 2019 7:02 PM ISTIt is alarming to note that the stool of healthy patients was found to have resistant organisms and a few (2%) had multidrug-resistant pathogens. This...
WHO's NCD prevention policies not being followed by most countries: Lancet Hina Zahid9 Dec 2019 7:05 PM ISTNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 73% of all global mortality. Most countries have endorsed WHO non-communicable disease (NCD)...
More than 80% of school-going adolescents not sufficiently physically active globally: WHO Hina Zahid26 Nov 2019 7:05 PM ISTThe first-ever global trends for adolescent insufficient physical activity show that urgent action is needed to increase physical activity levels in...
