New Delhi: Centre for Sight to set up 7 new eye centres Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 10:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: Eye hospital chain Centre for Sight on Saturday said it will set up seven new facilities, including a super specialty hospital here.The...
Zika virus may be transmitted through saliva, urine savita7 Feb 2016 9:57 AM ISTBrasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is...
HC notice to Centre, AIIMS for refusing poor woman's surgery Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 9:56 AM ISTComing to the aid of a destitute woman, who was allegedly denied free treatment of total hip replacement surgery by the AIIMS,...
Medanta Medicity organises awareness session on International Epilepsy Day 2016 savita7 Feb 2016 9:56 AM ISTGurgaon: Medanta Medicity, organised an awareness session on the occasion of International Epilepsy Day 2016. During the event, renowned...
Thiruvananthapuram: first organ transplant unit inaugurated at state medical college Pooja7 Feb 2016 9:52 AM ISTThe Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital will be the first hospital to get a organ transplant unit in the government sector in the state. The...
AIIMS-trained retina specialist vows to work in Jharkhand savita7 Feb 2016 9:50 AM ISTRanchi: Â Jharkhand's Bibhuti P. Kashyap, selected for Senior Residency Programme as retina specialist at the AIIMS here, has vowed to return to the...
Govt withdraws customs exemption on 74 drugs, prices to rise Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 9:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: As many as 74 drugs, including life saving ones used for treating cancer and HIV, will see sharp rise in prices as the government has...
Injecting drug users main reason for spread of HIV in NE: J P Nadda Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 9:39 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 6: Union Health Minister JP Nadda today said injecting drug users continue to be the prime factor for the spread of HIV-AIDS in...
Tendulkar, Kohli, Rohit, Zaheer join Yuvraj's cancer-affected kids campaign savita7 Feb 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Indian cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Zaheer Khan have pledged their support for Yuvraj Singh’s campaign...
Pakistan, Afghanistan reports 2016's first polio cases savita7 Feb 2016 9:00 AM ISTISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said.In Pakistan, the case was confirmed...
IMA supports SC directive to Govt on Nurses working condition Meghna A Singhania6 Feb 2016 5:11 PM ISTThe Indian Medical Association (IMA) today welcomed the Supreme Courts directive asking the Centre to frame guidelines to regulate working condition...
BMI a wrong measure of health: Study savita6 Feb 2016 1:37 PM ISTUsing body mass index (BMI) to gauge health is a wrong practice as it is a deeply flawed measure, reveals a study while adding that BMI should not be...
