Aster DM Healthcare launches mobile clinic in Philippines Pooja24 Nov 2015 10:07 AM ISTDubai, Nov 23: A Dubai-based Indian-owned healthcare firm has launched a mobile clinic in the Philippines to treat poor people who need medical...
Novel tool to predict lifespan, healthspan Pooja23 Nov 2015 10:04 AM ISTResearchers have created a tool that can be used for accurately predicting lifespan as well as assessing the current health state, and discovered the...
Three new ebola cases detected in Liberia Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:09 PM ISTMonrovia (Liberia): Two months after Liberia was declared free of Ebola, three confirmed cases of the deadly disease have emerged in the West African...
Google Glass Helps Cardiologists Open Blocked Heart Artery Pooja21 Nov 2015 9:50 AM ISTIn a world's first, a group of cardiologists has successfully used the eye-wearable device Google Glass to guide the opening up of a chronically...
New drug to help bones heal faster, better Pooja21 Nov 2015 9:45 AM ISTLondon: Researchers from the University of Southampton are developing a new type of drug that may help bones heal faster and better.Using bone samples...
FDA takes several actions involving genetically engineered plants and animals for food Pooja20 Nov 2015 9:22 AM ISTBased on sound science and a comprehensive review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking several important steps today regarding food from...
WHO highlights misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance in India Pooja17 Nov 2015 10:39 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Around 75 per cent of Indians who took part in a WHO survey think, incorrectly, that colds and flu can be treated with antibiotics, the UN...
World Antibiotic Awareness Week Pooja16 Nov 2015 2:04 PM ISTWorld Antibiotic Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public,...
Junior Doctors in UK to go on strike Meghna A Singhania16 Nov 2015 1:59 PM ISTIts not just doctors in India, that have to resort to the mediums of strikes to get their voice heard. It seems like junior doctors in the UK are all...
Temporary uterus transplants to benefit women to give birth in US Pooja16 Nov 2015 10:50 AM ISTAfter completing a practice run on a organ donor; first with the kidney transplant, a team of six doctors are reported to have done a rare surgery of...
Blood-brain barrier breached for first time to treat cancer Pooja16 Nov 2015 10:20 AM ISTTORONTO: For the first time, scientists have successfully breached the human blood-brain barrier non-invasively to effectively deliver cancer-fighting...
Delivering healthcare in Syria almost impossible: WHO Meghna A Singhania15 Nov 2015 4:02 PM ISTGeneva: Providing healthcare across Syria has become nearly impossible, especially for the 1.7 million people living in areas controlled by the...
