Centres Drive reveals 20,000 hidden cases of Leprosy kanchan16 Oct 2016 4:15 PM ISTIn the quest to counter the rise of the rampant bacterial infection Leprosy, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has conducted an intensified...
Treatment of Anemia In Pregnancy- Indian Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap22 Oct 2016 12:03 PM ISTAnemia is a major problem in women of child bearing age in developing countries with effects that may be deleterious to mothers and fetuses.Over one...
Indian salt intake twice the WHO recommended mark supriya kashyap kashyap27 Oct 2016 2:37 PM ISTKolkata : The average salt intake in India is double that of the WHO recommended maximum consumption level of 5 gm/day, a study said.Researchers at...
New model of tracking TB patients holds promise for India supriya kashyap kashyap1 Nov 2016 3:46 PM ISTGujarat : "Is Khema Bhai there?" B D Sagar shouted out in Gujarati to a small group of people sitting under a tree on a dusty knoll, in the outskirts...
WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs supriya kashyap kashyap4 Nov 2016 12:12 PM ISTGeneva : People preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections...
WHO: Indians consume 119 percent more salt per day than is recommended supriya kashyap kashyap8 Nov 2016 2:37 PM ISTAn average Indian consumes 10.98 grams of salt per day, 119 per cent more than the recommended limit of five grams per day by the World Health...
US robotic surgery expert stresses need for early cancer detection supriya kashyap kashyap15 Nov 2016 4:11 PM ISTNew Delhi : Early detection of cancer is critical to improving the quality of life of those suffering from this life threatening scourge.Early...
Women with PCOS more likely to be affected by diabetes: AIIMS supriya kashyap kashyap17 Nov 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi : An AIIMS study has claimed that women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition of hormonal imbalance, are more...
WHO: Surveillance of birth defects important for reducing child mortality Noha26 Nov 2016 12:28 PM ISTDespite significant progress in Millennium Development Goals over the past decade, ending preventable maternal newborn and child mortality remains an...
Indians more prone to die from cardiovascular diseases: UAE experts savita thakur thakur19 Dec 2016 3:41 PM ISTIndians are more likely to face premature death due to heart attacks and strokes owing to genetic factors as compared with people of other...
Ebola vaccine found safe and effective in human trials says the WHO supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 12:17 PM ISTAn experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea, giving doctors a...
New treatment could fast-track elephantiasis elimination :The Lancet supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTLondon : If a recently proposed combination of three particular drugs is used, the devastating elephantiasis disease can be prevented or treated...
