Deaths due to AIDS in India reduced by 55 per cent-Nadda
UN|HL
Deaths due to AIDS in India have been reduced by nearly 55 per cent since 2007, while new HIV infections saw a reduction by 66 per cent since 2000 said Union Minister...
Delhi government soon introduce health insurance scheme for Delhities
New Delhi|HL: The Delhi cabinet has given an in-principle approval for introducing a health insurance scheme for everyone in the state. Slated to empanel government and private hospitals, it will be rolled out by...
56 Drugs used for Cancer, diabetes and BP will soon cheaper in India
New Delhi|HL
The drugs used for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, bacterial infections and high blood pressure, may be cheaper with the government fixing their ceiling prices under the drug pricing control mechanism.
The prices...
Protest by Nurses against the derogatory remarks against them
New Delhi|HL
All India Government Nurses Federation (AIGNF) held a protest at Jantar Mantar against alleged "derogatory" remarks and acts against them on a popular TV comedy show and demanded an apology from...
World’s first Oral vaccine for Hepatitis –B by AIIMS
New Delhi|HL
All India Institute of Medical Sciences have discovered a platform for an oral vaccine on Hepatitis B.
The researchers at the AIIMS have developed a 16 nano metre ,nano-particles layer loaded with antigen protein...
Weight Loss may easier with Gastric balloon pill
New York|HL
In a study it is found that swallowing a pill can help in losing weight. It is a gastric balloon that can be swallowed like a pill rather than implanted surgically
Gastric balloon also...
Delhi will soon get AIIMS like hospital for Ayurveda in next 3 months
New Delhi|HL
Capital of country Delhi, will soon get a AIIMS like Ayurveda hospital as said by Union AYUSH minister Shripad Yesso Naik.
The hospitals will be opened in the time period of next...
24/7 ‘VCare’ medical helpline for former personnel of Army
Kolkata|HL
24/7 helpline ‘VCare’1904 is opened for Ex-seviceman of army in Kolkata today.
Ex-servicemen in West Bengal can now dial 1904 to get any medical help or even for buying provisions from the canteen.
Former...
Government to develop Medical devices parks on PPP model
New Delhi|HL
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Annanth Kumar said “the government has decided to establish 3 bulk drugs and medical devices parks across the country.”
The parks will be established on the public private...
Indian women get a raw deal as far as heart care is concerned
Mumbai|HL
In a study shocking gender bias in the treatment of heart diseases, the leading cause of deaths across India, has been exposed by a new pan-India study.
Women heart patients in India not only seem...
