health

Chennai, Jan 1: Chennai is set to get a dedicated public women’s cancer screening centre at Thousand Lights by February. The facility, being established at a cost of Rs 1.23 crore, will offer free screening […]

New Delhi, Dec 31: The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that the Ophthalmology Department at the Army Hospital Research and Referral (AHRR) has successfully performed India’s first-ever 3D Flex Aqueous Angiography with iStent, combining […]

Indore, Dec 30 (IANS) The number of patients suffering from acute stomach pain, vomiting and many other systems of diarrhoea, which allegedly occurred due to consumption of contaminated water in a residential colony in Madhya […]

New Delhi, Dec 31: High levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in both indoor and outdoor environments in Delhi are posing public health risks, according to a study. Airborne microbial contamination, especially involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic […]

New Delhi, Dec 31: The government has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations of pain and fever medications, containing Nimesulide above 100 milligrams in immediate‑release dosage form, with immediate effect. The […]

New Delhi, Dec 30: Abundance of severe gum disease — periodontitis — may worsen disability for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Previous studies have shown that […]

Tokyo, Dec 30: Japan’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Saitama Prefecture, marking the country’s 12th outbreak this season and […]