IVF technique that cuts genetic disease risk found safe
London|HL
An innovative IVF-based technique that reduces the risk of debilitating genetic disorders from being passed from mother to children has been found safe, researchers have reported.
Published in the journal Nature, the scientists reported...
Health Ministry disapprove the proposals for setting up 83 new medical colleges
New Delhi |HL
The Union Health Ministry disapproved the proposals for setting up of around 83 medical colleges based on recommendations of Medical Council of India.
On the other hand the Ministry has approved the establishment...
Kingpin of Kidney racket arrested from Kolkata
New Delhi|HL
Dipak Kar, a resident of West Bengal’s Baguihati was arrested by
Kolkata Police on Thursday.
He was allegedly involved in the interstate kidney racket busted in Delhi last week. Kar was...
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...
