Common mental health drug found to treat osteoarthritis Meghna A Singhania20 July 2015 12:59 PM ISTA group of scientists in UK have achieved a medical milestone, by highlighting the use of lithium chloride in treating osteoarthritis. The evidence...
Passive Smoking in Childhood Linked to Increased Risk of COPD deepanjana Sarkar Sarkar18 July 2015 1:03 PM ISTAccording to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, passive smoking in childhood and adolescence may be a major risk factor in...
Dengue, chikungunya infections in India underestimated: Study Meghna A Singhania17 July 2015 7:30 PM ISTWashington: Lack of Awareness among the patients seems to be a major problem in the field of healthcare. Owing to this, people actually don't come to...
"Be Clear on Cancer" Campaign to target Older Women Shreya Garg17 July 2015 1:33 PM ISTA survey conducted by Public Health England showed that about one in three women aged 70 or over are detected with breast cancer each year, and they...
Antidepressants and painkillers used together can cause bleeding: Study Shreya Garg16 July 2015 1:34 PM ISTThe use of antidepressants and common painkillers together can lead to increased risk of bleeding soon after starting treatment, new study has...
10 Percent of World's Population Suffers from Mental Disorder: WHO Meghna A Singhania16 July 2015 11:53 AM ISTGeneva: WHO has come up with shocking results of the world. Highlighting the need for larger investments and effort towards development of mental...
China to set up world’s largest cancer registry Meghna A Singhania16 July 2015 11:34 AM ISTThe  cancer registry will be an evidence based program, and will cover 40% of China’s population estimated to develop cancer by 2020, out of a total...
Price Control Of Drugs Largely Ineffective in India: IMS health Meghna A Singhania15 July 2015 3:46 PM IST According to the latest figures, the consumption of price controlled medicines in the rural area has declined by 7 percent over the last two...
Many teenagers think that their weight is just good; Study Pooja Bhatia Bhatia14 July 2015 12:50 PM ISTAmongst the 5000 children surveyed in the age group of 13-15 year olds by the University College London, the result have been a mix of children having...
Defecating in the Open Linked to Worse Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study Prerna garg13 July 2015 8:44 PM ISTAccording to latest research, insanitary living conditions like defecating in the open is the cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes in India.The study...
India will have 80 million diabetes cases: Claims WHO Meghna A Singhania13 July 2015 11:21 AM ISTWhy developing nations are more prone to the risk has been investigated with results published in the journal Cell MetabolismIndian middle class now...
FSSAI sets new standards for food additives and ingredients Meghna A Singhania13 July 2015 11:12 AM ISTNew Standard of FSSAI to be in line with global safety standards codexAfter the maggi debacle, this is first such initiative to devise one-system for...
