5.5 lakh head and neck cancer cases every year in India: Experts savita14 Oct 2016 9:06 AM ISTHead and neck cancers account for more than 5.5 lakh of the total cancer cases reported in India every year, putting India in the sixth place...
Govt Medical Institutions to be Powered by Solar Energy: Soumya Swaminathan savita30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has inked an MoU with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) to launch Solar for...
Chennai: Multi-dose diclofenac, HC raps govt for not setting up experts savita20 Jun 2016 9:42 AM ISTChennai: The Madras High Court has flayed the Centre for failing to constitute an experts committee, named more than three years ago, to go into the...
Significant drop in hospital acquired infections at AIIMS: ICMR savita6 May 2016 9:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: A recent study conducted at the AIIMS Trauma Centre has found that surveillance along with training, feedback and promotion of hand hygiene...
ICMR and National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan sign Letter of Intent savita17 April 2016 2:31 PM ISTIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) of Japan signed a Letter of...
Asian oncologists share expertise on cancer savita9 April 2016 6:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors from across the globe on Friday shared expertise in cancer treatment, so as to lower the incidence of the disease in the Asian...
Health Ministry launches Longitudinal Ageing Study in India savita23 March 2016 1:30 PM ISTThe Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI). Launching the project, Shri B P Sharma, Secretary...
Government to set up AIIMS like facility for Ayurveda, Homeopathy: Yesso Naik savita12 March 2016 4:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: An AIIMS like facility for ayurveda and homeopathy will be set up in the national capital in the next three to four months, Union Minister...
Lifestyle changes a factor for myopia among children: Nadda savita12 March 2016 1:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Lifestyle changes is a factor for incidence of myopia among school children and about four per cent of them suffered from refractive...
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...
Government in talks with manufacturers to lower prices of stents savita28 Feb 2016 3:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government is discussing the issue of "voluntary" reduction of price of stents with leading manufacturers, Lok Sabha was informed."As...
Need to address the issue of Antimicrobial Resistance : JP Nadda savita24 Feb 2016 12:32 PM IST“India is committed to combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). However, a collective action is required by all stakeholders within a country and by...
