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...
20.8 percent of boys between the age of 13 and 18 years were using...
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
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The Delhi government ordered the prohibition of the sale, purchase and possession of all forms of chewable tobacco, saying violators can be imprisoned for up to six months and fined up to...
Experts predict the polio disease could be wiped out for good within a decade
London: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new vaccine swap to eradicate the last few strains of the disease in 150 different countries.
Over the next two weeks, the countries will engage in...
Indian pharmacist to go in International Pharma exhibition
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
A group of Indian pharma will go to attend International pharma exhibition ‘Pharmaconex2016’.
The exhibition will be held in Cairo from April 19 to 21. A 44-member delegation from India will...
