Selling of Trastuzumab drug for breast cancer now allowed by HC
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
The manufacture and sale of ‘Trastuzumab’ is allowed by High Court of Delhi on Monday with certain constraints.
Trastuzumab is a drug used in the treatment of breast cancer and a product by...
Emerging journalists keen on spreading awareness for Mission Indradhanush programme
New Delhi| Sandeep Dwivedi
Journalists are now set to spread awareness about the Immunization programme. The first-of-its-kind ‘Critical Appraisal Skills’ (CASP) course certificate in Public Health Journalism and Communication, was awarded to 40 budding media...
5 lakh fine by forum to hospital for causing mental illness to...
Chennai| The family of an 11-year-old-boy who was disabled after errors made by maternity staff and doctors at a private hospital has been awarded 5 lakh as compensation by the district consumer disputes redressal...
Low dose of Aspirin increase the survival of cancer patients
London| Taking a low-dose of aspirin may increase the chances of survival of cancer treatment patients by up to 20 per cent and help stop the disease from spreading, a new study suggests.
"There is...
Brain drain of doctors not allowed by Union health ministry
Mumbai| The Union health ministry has clamped down on doctors who wish to settle abroad after pursuing higher studies there, especially in the US. Grappling with a severe shortage of doctors in India, it...
59 lac people benefitted under Nirmaya Scheme
Bhubaneswar|HL Correspondent
Around 59 lakh people get the benefit under ‘Nirmaya scheme’ run by Odisha government.
Under this scheme the government will issue medicine pass books to the poor people.
According to the release by CMO, On...
Vitamin B with UV minimize risk of malaria infection following blood transfusion
London| A team of researchers has come up with a new blood treatment technology that could make blood transfusions in high risk malaria zones safer.
The new trial suggests that treating donated blood with a...
India- heat-wave warnings to advise people to stay indoors
New Delhi|More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said on Thursday.
Neighboring Pakistan, which...
95% of India’s population lives in malaria-endemic area
New Delhi|
India's malaria eradication drive may soon get a boost with the health ministry likely to tie up with drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals for a state-specific programme against the mosquito-borne disease that could be...
Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao- improvement in child sex-ratio at birth in 49 districts
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
Beti Bachao drive has improved : About 49 of 100 districts where government's ambitious 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign to save and empower the girl child was launched last year has recorded...
