Brazil to adopt WHO standards to determine microcephaly supriya kashyap kashyap10 March 2016 8:05 PM ISTBrazil: Brazil will adopt the World Health Organization (WHO) standards from the next week to determine if a baby has microcephaly, the media reported...
Mothers worldwide leaving hospitals too soon after childbirth supriya kashyap kashyap12 March 2016 4:22 PM ISTWomen around the world are leaving hospitals too soon after giving birth, according to a new analysis.The World Health Organization suggests that...
Lung ultrasound may be a safe substitute for chest X-ray for pneumonia in children supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2016 12:42 PM ISTLung ultrasound has been shown to be highly effective and safe for diagnosing pneumonia in children and a potential substitute for chest X-ray,...
UN: Life Expectancy Worldwide Has Increased By 5 Years supriya kashyap kashyap22 May 2016 4:01 PM ISTLondon : Life expectancy worldwide has increased by about five years in the last 15 years according to a report issued Thursday by the World Health...
Lancet slammed over low-salt diet risking heart study supriya kashyap kashyap22 May 2016 3:58 PM ISTLondon : The prestigious medical journal The Lancet has garnered strong reaction for publishing an academic paper that claimed eating too little salt...
New portable $2 saliva test detects Zika in 40 minutes supriya kashyap kashyap2 July 2016 3:36 PM ISTNew York : Scientists have now developed a new $2 test that has been found in the lab to accurately detect low levels of the virus in saliva.The World...
WHO urges use of polio detection systems to screen for Zika-linked disorder supriya kashyap kashyap7 July 2016 3:11 PM ISTGeneva : A neurological condition linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus could be targeted globally with existing national programmes for detecting...
No Zika risk during Olympics: Michel Temer supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 9:52 AM ISTBrasilia : Brazil's interim President Michel Temer has said that there is no risk of contracting the Zika virus during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio...
Excess smoking, narcotics use cause infertility: Doctors supriya kashyap kashyap13 July 2016 2:19 PM ISTNew Delhi : Excess smoking and use of other narcotic substances, including marijuana, can cause infertility in both males and females, doctors have...
WHO certifies India as maternal and neonatal tetanus free supriya kashyap kashyap15 July 2016 3:27 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) presented India the certificates declaring elimination of yaws, maternal and neonatal tetanus, an official...
Cancer kills more Europeans than heart disease does: Study supriya kashyap kashyap16 Aug 2016 3:17 PM ISTLondon: With 17.3 million deaths globally, cancer has now overtaken heart diseases as the main cause of death in 12 European countries, revealed a...
Delhi records 311 dengue cases, 20 of chikungunya supriya kashyap kashyap25 Aug 2016 12:46 PM ISTNew Delhi : Dengue cases have risen to 311 and 20 cases of chikungunya have been recorded in the national capital this season, according to the three...
