Sant Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Donates 40 Lakhs for Skin Bank savita15 April 2016 9:00 AM ISTBurn patients and acid attack victims can now pin their hopes on a skin bank being set up in Sirsa, the first of its kind in North India. Saint Dr....
First HIV to HIV liver transplant performed savita31 March 2016 1:15 PM ISTMiami: The world's first liver transplant from a donor infected with HIV to an HIV-positive recipient was announced by US doctors, three years after a...
Elimination of HIV from DNA raises hope for AIDS cure savita24 March 2016 9:20 AM ISTWASHINGTON: Using a specialised gene editing system, scientists have shown that they can eliminate HIV from the DNA of human cells, paving the way for...
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR savita7 March 2016 2:26 PM ISTHyderabad: An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to be available in a year, Indian Council of Medical...
Foreign patients turn to India in search of cheap Healthcare Cost savita6 March 2016 12:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: When doctors told Australian Greg Jefferys he had Hepatitis C and the disease was destroying his liver, the devastating diagnosis was...
Allahabad: Doctor served notice for refusing to treat HIV patients Pooja1 March 2016 1:50 PM ISTThe chief medical superintendent of the district hospital (a govt hospital in Pratapgarh) has served a show cause notice to one of the hospital’s...
Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-HIV tablets savita29 Feb 2016 9:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Aurobindo Pharma has received tentative approval from the US health regulator for its Ritonavir tablets used for treatment of...
Duty exemption withdrawal on drugs to boost Make in India: Government savita28 Feb 2016 3:48 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Centre's move to withdraw customs duty exemption on imports of over 70 drugs, including life- saving ones used for treating cancer and HIV,...
Now, simple blood test that can spot TB in HIV patients savita21 Feb 2016 8:39 AM ISTWashington D.C: Most commonly-used tuberculosis (TB) tests usually fail to detect the disease in the patients with HIV, but now a team of researchers...
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...
Phase 1 result of National Family health survey 2015-16 out savita20 Jan 2016 9:14 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the results from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16. These are...
Modeling shows a vaccine is essential to conclusively end HIV/AIDS savita9 Jan 2016 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: A new modeling paper has revealed that adding a vaccine to the comprehensive HIV/AIDS response is essential to conclusively end the...
