Biocon Introduces CIMIVIR-L for Hepatitis-C in India Meghna A Singhania24 Dec 2015 10:42 AM ISTBengaluru, Karnataka:Â Biocon Ltd, today announced the introduction of an advanced novel therapy CIMIVIR-L â„¢ for the treatment of Hepatitis C in India....
Telangana unveils Newborn Action Plan to control neonatal mortality rate Pooja18 Dec 2015 3:33 PM ISTThe state health minister Dr C Laxma Reddy has recently unveiled Telangana's Newborn Action Plan (TNAP), set with an objective to bring down the...
Australian firm to open 50 nurses training centres in Kerala savita16 Dec 2015 1:37 PM ISTHealth Careers International (HCI), an Australian provider of education, on Tuesday said it would open 50 centres in India, starting with Kerala, to...
New medical colleges to come up in 58 districts: Nadda savita16 Dec 2015 1:32 PM ISTNEW DELHI: New medical colleges will be set up in 58 districts, resulting in an increase of 5,800 MBBS seats in the country, the Parliament was...
Healthcare system in India needs radical transformation: Lancet savita12 Dec 2015 11:24 AM ISTLondon:Â Healthcare system in india needs a radical transformation if the country is to achieve the government's vision of assuring health for all,...
Cancer cases among women on the rise: Govt savita12 Dec 2015 11:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: There has been a spike in cancer cases among women over recent years with breast cancer being of particular concern as it is found to be...
USD 13.4 million Gates grant to help combat India malnutrition savita6 Dec 2015 1:43 PM ISTWashington: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided a grant of USD 13.4 million to the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative...
India's free health camps threatening patient's wellbeing savita4 Dec 2015 12:45 PM ISTLondon: The sprouting "free health check-up camps" in India are just a tactic of pharmaceutical companies to push their products and are in violation...
India-developed blood test for kala azar to be tested in Africa savita4 Dec 2015 11:58 AM ISTKolkata: Indian scientists have developed a cheap, easy and ultra-sensitive blood-based strip test for kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the...
Dr Henk Bekedam appointed new WHO representative to India Meghna A Singhania3 Dec 2015 11:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Senior public health specialist Dr Henk Bekedam has taken charge as the World Health Organisation representative to India, an official...
'India's technical capability can support 3D printing' savita2 Dec 2015 1:28 PM ISTKharagpur (West Bengal): Dutch orthopaedic bio-engineering expert Nico Verdonschot, a foreign faculty member for India's Global Initiative of Academic...
Get tested for HIV before matching Kundalis Meghna A Singhania30 Nov 2015 2:02 PM ISTMumbai: Â With December 1st being observed as World AIDS Day, it becomes imperative to gauge the status of the nation with regards to this global...
