Delhi's pavement dwellers choking on city air
Study of unclaimed bodies by AIIMS doctors shows large number of homeless are dying of lung and heart diseases
Botox may be used to treat stomach cancer
Study shows nerves help cancer cells grow; Botox used to block the connection
Energy drinks all about caffeine only: study
Other ingredients listed have no positive impact
Textile therapy
A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments
A bushful of medicine
Seabuckthorn, a plant with numerous medicinal properties, grows wild in India. Rural communities are the losers
Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study
The chemicals inactivate a protein that works as tumour suppressor and prevents cancer
Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study
On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India
A complete American diet
Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens
MDR-TB cases in India increase more than five-fold in two years
Minister says better surveillance and detection is the reason
India to get medical devices parks
Recommendations by a government panel include increased production of indigenous devices and a cap on their prices
This sugar substitute increases blood sugar levels
Study finds sucralose increases glycemic and insulin responses in obese people
Thirsty for breath?
Contaminated drinking water can lead to respiratory problems
HIV+ patients protest months-long drug shortage outside NACO office
The patients have demanded fixing irregular supply of everyday antiretroviral therapy medication
Push to create cadre of family doctors for rural India
Government's National Health Systems Resource Centre is finalising recommendations which are likely to seek inclusion of family medicine in MBBS …
Mutations that make malaria drugs ineffective discovered
Gene kelch13 associated with malaria resistance
India has maximum infant deaths in the world
Lancet study says 5.5 million infant deaths in the world go unrecorded
Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new eu directives
Tough trial
Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?
Shortage of specialist doctors: DNB course can be a way forward
Training in Diplomate National Board course has helped deal with shortage of specialists in rural areas and skewed population-…
Ignoring WHO, ICMR to go ahead with HCQ for COVID workers
Indian studies yet to be completed; Indian Council of Medical Research says drug is safe
Three win Nobel Prize for medicine
James E Rothman, Randy W Schekman, Thomas C. Südhof to be awarded for discovering transport mechanism of cells
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
Barriers under pestle
There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use
Centre confirms three pentavalent vaccine deaths
Union health ministry says 17 other deaths of infants reported in Haryana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were not linked to five-in-one vaccine
Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study
But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California