Menstruation: Taboos to treatment
New Delhi|Ekta Purohit
Menstruation, its significance and most importantly, it is a normal cycle and is nothing to feel embarrassed about. It a phenomenon in every woman aged 15-55.
There were many taboos during the period...
Healthcare experts welcome PM move
New Delhi|HL
If you look at my work of two years, you will see one decision after the other was taken to empower the poor to fight against poverty so that they can defeat it,"...
Renal dialysis equipment market set to reach over$ 18 billion by 2022-Global data
LONDON|HL
The global renal dialysis equipment market will rise steadily from $14.44 billion in 2015 to over $18 billion by 2022, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.48%, according to research and...
Old woman lost her life as didn’t get treatment on time-Doctors strike
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
We reached LNJP hospital around 10.30 AM and got the Out Patient Department card and we went around for treatment. “As my mother’s condition worsened, we took her to the emergency ward,...
Peaceful protest for justifiable rights
New Delhi|Ekta Purohit
The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), will go for a Peaceful protest on May 26 at Lady Hardinge Medical College for their demands regarding salaries and allowances.
FORDA which is an organisation...
Surgery Should Be An Option for Type 2 Diabetics: Experts
New York | Agency
An international group of diabetes experts say that bariatric surgery should be considered as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, even if patients aren’t morbidly obese
New guidelines appearing in the journal Diabetes...
NEET ordinance exempts state government medical colleges for UG Exams in 2016
New Delhi | HL
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance to keep state boards out of the common entrance test (NEET) for MBBS and dental courses for this year on tuesday.
The Ordinance had been sent...
Cancer causing chemical potassium permagnate found in big brand Bread
New Delhi |HL
According to a study released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), 84 per cent of bread and bakery samples collected from across Delhi contain residues of potassium bromate, potassium...
Landmark Judgement : Insurance even for death after refusing treatment
CHANDIGARH|
In a landmark judgment, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that the family of a terminally-ill person, who decides to stop treatment against medical advice and dies, cannot be denied insurance claim.
According...
80% fall in grads clearing MCI screening test
CHENNAI|HL
There's been an 80% drop in Indian medical graduates from foreign universities passing the mandatory screening test conducted by the National Board of Examinations from 2005 - 2015.
According to the Indian Medical Council...
