Osteoporosis - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTOsteoporosis is a disease of bones that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone...
Zika vaccine for women not likely before 2020: WHO supriya kashyap kashyap3 Feb 2017 1:15 PM ISTGeneva : About forty potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before...
New malaria vaccine effective in clinical trial supriya kashyap kashyap17 Feb 2017 10:16 AM ISTUniversity of Tübingen researchers in collaboration with the biotech company Sanaria Inc. have demonstrated in a clinical trial that a new vaccine for...
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO supriya kashyap kashyap7 March 2017 11:12 AM ISTLondon : A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air,...
B vitamins may protect against air pollution: study savita thakur thakur16 March 2017 12:06 PM ISTNew York: Taking supplements of B vitamins may offer protection against the impact of air pollution on health, a new study claims.Researchers at...
Over 300 million people suffer from depression: WHO supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2017 1:01 PM ISTGeneva : Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. According to the latest estimates from WHO, more than 300 million...
CDC-WHO Ebola guidelines could put sewer workers at risk- Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2017 1:38 PM ISTResearch from Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh suggests that guidelines for safe disposal of liquid waste from patients being...
Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets supriya kashyap kashyap17 April 2017 12:55 PM ISTGeneva : Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
Two dose HPV vaccine effective in treating genital warts, study finds supriya kashyap kashyap16 May 2017 1:08 PM ISTAs of this year, kids under the age of 15 only need 2 doses of HPV vaccine. New research out of Boston Medical Center, published online in the STD...
HOT-HMV trial-New hope for patients with severe lung disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 May 2017 2:33 PM ISTPatients suffering from severe lung disease could see their lives transformed thanks to a 'game-changing' clinical trial carried out by UK experts and...
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Jun 2017 11:11 AM ISTGeneva: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the...
Important: WHO updates Essential Medicines List, gives new advisory on Antibiotics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jun 2017 2:48 PM IST New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the...
